Supportive Therapies
Integrative Lifestyle Therapy
Lifestyle choices, self-care, as well as physical and mental wellbeing are part of overall health and the healing process: We support and encourage mindful, engaged self-care as there is no better healer than oneself. Second Nature Wellbeing for Life provides individualized therapy for women with health challenges in Bloomington Indiana and the Indianapolis area.
Yoga Therapy for Women
Yoga Therapy is a gentle, holistic approach to health and healing. It may be an alternative to mainstream therapies or be integrated into caregiving and comprehensive therapy programs. Yoga therapy is versatile and adaptable; its effects may be readily appreciated whether able, less able, or confined to a wheelchair or bed. Therapy is not merely physically based upon techniques and exercises, or fixing a specific issue—instead, a person is viewed as a whole, taking into consideration the multidimensional facets of a person's life and circumstances.
Comprehensive Therapy & Therapeutic Rehabilitation
Comprehensive therapy and individualized yoga therapy with one practitioner ensures thoughtful, focused care and recovery. Rather than scheduling with multiple therapists, therapy programs are provided by a therapist who is a certified nutritionist, licensed bodyworker, and experienced C-IAYT yoga therapist specializing in therapeutic rehabilitation, chronic pain management, and neurological conditions.
Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing
At times, life can be more than challenging—it can become overwhelming. Identifying a precise cause for persistent depression and anxiety, as well as loss of sense of purpose in life or relationships, may not always be possible; however, with time, persistence, and proactive effort, a positive, sustainable shift in emotional wellbeing may be achieved. Whether through supportive yoga therapy in your home in the Bloomington area, walk-and-talk sessions in a natural setting, nutritional counseling and lifestyle therapy, the first step is to take a step forward.
With its focus on both physical and mental awareness, yoga is therapeutic both as a 2,000 -year-old practice for health and wellbeing—and as a gentle, alternative therapy for therapeutic rehabilitation, movement therapy, and long-term support. Customized yoga therapy programs are provided by an experienced yoga therapist specializing in NeuroSupportive Yoga Therapy™ as well as yoga therapy for chronic pain management, cancer recovery, and rehabilitation.
Second Nature's Yoga for Women supports women in life and living through the practices of yoga therapy and lifestyle therapy—emphasizing stability, self-reliance, and resilience. We are sensitive to cultural customs as well as the need for a safe space: yoga therapy sessions are provided in-home.
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Individualized support, delving into unhelpful lifestyle habits or patterns of thinking and providing a compassionate, open space for discussion and reflection on subjects such as anxiety and stress, disordered eating, neurological conditions, cancer treatment and recovery. Integrative Lifestyle Therapy sessions may include yoga therapy which is appropriate for women—respecting their body, health circumstances and life-stages. Yoga for women is sensitive to cultural customs as well as the need for a safe space, offering private, in-home yoga therapy.
Wouldn't it be wonderful to see food sources as natural healing sources, both for the body and mind? Whole Person Nutrition does just that: the whole person is considered, not simply the body. Nutrition consultations range from balancing lifestyle and learning the basics of wholesome, healthful eating, to recognizing and managing emotional or disordered eating. We do not prescribe supplements or follow fad diets—instead, supportive lifestyle therapy options are provided which may include nutritional therapy and guidance.
Comprehensive Therapy Programs are a long-term option for neurosupportive therapy, therapeutic rehabilitation, palliative care, cancer recovery or while in treatment, and chronic pain management. Rather than offering short-term therapy with little support or follow-up, we provide extended, personalized support over months or years, creating a client relationship that adapts and changes as needs change.
Traditional Thai Therapies consider the body as a whole rather than isolating an area for treatment, drawing upon the scope of traditional Thai medicine and therapies which include manual therapies, herbal therapies, and lifestyle change. Our therapeutic Thai bodywork (nuad borarn) is based in the Thai medicine tradition and is focused on treatment and healing—not popularized, acrobatic techniques. Nuad boran is a versatile therapy for those with neurological conditions, persistent pain, paralysis, muscle atrophy, and reduced range of motion.
Moving the body gently and naturally, in-depth discussion, nourishing the body rather than "feeding" it, and being in natural surroundings, are simple, sustainable ways to care for your body and emotional peace of mind. Persistent depression or anxiety, inability to sleep, chronic fatigue and pain, as well as a loss of sense of life-purpose or meaning are all viewed as parts of a larger picture. Learn where you can begin, by taking a step forward...
Wellbeing is considerably more than the obvious physical issues associated with significant health challenges: It encompasses underlying factors which affect health and quality of life. On-on-one, in-home therapy and rehabilitation can be helpful in reducing overall stress and fatigue associated with multiple clinical visits, while providing highly personalized, compassionate therapy which puts the emphasis on you—rather than a rote therapy program focusing only on a part or symptom.