Watch Online Register free for our LIVE chat on ZOOM about my novel TEMPLE DANCER with renowned Yoga Therapist, Maryam Ovissi of Beloved Yoga in Reston, VA. Join us on Wednesday, February 10th. 4-515PM PST 5-615PM MST 7-815PM EST Among other things, we'll talk about Creativity, the divine spark The conflict between fulfilling oneself creatively and being a "good enough" mother Sacred sexuality, devadasis, and mother India We highly recommend you pick up the book  and read it before our conversation. Bring your questions and let's engage in a meaningful conversation to expand perspective with the fire of TEMPLE DANCER! Amy Weintraub, MFA, ERYT-500, C-IAYT, YACEP Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500, YACEP, C-IAYT, is the founder of [...]

  Online Registration ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85493578449?pwd=RmNESTJibVg4SkJMbVFYNFVFM0NLdz09 Meeting ID: 854 9357 8449 Passcode: 7tbh97 "Hearing Voices" Listening to a character from a different time and culture. Temple Dancer was 26 years of true listening and false starts. Amy Weintraub MFA, C-IAYT, Yoga teacher, trainer and writing instructor, known well for her nonfiction books, Yoga for Depression (Harmony Books) and Yoga Skills for Therapists (W.W. Norton) was a many-times rejected fiction writer suffering from depression before she found yoga. Amy will talk about the differences she finds in mining psycho-emotional truths in the writing of fiction and the writing of nonfiction, as well as the differences in the publication process. As the title of her talk implies, she will also discuss [...]

Online Registration Creating Meaningful Change: The Quest for Healing in an Anxious Time From the comfort of your home! If you’re a healing professional, discover inspiration and a sense of creative renewal! Since the advent of COVID-19, the proportion of people struggling with depression, anxiety, and trauma has soared. In the midst of such pervasive distress, how can we be truly helpful to others? And how can we take care of our own well-being? Join in with amazing thought-leaders in psychotherapy. I will offer Yoga for Your Mood classes and a yoga nidra that you can do before, between sessions and afterwards to keep you feeling in balance and receptive to the inspiration of your esteemed colleagues. [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]