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Facing What Is.

Facing What Is.

Facing what is. We can back away from the world, both our own personal dilemmas and the times we live in. But when we face them with presence, we can use these very same troubles as a pathway into a deeper connection to Self, to the place within us where we are deeply connected to each other and to the energy of the universe. I really do mean “the universe,” because if the physicists are right about the Big Bang, we are all the stardust of those first atoms. This chaotic world--with myriad crises and uncertainties, seems nonstop. This fog of collective unease, underlying our constant pressures and priorities is exhausting. Yet, when I was asked to write about releasing dread, I [...]

Facing What Is.Liz2022-07-26T10:38:24-07:00

Yoga for Depression & Anxiety Live Online Training

Online Registration Yoga for Depression & Anxiety Live Online Training January 6-8, 2023 Join Amy LIVE ONLINE for the Yoga for Depression and Anxiety module of the Inner Peace Yoga Therapy training program, with the individual weekend rate. For thousands of years, yogis have understood what current research in neurobiology and clinical observations are demonstrating — that, working with a body and breath-based practice, we can manage our moods. This training interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what’s no longer serving you — without a story attached! In this three-day training, you will learn and practice breathing exercises, easy postures, guided meditations, and other experiential yogic tools for mood management that [...]

Yoga for Depression & Anxiety Live Online TrainingLiz2022-11-21T13:58:30-07:00

Healing Trauma Through Conscious Embodiment Summit

Online Registration Healing Trauma Through Conscious Embodiment Summit Revealing Your Body’s Wisdom and Utilizing Creativity June 13-17 Looking for emotionally conscious inspiration? Need some new perspective to help with recent events? I believe community always helps. This fascinating and varied event includes poets and singers, yogis and therapists, doers and dreamers like Owen and Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Deirdre Fay: author and trainer, Susan Merson Author, Bernadette Pleasant of The Emotional Institute, Raja Selvam, Reggie Marra, Jennifer Wortham, LCSW, Anthony Rios, Kent Frazier, and more. I know you'll discover new takes and ideas to support ease in body, mind and spirit. This virtual summit is hosted by Gregg Westwood of Depth Integration. It's all free, but you need [...]

Healing Trauma Through Conscious Embodiment SummitLiz2022-05-31T16:58:52-07:00

YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD Immersion at Kripalu

Online Registration YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD Immersion with Amy Weintraub, and therapist Deb Lubetkin, PsyD, at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Want a break from anxiety, stress and overwhelm? Join us in the Berkshires for five immersive days, as the leaves begin to pulse with color and the mornings turn crisp. We will be moving and breathing and meditating indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. Join Amy and Dr. Deb Lubetkin, licensed psychologist and Kripalu Yoga teacher, for a program designed to not only shift your mood but possibly change your life. After experiencing firsthand the relief that yoga provides, Amy and Deb dedicated their careers to helping others who suffer from mood disorders like depression and anxiety. For [...]

YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD Immersion at KripaluLiz2022-08-12T09:57:45-07:00

Feeling Vibrant

Feeling Vibrant

How do we feel vibrant, ageless and alive? For me it’s when I feel a loving connection. I can feel my heart expand when I am attuned to Shoshanna, my seven-year-old granddaughter, whether I have that rare opportunity to be in her presence, or even when I conjure up an image of her in my heart’s mind. Science corroborates my experience. Our hearts literally swell when we feel love, and they shrink when we grieve. Grieving is a natural part of our lives, not to be tamped down, but there comes a time when we must turn our faces to the sun, when we must let joy flow through the grief, even if it’s only a small stream. For the [...]

Feeling VibrantLiz2022-04-04T07:36:10-07:00

Even the memory of love expands the heart.

Even the memory of love expands the heart.

