Yoga Therapy

Pamela Meriwether gently adjusts a yoga practitioner in a prone twist.

Yoga therapy is a deeply personalized and holistic approach to healing—one that honors the whole being: body, mind, and spirit.

Rather than a one-size-fits-all practice, it meets you exactly where you are, offering tools and guidance tailored to your unique needs, challenges, and intentions.

Pamela’s approach is rooted in compassionate listening and thoughtful care. Personalized sessions weave together breathwork, mindful movement, rest, and self-inquiry to support healing on every level. Whether you are navigating stress, recovering from injury, seeking emotional balance, or simply longing to feel more connected within yourself, this work invites you to slow down, tune in, and restore.

Yoga therapy is not about pushing or fixing—it is about gently uncovering your body’s innate wisdom and creating space for transformation to unfold naturally.

Through this process, you are supported in cultivating resilience, balance, and a deeper sense of well-being that extends far beyond the physical.

Pamela gives a gentle adjustment to a practitioner in the final yoga resting pose of savasana.

What is Yoga Therapy?

Personalized, evidence-informed support for whole-person wellbeing

Yoga therapy is a client-centered, individualized approach to supporting health and wellbeing through the tools of yoga. Unlike group yoga classes, yoga therapy is tailored to the specific needs, goals, and circumstances of each person, and is designed to complement—rather than replace—medical or mental health care. Using movement, breath practices, meditation, relaxation, and lifestyle education, yoga therapy supports the integration of body, breath, mind, and nervous system to promote resilience, self-regulation, and healing.

Yoga Therapy…

  • Offers a holistic approach to health and wellbeing

  • Is client-centered and individualized

  • Is accessible regardless of age, ability or prior yoga experience

  • Adapts practices to meet you where you are

  • Emphasizes safety, consent, and collaboration

  • Supports self-awareness, self-regulation, and resilience

  • Works alongside medical, mental health, or allied care when appropriate


  • Yoga therapy may support individuals seeking help with:

    • Stress, anxiety, and burnout

    • Nervous system regulation

    • Depression and mood challenges

    • Trauma-informed care and emotional resilience

    • Chronic pain and persistent health conditions

    • Cancer recovery and supportive care

    • Sleep challenges

    • Life transitions or periods of change

    • Building sustainable self-care practices

    • All practices are adapted to your current capacity and lived experience.

  • Yoga therapy sessions are offered one-on-one and may be conducted in person or virtually.

    Sessions typically include:

    • An comprehensive intake and collaborative goal-setting process

    • Gentle, therapeutic movement adapted to individual capacity

    • Breath-based practices to support regulation and awareness

    • Meditation, relaxation, and mindfulness techniques

    • Education related to stress physiology and self-regulation

    • Development of simple home practices to support continuity of care

    • Clients do not need prior yoga experience, flexibility, or fitness. Practices are adapted to individual needs and capacities.

  • My work is grounded in:

    • Trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware practice

    • Client autonomy, consent, and collaboration

    • A whole-person perspective that honors physical, emotional, and psychological health, as well as the subtle body and energetics

    • Compassionate, non-pathologizing support

    • Accessibility and adaptability across diverse populations

    • Yoga therapy is approached as a collaborative process—one that empowers clients with practical tools they can integrate into daily life.

  • I bring over 25 years of personal practice and teaching experience to my work as a yoga therapist and educator.

    Credentials include:

    • Certified Yoga Therapist, through the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT)

    • Spanda Yoga Movement Therapist (IAYT-aligned)

    • E-RYT 500 Experienced Certified Yoga Teacher

    • Certified Vishoka Meditation Teacher (CVMT)

    • Certified Yoga for Cancer (Y4C) Teacher

    • Yoga Therapist at Prisma Behavioral Health

    • RYS-500 Founder and lead trainer of Sakhi Yoga 200-hour and 500-hour teacher trainings since 2011

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