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Yoga for Your Mood HYBRID Workshop

Spend an afternoon full of laughter, stories, love, and accessible yoga with Amy Weintraub. For ALL bodies and levels. ???? Learn accessible skills that support emotional balance, soothe anxiety, elevate mood, reduce fatigue. These tools can increase ease and clarity. ????‍♀️ Treat yourself to a vibrant community afternoon - in Tucson. Amy, who's recent offering, Amazon's #1 Yoga for Your Mood card deck, is also the author of the groundbreaking book, Yoga for Depression. amyweintraub.com

Yoga for Your Mood HYBRID WorkshopLiz2021-11-30T09:06:25-07:00

NEW MUST-READ for Therapists, Yogis, and Self Care Seekers

NEW MUST-READ for Therapists, Yogis, and Self Care Seekers

Why do I say Joanne Spence’s new book Trauma-Informed Yoga is a must-read? If you, as a mental health, yoga or other healing professional, support people in recovery from a history of trauma and associated mood disorders, you will love this book. Stephen Porges, PhD changed our understanding of the body-mind’s response to threat when he published Polyvagal Theory in 2011. Deb Dana, LCSW brought that understanding into the treatment room when she published The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy in 2018, and in the simplest and most accessible of ways, Joanne Spence, BSW, MA, helps us non-neuroscientists take hold of the “Autonomic Ladder” and support our clients and students as they rise to safety and connection. When I read Trauma-Informed Yoga for the first time (disclaimer—I read it a [...]

NEW MUST-READ for Therapists, Yogis, and Self Care SeekersLiz2022-04-04T07:36:13-07:00

And STILL, MEDITATION STILLS

And STILL, MEDITATION STILLS

Do you have trouble meditating? Does your mind seem too active to find stillness? Meditation can produce a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind; simple, yes, but not often easy. When I began to meditate, I went on "rounding" meditation weekends, and the group practice made it easier than practicing at home alone. In fact, the depression that clouded my mind created a lot of negative self-talk, no matter if I practiced with my mantra or focused on the breath. When I closed my eyes, my self-critical part took the lead. Sound familiar? Later, when I added yoga practices to "give my mind a bone"--mudras, mantra chanting, pranayama, kriya, body sensing--I found a portal into a quiet mind. [...]

And STILL, MEDITATION STILLSLiz2022-04-04T07:36:13-07:00

Increasing Courage Amidst Fear

Increasing Courage Amidst Fear

Dear Ones, As we Americans face the inauguration, fear arises in many of us. Many have expressed the fear of the violence that may erupt in coming weeks and months. Most of us are expressing fear of the hate and distrust that has gone underground. What to do to create ease? I’m finding two things that are particularly supporting my sense of personal courage and confidence right now. One is taking a small action, any action, to serve in my community, and the other is a practice for calm strength and energy. My present action is here: The "Trashy Divas", a group of us in Tucson, gather every month to clear our favorite trail. Yes, it’s small in the scheme [...]

Increasing Courage Amidst FearLiz2021-01-19T15:59:14-07:00

LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood Immersion ONLINE

Online Registration LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood Immersion is NOW LIVE! Spend a lovely weekend with the author of Yoga for Depression. Amy guides you through evidence-based Yoga practices for managing your mood. LifeForce Yoga® interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what is no longer serving you—without a story attached! Discover techniques to energize and elevate depressed moods; relax and calm anxiety; work with the chakra system; bring balance to your emotional body. You’ll practice: Pranayama (breathing techniques) and kriya (yogic cleanses) 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 different areas of the chakra system and the body Yoga asanas suitable [...]

LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood Immersion ONLINELiz2020-12-13T11:18:25-07:00

Yoga Therapy Observation with Amy Weintraub ONLINE

Online Registration Yoga Therapy for Mood Observation This LIVE session airs Jan 12 630-815PM GMT 1030AM - 1215PM PST 1130AM - 115PM MST 130 - 315PM EST Join me for a rare, LIVE, remote session hosted by the The Minded Institute. Click above link for more details about this Yoga Therapy for Mood Observation. Watch how LifeForce Yoga works for a client with mood disorder in a remote online session. Observing experts in your field is a vital way to hone your own skills and enhance your practice. With the significant emergence of online trainings it is important to observe best practice online. The Minded Institute is helping to support yoga therapist in how to offer effective [...]

Yoga Therapy Observation with Amy Weintraub ONLINELiz2020-12-08T14:22:46-07:00

The Promise that Keeps Me Going
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The Promise that Keeps Me Going

The Promise that Keeps Me Going

Dears Ones, do you know how hard it is to release your first published novel (Temple Dancer, September 8th!), especially in a pandemic? These days, I’m immersed in the hard part—promotion. What keeps my head above water is that I feel I’m fulfilling a promise I made 26 years ago. After a second sojourn in India, I received a gift from an eight-year-old girl, born in India in 1930—Saraswati’s voice. Saraswati became a temple dancer (devadasi), auspicious and then later disgraced. When I learned about the decimation of the devadasi culture, I knew I was given her story for a reason—it was meant to be shared. Birthing a Book It has taken me twenty-five years. Those years included writing books [...]

The Promise that Keeps Me GoingLiz2020-11-10T19:47:14-07:00

LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood ONLINE

Online Registration NOW a LIVE ONLINE OFFERING! Spend a lovely weekend with the author of the groundbreaking book Yoga for Depression. Amy guides you through evidence-based Yoga practices for managing your mood. LifeForce Yoga® interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what is no longer serving you—without a story attached! Discover techniques to energize and elevate depressed moods; relax and calm anxiety; work with the chakra system; bring balance to your emotional body. You’ll practice: Pranayama (breathing techniques) and kriya (yogic cleanses) 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 different areas of the chakra system and the body Yoga asanas suitable for all levels [...]

LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood ONLINELiz2020-08-26T19:20:54-07:00

LifeForce Yoga for Depression and Anxiety Immersion: Colorado ONLINE

Online Registration 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. LifeForce Yoga 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! This training, incorporates breathing, postures, meditation techniques and other experiential yogic tools for mood management in order to work therapeutically with individuals and groups. Explore evidence-based yogic tools, designed to Energize and [...]

LifeForce Yoga for Depression and Anxiety Immersion: Colorado ONLINELiz2020-06-06T11:22:10-07:00

ONLINE LifeForce Yoga for Depression and Anxiety Immersion: Chicago

Online Registration This event is now VIRTUAL Join Amy in Chicago, IL, and experience 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. LifeForce Yoga 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! This training, incorporates breathing, postures, meditation techniques and other experiential yogic tools for mood management in order to work therapeutically with individuals and groups. Explore [...]

ONLINE LifeForce Yoga for Depression and Anxiety Immersion: ChicagoLiz2020-04-24T17:20:46-07:00