On Demand Seminar: Bringing Yoga Therapy into Healthcare – Past, Present and Future

Description

Join Heather Mason for a seminal presentation: Yoga Therapy in Healthcare – Past, Present and Future.  For almost twenty years, Heather has united education, clinical collaboration, academic inquiry, research, and policy work to help build and establish the case for yoga therapy’s inclusion in modern healthcare. Through partnerships, research collaborations, and policy engagement, Heather has helped shape the language and frameworks that align yoga therapy with current healthcare priorities.

This presentation offers an in-depth synthesis of knowledge drawn from her years of teaching, systems engagement, organisational development, and thought leadership—providing insights that can help others strengthen and advance the movement for integration.

Originally delivered as a keynote at the Yoga Therapy Association Conference, this presentation provides a comprehensive look at where we were, where we are now, and where possibilities and future directions lie, offering clarity and inspiration for those dedicated to advancing yoga therapy within clinical and community contexts.

This presentation articulates:

• The historical development of yoga therapy’s integration into healthcare, including the key milestones that shaped its progress.
• The distinctive examples where yoga therapy has achieved meaningful integration within health systems, and what these reveal about the factors driving their success and how these can be leveraged to advance broader integration.
• How healthcare is evolving, the challenges these changes present, and how yoga therapy is distinctively placed to respond through a biopsychosocial and person-centred approach.
• How to position yoga therapy within the current healthcare landscape to deepen its impact, collaboration, and integration.
• The challenges that remain and the directions in which the field must evolve to ensure lasting integration and impact.

Through this lens, the presentation defines both the progress made and the work still required to ensure yoga therapy becomes a recognised, accessible component of modern healthcare—one capable of addressing complexity while maintaining humanity at its core.

Who is This For?
This talk welcomes anyone interested in the integration of yoga therapy and healthcare. It will be particularly relevant for professionals working within healthcare who are exploring integrative approaches, and for yoga teachers and therapists aiming to bring yoga therapy effectively into clinical and community settings.