Yoga Psychotherapy is a combination of simple yoga asanas along with specifically designed affirmations. These affirmations are customized according to the issues of the client and the use of breath work aligns with the brain to release unhealed patterns.
Yoga psychotherapy, as previously noted, is practical and addresses the specific themes and problems that brought the client to therapy. Later in treatment, there may be time for more general philosophizing and intellectual discourse, as clients move from the resolution of specific problems to strategizing for future well-being.
However, treatment is pragmatic and serves to reduce client suffering. While yoga psychotherapy is guided by the principle of practicality and initially targets the specific internal and external conditions responsible for suffering, it is not simply a means to reducing and eliminating suffering.