History of the Mindfulness Yoga Therapy Training Program in Eating Disorders
When I brought yoga to the eating disorders community in 2003 through yoga and group discussion that evolved into a comprehensive eating disorders treatment program by 2008, I was inspired to offer an adjunct to eating disorders treatment. By incorporating yoga therapy into the eating disorders treatment program, Inner Door Center® that I formerly owned and operated, it offered patients the opportunity to get out of their head, begin to feel their body and express their feelings, along with open their hearts and become more aware of the purpose that their eating disorder served.
Yoga is a mindful practice that helps to create awareness. The first step to change is awareness. In the Reconnect with Food yoga therapy system that I created for the treatment of eating disorders at the Inner Door Center®, boasting wonderful testimonials we were able to generate outcome data that showed significant improvement in the EAT-26 pre and post treatment along with significant improvement in quality-of-life indicators.
Because so many eating disorders professionals around the country and internationally were intrigued by what we were doing, they too wanted to learn our method in incorporating yoga therapy in the treatment of eating disorders. I created the mindfulness yoga therapy training in eating disorders for professionals boasting many graduates of this program.
I sold the Inner Door Center® in 2016 and retained the rights to the Inner Door Center® mindfulness yoga therapy training program in eating disorders for professionals. After leaving the Inner Door Center® in 2016, I continued to offer the mindfulness yoga therapy training program in eating disorders for professionals. Since COVID, it has transformed into an online, self-directed and interactive program.
