Yoga for Recovering Addicts
As yoga styles proliferate, more programs are targeting specific niche groups who can benefit from yoga’s unique blend of body, mind and spirit. One of these groups consists of recovering addicts. In the 1970s, Superhealth, ... in Tuscon, Arizona, offered heroin addicts recovery services based on kundalini yoga, diet, massage, acupuncture and other alternative therapies. Today, the Hazelden Foundation in rural Minnesota—one of the world’s largest, most respected and best-known private alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers in the world—offers “Yoga in Recovery: Creating Harmony of Body, Mind and Spirit.”
Recovery yoga classes combine hatha yoga with Twelve Step principles to aid healing on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. ...
Instructor training is available for those who want to work with people recovering from addiction. For more information, see http://www.openingheartjourneys.com/.
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