Dr Sylvia Hood Washington

Dr. Sylvia Hood Washington has been involved in public health for almost 30 years. She has a particular interest and skill in using natural and holistic medicine in dealing with environmentally related diseases like asthma, diabetes, multiple chemical sensitivity, obesity, stress, lupus, allergies and COPD (chronic obstruction pulmonary disease). She has training in traditional health sciences (MPH, Epidemiology) and alternative medicine (ND, licensed traditional naturopath). She is a registered yoga instructor with Yoga Alliance ,(RYT) a certfied natural therapies coach, healing touch practitioner apprentice, a certified naturopathic coach and a licensed traditional naturopath.

She received her first certification as a yoga (Iyengar based) teacher through the Temple of Kriya Yoga-Chicago under the tutelage of Kim Schwartz in the lineage of Goswami Kriyananda.

She also spent several months training in the Healing Yoga Institute (San Francisco)’s yoga therapy training program that was created under the lineage of Krishnamayachara as taught by T.K.V. Desikachar .

She is currently wrapping up her CYT 500 requirements through Prairie Yoga where she received guidance from renowned yoga instructors like Tias Little and Gabriel Halpern.

Dr. Washington recently became certified as a "Silver Age Yoga" instructor through the Silver Age Yogo Community Outreach Foundation (SAYCO). Through this program she learned how to teach yoga safely to senior age students in consideration of the health issues which this special population faces.

Sylvia is the founder and executive director of Environmental Health Research Associates, LLC (EHRA, LLC); a private environmental epidemiology and history research group.

Her professional activities in Dupage County are really focused on natural health and healing which is why she created YogaTherapeutics, a division of EHRA, LLC. YogaTherapeutics goal is to introduce area residents to a new “era” of alternative medicine that combines the original and fundamental science of yoga with the healing modalities of Ayurvedic and naturopathic medicine.

YogaTherapeutics is based on the ancient and fundamental original intent of yoga--- which was to heal individuals with personalized and private instruction. YogaTherapeutics offers private and small tailored classes in Hatha yoga, Kriya yoga, Ayurveda medicine, naturopathic medicine and meditation for optimal mind, body and spirit health.