TableofContents Spring 2019

4 Editor’s Note
6 Member News
6 Geetaji: Our Dear Beloved Gem (1944–2018), by Lois Steinberg
8 Notes on Yoga Therapy in France, by Michelle Jacobi
8 Up-and-Coming Yoga Therapists Meetup at SYTAR!, by Michael Kuang
8 Yoga as Lifestyle Medicine at the Smithsonian, by Laurie Hyland Robertson
8 In Brief: Getting the Message Out
10 “Benchmarking Training Standards for Yoga in Healthcare” with the
World Health Organization: Well-Intentioned but So Far Not Aligned
with Contemporary Yoga Therapy Standards, by John Kepner 10
Seated, l-r: Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, C-IAYT
12 Conference Corner (India); Lisa Kaley-Isley, C-IAYT (U.K.); Keishin
12 Yoga as Therapy: The Global Spread of Training Standards for Yoga Kimura (Japan); John Kepner, C-IAYT (U.S.)
Standing, l-r: Vyasah Kalyanasunderam (Sri
Therapists, by Lisa Kaley-Isley Lanka); Nouf Marwaai (Saudi Arabia); Dyanan
14 Yoga in Healthcare Alliance Conference 2019: Collaboration, Puvanandran (Malaysia)
Compassion, and a Call to Action, by Nicole Schnackenberg
16 News from the 2018 Integrative Pain Care Policy Congress, by Matt Taylor

18 Professional Development
18 Building the Business of Yoga Therapy
22 Yoga Therapy in Practice
22 Top Tips for Creating an Effective Website for Your Yoga Therapy Practice,
By Connie Holen
24 The Mayo Clinic Experience with Injuries in Yoga: Putting the
Research in Context, by Matthew J. Taylor and Loren Fishman
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Measurement in Clinical Practice: Part 2—The PROMIS Tool, by Kelli Bethel
Design and Implementation of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Templates
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for Yoga Therapy, by Veronica Zador, Lara Zador, and Maureen Anderson
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Features
Currents of Community Healing and Social Activism: The Transformative
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Path of Yoga as a Sacred Leadership Journey, by Allie Middleton,
Nya Patrinos, Irene Hauzinger, Mona Flynn, Katie Allen, Jana Long, and Amina Naru
42 Statin-Associated Muscle Symptoms and Yoga Therapy,
By Helgrid Randolph and Hansa Knox Johnson

46 Perspective
46 On Post-Lineage Yoga, by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, as told to Laurie Hyland Robertson
49 The Yoga Therapist’s Toolkit
49 Resources We Love
52 Media Reviews
52 Yoga Therapy for Stroke: A Handbook for Yoga Therapists and
Healthcare Professionals
By Arlene A. Schmid and Marieke Van Puymbroeck, Review by Helene Couvrette
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52 Yoga Therapy: Foundations, Methods, and Practices for
Common Ailments
By Mark Stephens, Review by Crystal Frazee
53 Yoga Therapy for Arthritis: A Whole-Person Approach to Movement
and Lifestyle, by Dr. Steffany Moonaz and Erin Byron, Review by Deborah Norris
54 Yoga Life: A Workbook of Authentic Practices
By Caroline McCarter, Review by Juko Holiday
54 Awake at 3 a.m.: Yoga Therapy for Anxiety and Depression
in Early Motherhood
By Suzannah Neufeld, Review by Rebecca Hackett
55 Yoga for Amputees: The Essential Guide to Finding Wholeness
After Limb Loss for Yoga Students and Their Teachers
By Marsha Therese Danzig, Review by Ann Richardson Spring 2019 3