Events
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LIVE on Zoom! Meditation and Breathing Practices for Mood Management
ZoomLIVE on Zoom! Spring Breathing and Meditation Practices with Amy Weintraub, author of Yoga for Depression and the founder of LifeForce Yoga Thursday, May 16th, 7:00 am PDT/10:00 am EDT Monday, May 20, 5:00 pm PDT/8:00 pm EDT CEUs for Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists A handout accompanies each session. I'm trying something new, and I hope you'll join me in this experiment. During May, I'll be offering meditation and breathing practices, specifically for mood management on Zoom. You can join me live or watch the replay (available to registrants for a week after each session). Please see below for the two offerings in May, and if you enjoy them, I may offer more this summer. My plan is to offer an online [...]
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Yoga Skills to Shift Depression and Anxiety at Kripalu
Kripalu Center Interlaken Road, Stockbridge, MA, United StatesOnline Registration Yoga Skills to Shift Depression and Anxiety May 24 - May 27. 2024 A Spring Reset at Kripalu. Join me for a community of belonging. I offer an unapologetically, irrepressible, infinitely inclusive welcome to this 3-day workshop at Kripalu over Memorial Day Weekend. Want a break from anxiety, stress and overwhelm? Join us in the Berkshires this Spring for a luscious four day program, as the lake begins to warm and the blooms begin to pulse with color. We will move, breathe, meditate, and connect together indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. Discover accessible practices that address anxiety and help to beat the blues without pretzel poses or extra flexibility. Strip away the obstacles that keep you from [...]
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LIFEFORCE YOGA & IFS: New Tools to Bring Balance
Kripalu Center Interlaken Road, Stockbridge, MA, United StatesOnline Registration LIFEFORCE YOGA & INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS New Tools To Bring Balance To Your Life September 8-13. 2024 A Fall Retreat at Kripalu. We all have a Precious Center. A place within that is unsullied by life’s traumatic events. LifeForce Yoga skills remove restrictions and help us access the compassion we need to explore our wounds with clarity and wisdom. IFS teaches us how to relate to ourselves and others from a place of inclusion, empathy, and curiosity, and the two modalities dovetail beautifully. You will experience the blend of a gentle, evidence-based yoga protocol to help you self-soothe and clear your mind as you work with your IFS parts. The manager parts, reactive parts, [...]
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2025 Bahamas Beach Retreat: Building Resilience
Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Paradise Island, Nassau, BahamasOnline Registration Bahamas Beach Retreat March 4 - 6, 2025 Building Resilience: Yoga for Your Mood Life is short- and it's time for a Yoga Vacation! Come relax. Be inspired. Activate your heart. Deepen your awareness, and be present to the beauty of nature that surrounds you. It's especially uplifting to gather in community. This retreat offers the sweetness of in-person connection in an amazing location to ground and let go. I know you won’t regret a spacious break to restore your connection to Self at the beautiful Sivananda Yoga Ashram in The Bahamas. The beach there opens my heart. Yoga and meditation outside, clean vegetarian meals, the sunsets, the air.... Community kirtan, chanting, and mantras regulate [...]
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2025 NJIMHC Keynote
Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel 1401 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, New Jersey, United StatesThe NJIMHC is an engaging and insightful mental health conference at the beautiful Oceanfront in Asbury Park, NJ, May 27-28, 2025. This year’s focus is on a return to the family as a refuge of belongingness. Connect with industry leaders, refresh your skills, and enjoy an extended holiday weekend on the Jersey shore. This is your opportunity to share, learn, and grow in a supportive and collaborative environment.
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Practices to Shift Depression and Anxiety
Kripalu Center Interlaken Road, Stockbridge, MA, United StatesOnline Registration Practices to Shift Depression and Anxiety A Spring Reset at Kripalu. https://kripalu.org/presenters-programs/yoga-skills-shift-depression-and-anxiety Stuck in a bad mood, or replaying thoughts that limit you? Learn yoga practices that help you—and those you serve—achieve and sustain emotional well-being. Strip away the obstacles that keep you from knowing the joy beneath your mood and story. Return home feeling refreshed, renewed, and excited about incorporating these new tools into your home, teaching, or clinical practice. Through her accessible LifeForce Yoga practices, breathwork, and experiential sessions, you will discover: Pranayama and kriya, breathing techniques, that regulate the emotions Meditations that lift the mood Sankalpa, affirmations Bhavana, guided visualizations Mantras, tones, that manage the emotions Mudras, hand gestures, that affect [...]
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LIFEFORCE YOGA & IFS: New Tools to Bring Balance to Your Life
Kripalu Center Interlaken Road, Stockbridge, MA, United StatesOnline Registration LIFEFORCE YOGA & INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS New Tools To Bring Balance To Your Life September 14-19. 2024 A Fall Retreat at Kripalu. We all have a Precious Center. A place within that is unsullied by life’s traumatic events. LifeForce Yoga skills remove restrictions and help us access the compassion we need to explore our wounds with clarity and wisdom. IFS teaches us how to relate to ourselves and others from a place of inclusion, empathy, and curiosity, and the two modalities dovetail beautifully. You will experience the blend of a gentle, evidence-based yoga protocol to help you self-soothe and clear your mind as you work with your IFS parts. The manager parts, reactive parts, and those tender young parts from a place of compassionate self-awareness [...]
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SAGE Wisdom: An Evening of Healing, Expert Insights, and Community A Benefit
ZOOM EVENTOnline Registration SAGE Wisdom: An Evening of Healing, Expert Insights, and Community You're invited to a virtual gathering on September 30th to enjoy gentle yoga, hear from a panel of grief and trauma experts, and discover LIGHT's upcoming events, including a grief retreat, YTT, and professional trainings in Colorado, Springs. This learning benefit raises money for SAGE event scholarships. Your expert panel are leaders in grief & trauma healing. Don't miss this time with Arielle Schwartz, Amy Weintraub, Amy Pickett-Williams, Katie Mattei , PsyD, Joann Lutz, LICSW, E-RYT, C-IAYT, Matthew McKay, PhD, and Wendy Black Stern, C-IAYT. 5:30 - 6pm: Gentle practice to open hearts and bodies. 6-7 pm: Expert panel for wisdom-sharing and inspiration. 7-7:30 pm: [...]
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Yoga for Depression & Anxiety
Online Registration Nov 5-6, 2025, 9:30am-5:15pm each day. Hosted in person, livestream and via recording at the beautiful Soul of Yoga in Encinitas, CA. Yoga for mood works. 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’s compassionate model of therapeutic tools will impact your growth as a teacher and expand your understanding of yoga for emotional health. Amy will share her evidenced-based protocols in this experiential immersion. Teaching through the lenses of [...]
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Somatic Solutions For Chronic Pain & Discomfort (free) online
Somatic Solutions For Chronic Pain & Discomfort (free) Online Masterclass Living with chronic pain and discomfort is exhausting—not just physically, but emotionally. When you’re in the thick of it, it’s easy to feel isolated, anxious, or even hopeless. You might feel like your world has started to shrink as you say "no" to the things you love, simply because your body feels like it's stuck in a permanent state of "high alert." The truth is, chronic pain often creates a protective feedback loop in the nervous system. While the body can become very skilled at "bracing" for pain, the good news is that your nervous system is incredibly plastic. This means that with the right somatic tools, you can "retrain" [...]