With more than two decades of experience teaching yoga and over a decade working as a yoga therapist, Margie’s career is rich, diverse, and deeply inspiring. From private practice to working in a major cancer hospital, to research studies, and collaborating with integrative health clinics, Margie’s journey shows just how far yoga therapy can take you – professionally and personally.
In this warm and insightful interview, Margie reflects on:
- Why she never feels bored with her work (and why she has no plans to retire)
- How she built a yoga therapy career around her passion for helping people with cancer and chronic pain
- What it’s like to be involved in a yoga therapy study on lymphoedema
- How she built a yoga therapy practice without using social media
- The power of specialising – and how it’s made her work more rewarding and effective
- Her advice to yoga teachers considering undertaking yoga therapy training
Margie says she feels really blessed to have her work as a yoga therapist because it’s continually interesting.
“I’m continually learning and adapting and changing the way that I work. It’s an ongoing process. I never feel bored and I also enjoy really seeing the benefits that people get.”
Author:
Trina Bawden-Smith is the founder and director of the Yoga Therapy Institute, which has trained over 420 Yoga therapists. She has been overseeing the development of the Yoga Therapy Institute’s Accredited Yoga Therapy Certification since 2012, has conducted 8 Yoga therapy conferences and directed numerous professional development programs for Yoga therapists and Yoga teachers since 2003.
Whether you’re already a practicing yoga therapist or a yoga teacher exploring your next step, this conversation is filled with wisdom, practical insight, and gentle encouragement.
For more information on becoming an accredited Yoga therapist see our Accredited Yoga Therapy Certification.
