The power of yoga and yoga therapy is in the attention and intention you bring to your own experience. When you step onto your mat, you are stepping into an intentional space and inviting gentle curiosity along with you. In this way, yoga therapy can be a brilliant adjunct to OCD therapy.

We invite you to come try a session with Jessa at Kairos Wellness Collective and explore for yourself yoga therapy’s potential to restore and energize you and bring you a sense of clarity and serenity!

Yoga therapy is precisely this practice of tuning into physical sensations and their corresponding emotional resonance, through gentle supported movement, breath, inquiry, and guidance from the yoga therapist.

The yoga therapist acts as a gentle and non-judgmental witness, creating a safe container for the practitioner to fully bring their awareness to body sensations and stored emotions, in each pose.

A growing body of research confirms yoga therapy's promise to offer relief from the suffering associated with a number of chronic and debilitating conditions.

Mindfulness is, simply put, an elevated state of self-awareness.  Being aware of the state of one’s internal mental and emotional states can be extremely empowering. Awareness can be the first step to choosing to shift one’s mental and emotional focus.

The vagus nerve has come into the spotlight in the scientific community, as of late, for the huge role it plays in regulating physical and emotional health.

One of the most common breathing techniques in yoga, diaphragmatic breathing is the process described above, that maximizes oxygen flow into the deepest parts of the lungs. When practiced regularly, diaphragmatic breathing can lower stress levels, reduce blood pressure, and regulate other critical bodily processes.

There are several breathwork techniques in yoga that involve directing the breath, sending it into various parts of the breathing system, sometimes elongating or shortening it, in order to have specific effects on the body and mind, and to enhance the breath to take full advantage of the benefits of full breaths.

Researchers have proven that yoga has many benefits to the practitioner, that span the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of well-being.

The ancient yogis believed that yoga was the way to fortify the body and mind for optimal health, vitality, self-awareness, inner peace, and awareness of the infinite life force coursing through our beings.