Small Group Yoga Therapy for Common Ailments
Small group yoga therapy sessions are designed for specific ailments such as Parkinson's, cancer, and other chronic conditions.
These close-knit sessions are limited to a maximum of 3-4 people who share similar health concerns, allowing for tailored attention and therapeutic practices.
Small group yoga therapy sessions can be held at our studio or online from the comfort of your own home, subject to discussion.
Join our small-group yoga therapy sessions, where shared experiences foster a sense of community. Experience the power of group support as we guide you through evolving practices, empowering education, and adaptive approaches aimed at promoting individual and collective well-being.
What to Expect: Process
Step 1 : Individual Intake:
This is designed to elicit accurate and insightful information that is relevant specifically to you so that practices can be cued accordingly, with your and the group’s requirements in mind. We obtain details in the context of your health history and current health status, lifestyle, personality, and preferences.
Step 2 : Individual Physical and Breath Assessments:
We corroborate the details from the intake with both a physical and respiratory evaluation so that group practices may be tailored accordingly.
Step 3 : Targeted plans:
We develop and implement tailored practices and therapeutic plans, adapted to the nature of the group, common health ailments, and your presenting issues. Plans evolve subject also to the group’s energy levels on the day, general mood, level of pain or intensity of symptoms, and time of day. We try to attend to individual participants’ needs as closely as possible while taking into consideration the rest of the group who share the same/similar issues.
Step 4: Empowerment and Education:
We educate you as we progress so you may make informed and life-enhancing decisions through empowering practices.
Step 5 : Progress and Adaptation:
Why subscribe to a Small Group Yoga Therapy Class?
- Specific Health Issues: You have particular health concerns which require special attention.
- Education: You want to be educated on your presenting issues.
- Tailored Home practice: You wish to have a home practice tailored to your presenting health challanges.
- Scientific Basis: You wish to benefit from practices which are biomedically informed, and/or based on scientific evidence.
- Holistic Approach: You wish to benefit from a practice that is not only bio-psychosocially informed, but also spiritually and emotionally oriented.
- Shared Experiences: You wish to practice and share your experience with someone going through the same/similar issues.
- Motivation and Alignment: You prefer to practice in someone else’s presence for motivation and to ensure correct alignment.
- Comfort: You are keen on trying yoga but not comfortable going to a mainstream yoga class.
Considerations
- Upon registering interest to join or form a group, participants will be sent an email containing our enrolment form. This form must be completed, signed, and returned by email before we can proceed with group placement. The form assists in determining whether small group yoga therapy or individual yoga therapy is the best fit for you, while also supporting the safety and suitability of the group as outlined in ‘Group Formation’ below. Should the enrolment form reveal red flags, complexity, or uncertainty about group suitability, we may recommend a one-off paid intake for further evaluation before group formation. This will contribute toward the final fee and process. While an intake does not guarantee immediate or automatic placement into a group, it contributes to the all-rounded preparedness and safety, once a group is formed. It also supports the holistic safety of the individual should another service be deemed more suitable.
- Initial Intake and Physical and Breath Assessment: Group yoga therapy sessions require an individual intake and assessment for each participant to ensure utmost safety. These take approx. 1.5 hours per person, but may take up to 2 hours maximum, thus please plan accordingly when booking your initial sessions. Your requirements on the day will be taken into consideration. Cost for these initial sessions, is reflective of one-to-one session, as applicable.
- Group Yoga therapy sessions: Pricing thereafter is reflective of small group yoga therapy.
- By participating, clients agree to Baobab Yoga Therapy’s Terms & Conditions, release and waiver of liability, and privacy and security policy, all of which are noted in the above-mentioned enrolment form.
- We donate €1.00 per person per class for different charities as part of our Karma Yoga Practice.
- Our ‘refer a friend’ offer applies.
Group Formation
Should a group already be fully enrolled, not yet at minimum capacity, or not yet formed, individuals may either create their own group or wait until there is sufficient interest from others with similar needs. Participants will be placed on a waiting list until a suitable group can be arranged. We keep group sizes limited to ensure individual attention can still be given, in line with the nature of small group yoga therapy, where each person may have specific requirements.
Participation in small group yoga therapy is subject to Baobab Yoga Therapy’s evaluation to ensure:
- that participants do in fact fall under the same category of the group;
- that participation does not affect the remaining participants adversely;
- the safe practice of all participants, taking into consideration any other serious red flags and/or contra-indications that need to be taken into account for all concerned, including the individual in question.
Baobab Yoga Therapy reserves full discretion on such decision. Following confirmation of suitability, the individual will be:
- allocated to the respective small group yoga therapy program or
- placed on a waiting list and notified as soon as a suitable group can be formed, if one is not immediately available. Alternatively, we may work one-on-one until a group is formed.
When group participation is deemed unsuitable for safety or ethical reasons, discussions will be held with the individual/s in question to find a solution, while the group will need to fulfil the minimum number of participants before commencing.
Looking for a group tailored to your specific health need?
If you’re managing a particular condition and would benefit from small group yoga therapy, we’re always open to creating new groups based on community interest. Let us know what you’re looking for – we’re here to help.
Register your interest using our contact form and feel free to invite friends who may be facing similar challenges. We simply ask you to mention the group or health focus you’re interested in, so we can be in touch.
