What is Yoga therapy?
Yoga therapy is a holistic practice that uses the teachings of yoga, such as breath work, yoga postures, meditation, and mindful movement, to improve your health, overcome challenges, and bring about a sense of balance.
For many years, yoga was practiced to bring calmness to the mind, manage fluctuations in chaotic thinking, and find a state of peaceful calm.
The second of Patanjali’s yoga sutras ( Yogic wisdom texts ) is;
“Yogas Chitta Vritti Nirodha”
Yoga Therapy with Bryony Hamerton
Do you ever feel like your mind won’t switch off, even when your body is exhausted?
Maybe your sleep is patchy, your digestion unsettled, or you’re running on empty but can’t seem to slow down.
Yoga therapy is a personalised, evidence-based approach to restoring balance between body, brain and breath.
It combines traditional yogic tools — movement, breathwork, and guided awareness — with modern neuroscience to support your mental, emotional, and physical health.
How It Works
Each session is one-to-one and designed uniquely for you. Together we explore simple, accessible practices — breath, mindful movement, restorative postures, and guided relaxation — to help your nervous system settle and your body remember how to feel safe again.
You’ll receive your own take-home practice after every session — like a personalised prescription for mind and body — to continue your progress between meetings.
Yoga therapy can help with:
Anxiety, depression, or burnout
Chronic stress, trauma or PTSD
Hormonal transitions (menopause, fertility, postnatal)
Pain, fatigue, or long-term illness (including Long Covid, CFS/ME)
Recovery from cancer treatment or surgery
Blood pressure, respiratory or heart conditions
“Yoga is not about touching your toes; it’s about what you learn on the way down.”
— Adapted from Judith Lasater
My Training & Approach
A yoga instructor full-time since my first training in 2008, I’m also a qualified yoga therapist (Minded Institute, 2015) with over 16 years and 12,000+ teaching hours.
My background includes somatics, nutrition, breathwork, and the psychology of yoga, so sessions address the whole system — body, mind, heart, and gut.
Also known as the biopsychosocial approach to therapy, my work is holistic and person-centered.
The Minded Institute training included 550 hours of clinical study plus over 100 case-study hours in healthcare settings. I trained under Heather Mason, founder of the Yoga in Healthcare Alliance, whose work helped bring yoga into the NHS.
In 2023, I trained in Integral Yoga Psychotherapy with Minded. Attending the modules of this training gave me the skills to offer talking therapy alongside my body-based therapeutic approach
Each year, I continue my CPD in somatics, trauma-informed practice, and nervous-system science to keep my work current and compassionate. Most recently, I trained with Deb Dana in her polyvagal theory approach to therapy.
Practicalities
You don’t need any yoga experience — or flexibility! Sessions can take place in person at Be Yoga Sussex or online via Zoom.
Most clients benefit from a short course to create real change.
I offer several flexible options:
Initial Consultation 15 mins Free Phone or Zoom — explore your goals and see if we’re a good fit
Single Session 75 mins £85 Includes tailored home practice
Therapy Package 4 x 75-minute sessions £350 Weekly or fortnightly sessions with evolving home plan
Deep-Rest Program 6 x 90-minute sessions £495 for long-term stress, trauma, or fatigue recovery
10% discount for NHS workers, students, and state-school teachers.
Ready to Begin?
Start with a free discovery call. We’ll talk through what’s happening for you, answer questions, and decide whether yoga therapy is the right approach.
