Nydia Tijerina Darby, DPT

Nydia Tijerina Darby is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Therapeutic Yoga Research Specialist, Certified Yoga Therapist, published author of therapeutic yoga research, and owner and creative director of the Open Hand Institute and Nydia’s Yoga Therapy Studio in San Antonio, Texas. Nydia is currently writing her first book, "Therapeutic Yoga Works: A Gentle Approach to Eliminating Back Pain and Improving Functional Mobility for Life"—to be published early fall 2023.

Nydia received a bachelor’s and then a master’s in physical therapy from Texas Woman’s University in ’90 and ’91. She completed a doctorate in physical therapy from the University of the Incarnate Word in 2014. She has dedicated her life toward practicing what she preaches and supports her clients on their journeys toward mind, body, and spirit wholeness in the integrative physical therapy and therapeutic yoga practices that she shares.