Live stream, in person, and recordings available!
Learn how pranayama, asana, mantra, mudra, bhavana, and simple meditations will help those who are experiencing situational and chronic psycho-emotional challenges and imbalances.
We live in challenging times and incidence of anxiety and depression, stress and anger are on the rise. We know a steady yoga practice can help us navigate these difficulties and gain emotional resilience. This workshop goes a step further to illuminate specific therapeutic techniques that can shift one’s mood in the moment.
Amy Weintraub, author of Yoga for Depression, the Yoga For Your Mood Card Deck, and Yoga Skills for Therapists, will share her evidenced-based protocols in this experiential immersion. Teaching through the lenses of current scientific research, personal experience, and ancient Yogic philosophy, Amy illuminates how our nervous system can become stuck, and how we can amplify balance and health.
Amy’s compassionate model of therapeutic tools will impact your growth as a teacher and expand your understanding of yoga for emotional health.
You will:
- Discover empowering practices to address aggravated, over-stimulated and depressed emotional states
- Understand how awareness empowers self-regulation
- Learn to individualize practice for yourself and your students develop your own method of resilience
- Experience a tangible self-care break as you build your toolbox for those you serve
Tuition:$449
Schedule (attend in person or livestreaming):
Wednesday, November 1, 2023: 2:00 – 5:30 pm (PST)
Thursday, November 2, 2023: 9:00 am – 6:15 pm (PST)
Friday, November 3, 2023: 9:00 am – 6:15 pm (PST)
(all full days will include a mid-workshop 90 minute break and several shorter breaks throughout the day)
Certification:
Required for Yoga Therapy Training and the 300 Hour Training
Upon completion you will be able to register Continuing Education Units (CEUs) with Yoga Alliance and Approved Professional Development (APDs) credits with IAYT
Amy Weintraub is the founder of the LifeForce Yoga® Healing Institute, an acclaimed yoga therapist, and a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health. Author of the best-selling Yoga for Depression and Yoga Skills for Therapists, she teaches and guides thousands of practitioners and therapists around the world. She thrives in Tucson, Arizona, where she mountain bikes, dances, writes, and creates.
In 1999 Amy wrote The Natural Prozac, Yoga Journal’s first article addressing yoga and mental health. Her latest offering, Yoga for Your Mood Deck: 52 Ways to Shift Depression and Anxiety, will be released by Sounds True in the spring of 2021.
Find more about Amy and her workshops, books, and practices at amyweintraub.com.
