Thank you to my yoga teacher for this thought provoking parallel. This is why mindfulness yoga is most appropriate for patients who struggle with eating disorders.
The postures in mindfulness yoga therapy are a great metaphor for helping your clients let go of the entanglement with their eating disorder. The root of tension is often attachment.
Read MoreAs eating disorder treatment professionals, we are always growing and learning. This is why supervision for professionals in eating disorders treatment with a certified eating disorders specialist is essential in order to be the best eating disorder practitioner that you can be! It is also necessary for iaedp certification.
In mindfulness yoga therapy for eating disorders, this is how we observe our clients on and off the mat.
Wouldn't you say that mindfulness yoga can benefit your patients with eating disorders? You can learn more in our Mindfulness Yoga Therapy Training in Eating Disorders to help your patients.
Read MoreHow does your client's relationship with food parallel all other relationships in their lives? –relationships with people, things, money, sexuality, drugs, alcohol and other addictive substances? Mindfulness yoga can aid in healing your patient's relationship with food.
Read MoreBeverly Price, CEDRD-S, C-IAYT featured in We Are Diabetes
"I like to meet my patients where they are at but challenge them to go to their edge in order to grow and transform. I have this same philosophy with the professionals that I work with as I encourage them to explore their edge if they expect their clients to go there as well."
MEET THE TEAM!
During National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (#NEDAwareness) it's only fitting that we introduce Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine Registered Dietitian and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Beverly Price, RDN, MA, CEDRD-S, E-RYT, C-IAYT.
Read MoreWatch Beverly Price's interview with the Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders (ANZAED), where she has also held a supervision role.
Read MoreYoga & Mindfulness Therapies for Eating Disorders – Today’s Dietitian Magazine
Caroline L. Young, MS, RD, LD, RYT interviews Beverly Price, CEDRD-S, C-IAYT in this article. “I always thought something was missing in eating disorder treatment,” says Beverly Price, MA, RD, E-RYT 200, C-IAYT, CEDRD-S, who now leads mindfulness-based trainings for eating disorder professionals. “I realized yoga was the missing link.”
