How does Anu Yoga transform lives through rehabilitative yoga?
Anu Yoga transforms lives by embedding rehabilitative yoga within hospital settings to support patients recovering from injury, illness and trauma. Founded by Shai Kaplan following her own recovery journey, the organisation integrates therapeutic yoga into conventional medical care, helping individuals rebuild strength, regulate their nervous systems and process trauma safely.
Operating inside major rehabilitation hospitals and oncology units, Anu Yoga serves wounded soldiers, trauma survivors, released hostages, bereaved families, oncology patients and frontline medical staff. Since its inception, the organisation has supported approximately 2,400 people – including 500 in 2025 alone.
The impact is both measurable and profound: most participants report significant physical and emotional improvement, alongside exceptionally high satisfaction scores. By working directly within medical frameworks, Anu Yoga bridges the gap between physical recovery and emotional healing, offering a holistic pathway to stability, resilience and renewed hope.
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MEET OHAD
Ohad, 22 years old, as with so many reserve soldiers, answered his call up at the start of the 2023 war and was part of a tank unit operating deep within Gaza during some of the most intense periods of fighting. He fell unconscious when his tank was hit by an RPG and described waking up an hour after the attack feeling like he was “burning from the inside”.
The blast left him with serious problems with his breathing, spine, vision and pelvis as well as cognitive complications. In the months after, PTSD set in, resulting in difficulty sleeping and night sweats. Every day became another battle he had to fight. He spent months in recovery in hospital where he was introduced to Anu Yoga and incorporated the programme into his rehabilitation.
He describes the programme as the most critical element of his recovery. He explained how it helped with his breathing and movement, his everyday functioning and his processing of the trauma. Ohad says that the Anu Yoga programme is unlike any other treatment he received. He believes it’s the key treatment that has him stable today. His wish is that every injured person would be able to experience the results he had and still has through the programme.
