Global Yoga Therapy Day – Why This Work Matters to Me

Pippa Jackson - Yoga Therapist - Supporting her Client

Today is Global Yoga Therapy Day—a day that not only celebrates the growing field of yoga therapy but also reminds me of why I chose this path and why it means so much.

For me, yoga therapy isn’t a career I simply decided on. It’s something that found me.

For nearly two decades, I lived in a battle with myself—struggling with an eating disorder, constantly pushing, performing and measuring my worth externally. I was disconnected from my body and my sense of peace. It wasn’t until I found yoga—not the kind that’s just about flexibility or fitness, but the kind that meets you where you are, emotionally and physically—that I began to find my way home to myself.

Through yoga, I discovered something I had been missing: the tools to listen to my body, to respond with compassion. I began to rebuild trust within myself. It wasn’t a quick fix. It was a slow, often messy journey—but one that changed everything.

That journey is why I do what I do now.

Yoga therapy isn’t about touching your toes—it’s about touching your truth. It’s about creating a safe space where people can feel seen, heard and supported as they work through pain, destructive patterns and life challenges. It’s about learning how to calm the nervous system, process emotions and build resilience from the inside out.

I work with people who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck—whether that’s due to stress, trauma or old patterns they can’t seem to shift. And I also work with children, planting the seeds of emotional awareness and self-regulation early in life.

On International Yoga Therapy Day, I’m reminded that this work is part of something much bigger. Around the world, yoga therapists are helping people navigate anxiety, chronic pain, grief, burnout and so much more. It’s a global movement towards whole-person wellbeing—one that respects the mind-body connection as essential to healing.

For me, this isn’t just a profession. It’s deeply personal. It’s the way I get to give back what once saved me.

If you’ve been curious about yoga therapy—whether for yourself, your workplace, or someone you care about—today is the perfect day to start the conversation. The journey is rarely linear, but I promise, it’s worth taking that first step.

Because you are worth it.

With warmth,

Pippa x