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Yoga has its own traditional and cultural system of assessment, diagnosis, and health evaluation. However, as it does not seem to have a “standardized tool,” many in yoga therapy practice claim (mistakenly) that it doesn’t have its own system. This misconception often fosters an unhealthy dependency on the modern medical diagnosis alone. We need to be clear that we cannot move out of our scope of practice (SoP) and “borrow” assessment tools from other professions, and furthermore, it will not be correct to create therapeutic yogic plans based on the results of such borrowed assessment tools. It follows that both the assessment and therapeutic plan should be based on knowledge from the ancient texts, and should, as far as possible, merge together seamlessly.

The development of these yoga therapy tools for clinical assessment is, as we speak, a work in progress worldwide. What we can do today, however, is set the standards for assessment tools in the field of yoga therapy. We can show examples of this work in progress. We can encourage others to read the ancient texts and then find ways to bring this knowledge into the modern-day clinical setting. Perhaps at the end we will not be limited to one standard assessment tool. Perhaps there will be as many tools developed as the situations and environments in which the assessment takes place. Nevertheless, we need to be aware of the standards and frameworks of yoga therapy in order to create adequate tools.