Career of the Month: An Interview With Yoga Therapist J. J. Gormley-Etchells

by: Megan Sullivan

In recent years, many individuals have looked to yoga to improve their well-being and many health care practitioners have encouraged it to complement healing. Recent studies demonstrate the beneficial effects of yoga for health (Chacko et al. 2005; Chandwani et al. 2010; Davidson, Kabat-Zinn, and Schumacher 2003; Elkins, Fisher, and Johnson 2010; Evans et al. 2010; Lutz, Greischar, and Rawlings 2004; Rosenkranz, Jackson, and Dalton 2003). Perhaps this support of modern science is partly responsible for yoga therapy’s recent emergence as a discipline—though it has been applied therapeutically for thousands of years. The science and art of yoga therapy does not conflict with allopathic medicine and therefore can be used alongside other treatments. Yoga therapist J.J. Gormley-Etchells applies yoga to help people with health challenges improve their quality of life.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 2/1/2011Stock # tst11_078_02_64Volume 078Issue 02

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