Dear Ones, Today, we remember a teacher, mentor, and friend, Ruth Adeline Hartung, who died last week. Director of Seven Centers Yoga Arts in Sedona for over twenty years, Ruth was known to her students as Sraddhasagar —Sanskrit for Ocean of Faith — and that she was. She was a force for good and an inspiration to me. Sraddha’s devotion to serving took her often to the Middle East, where she trained yoga teacher trainers to help embattled and traumatized people through the nightmare of ongoing conflict. Her commitment to core yoga teaching included philosophy, diet, shatkarmas and kriyas, in addition to the more common teachings of asana and pranayama. This made her program, Influenced in part by the great Rama Jyoti Vernon, [...]

Even the memory of love expands the heart.Liz2022-04-04T07:36:10-07:00

Treating Depression and Anxiety with Yoga (free) Webinar

Online Registration Treating Depression and Anxiety with Yoga (free) Webinar February 16/17, 2022 North America: Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 2:00-3:00 PM Pacific/5:00-6:00 PM Eastern United Kingdom: February 16, 2022, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM Australia: Thursday, February 17, 2022, 9:00-10:00 AM, Sydney, Australia New Zealand: Thursday, February 17, 2022, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Auckland The science supporting the integration of movement into depression and anxiety treatments is becoming increasingly evident. Join us for this live webinar where Amy taps into the scientifically proven link between yoga and emotional well-being. She guides us into adapting this ancient healing method to serve our clients, helping them self-regulate and FIND a sense of their inner peace beneath whatever mood is visiting. Amy covers [...]

Treating Depression and Anxiety with Yoga (free) WebinarLiz2022-01-26T09:49:58-07:00

YogaCon 2022: Yoga Supporting Mental Health

Online Registration YogaCon 2022: Yoga Supporting Mental Health March 4-6th, 2022 RiverCenter, Davenport, Iowa The Quad City Yoga Conference is thrilled to offer this event for folks interested in yoga from very beginners to advanced practitioners. This is our inaugural fundraising event, and all ticket sales go to funding QCYC's work sharing yoga and mindfulness in our community. YogaCon 2022 highlights some of the best yoga teachers in the United States who are practicing deep work that supports mental health with the practices and discipline of yoga. Amy will be presenting two YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD sessions, both Saturday : Yoga For Your Mood Part 1 This session meets that couch potato feeling of lethargy, pandemic malaise, [...]

YogaCon 2022: Yoga Supporting Mental HealthLiz2022-02-28T15:13:02-07:00

IFS Meets LifeForce Yoga – A Week of Healing and Learning

Online Registration IFS Meets LifeForce Yoga: A Workshop Intensive with LifeForce Yoga founder Amy Weintraub, and Internal Family Systems-trained therapist Angela Huebner, PhD, LMFT, at the beautiful Cape Cod Institute. The combination of IFS and LFY provide just the tools we need to slow down and tune in! In the process of learning LFY practices to help clients self-regulate, increase self-efficacy and self-compassion, you will connect to the wholeness and healing capacity within yourself. Return home empowered with your own practice, a better understanding of the IFS model, and ready to share these tools with your clients. All bodies and abilities welcome! Mental and physical health care providers can practice their specialties more effectively when they offer [...]

IFS Meets LifeForce Yoga – A Week of Healing and LearningLiz2022-05-30T06:04:53-07:00

YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD: Practices to Shift Depression and Anxiety

Online Registration This is a HYBRID offering! Join Amy in the Tucson studio or stream online from home. Don’t stay stuck in a bad mood or thinking that limits you. Not only will these practices shift your mood, but they may change your life as they did for Amy and the thousands of students she has trained. Learn accessible yoga practices that support you and those you serve achieve and sustain emotional wellbeing. We’ll be meeting the mood and shifting it into balance with yoga breathing, mudras, visual imagery, yoga meditations, mantras and accessible movements. Many of these practices are not taught in regular yoga classes. Amy experienced firsthand the relief that yoga can provide and has spent [...]

YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD: Practices to Shift Depression and AnxietyLiz2022-03-30T10:14:10-07:00