IAYT SYTAR 2021 Plenary: Collaboration + Co-creation = Connection 

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Online Registration SYTAR IS ON (VIRTUALLY) June 17-20, 2021, and Amy will be giving a Plenary talk. Collaboration + Co-Creation = Connection In the specialized field of yoga therapy, we sometimes feel we need to know it all. Can we instead relax into the knowledge that we don’t have to know it all, and that we are connected to our colleagues in ways that can support and sustain us? When we attune with students and clients, we are collaborating with them as they learn to become the experts on their own mind-body’s needs. We will talk about the skills of attunement, collaboration, and co-creation and practice ways to develop those abilities. Throughout this session, we will nourish our [...]

Arts & Sacred Sexuality Evening, Newport RI

How can Art and Creation lead to transcendence? How does passion and intuition flow through? New Englanders, join us in Newport RI, for an evening of conversation, visual art and a reading from my new novel.  THURS JUL 22  5-730PM 5:00 Kerstin Zettmar, visual artist who has exhibited and sold internationally, will share her inner process in creating paintings and fiber art. Her work will be displayed and for sale.   kerstinzettmarart.com 5:45 Amy Weintraub, Yoga Therapist and Author of Yoga for Depression, Yoga Skills for Therapists and Temple Dancer, the new award-winning spiritual thriller, will offer a short reading and talk about her 25-year journey to create this novel.   amyweintraub.com 6:30 Party Time! Book signing and informal conversations with both artists. Zettmar Studio [...]

Yoga Therapy for ALL podcast

As yoga therapists, we are often called upon to offer therapeutic yoga for mood disorders in health care, or residential settings like detention centers, disordered eating clinics, and halfway houses, where yoga may be prescribed but not chosen by those we serve. In these environments yoga may seem inaccessible or weird or just plain boring. We know that yoga is effective for mood regulation. In this scientific review of yoga and depression, The Efficacy of Yoga as a Form of Treatment for Depression, the abstract states:  "...it can be concluded that the yoga interventions were effective in reducing depression." Still, for some, yoga sounds too difficult, or even elitist. How do we make yoga accessible and acceptable and fun? Thursday, [...]

LIVE with Amy: Yoga & Mental Health on Meru Talks

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Online Registration Amy joins Maiju Pohjola of Meru Health (SF, Denver, Helsinki) for a lively discussion about how yoga can help support our personal and collective mental health. Register free for a LIVE, experiential talk on Zoom Wednesday, August 25  10am PT/1PM ET We are all aware of the scope of the mental health crisis right now, and the need for more effective and accessible treatment methods. While the importance of integrating movement into depression and anxiety treatments is becoming more mainstream, Amy has taught about yoga’s healing powers for nearly three decades. Amy will discuss her experiences with Annie Browning LIVE with Q & A. In this live, experiential Zoom session Amy will tap into scientifically proven [...]

LIVE Webinar: Yoga for Depression as Alzheimer’s Prevention

Online Registration Tuesday, September 28, 2021 4pm PT/5pm MT/6pm CT/7pm ET Research shows a strong relationship between depression and Alzheimer's disease. In fact, a history of major depression is a risk factor for later development of Alzheimer's disease. And those with dementia often develop symptoms of both depression and anxiety. Luckily, yoga has been proven to be an effective lifestyle modality to manage depressive symptoms. I am grateful to be a part of this, as I'm passionate about supporting treatments for #AlzheimersDisease. The loss of my mother’s memory and the changes in her personality were painful for us all. In the middle stage, she was more loving than she had ever been. As her disease progressed and [...]