San Diego Archives - Amy Weintraub

Awakening Through Depression ✨

Awakening Through Depression ✨

Who is the “I am” you tell yourself you are? What is your mission—your dharma, your raison d’être? The journey begins by discovering who this “I am” truly is. It isn’t as hard as it seems when you have tools that help clear the constrictions of story and mood. Even for a moment, you can glimpse your own true nature. True nature is called by many names in many cultures. But it is not just a concept. Thoughts and beliefs about true nature are still too small to contain it. True nature is a felt sense—wordless and profound. Paths and Silence My own journey of discovery has followed many paths. What they share is a settling into the silence [...]

Awakening Through Depression ✨Amy2025-10-15T11:13:38-07:00

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 [...]

Yoga for Depression & AnxietyAmy2025-09-17T14:38:00-07:00

Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional Healing

Online Registration Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional Healing Nov 1-3, 2023 IN PERSON, LIVE ONLINE with recordings Soul of Yoga in Encinitas, CA. Learn how pranayama, asana, mantra, mudra, bhavana, and simple meditations will help those who are experiencing situational and chronic psycho-emotional challenges and imbalances. 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 [...]

Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional HealingLiz2023-08-09T07:12:04-07:00

Perfection, Acceptance, and Dogs :)

Perfection, Acceptance, and Dogs :)

Perfection, Acceptance, and Dogs :) We would love to be as accepting of life as it is, as our dogs, right? Jordy, my neighbor’s dog has leukemia and has only a few weeks to live. Yet she still loves to chase rabbits, go for walks, receive a good belly scratch and come to my door for treats. If she’s uncomfortable, she isn’t complaining. She doesn’t resent her owner when he says “no” to more treats, and she could care less that I have a Mezuzah on my doorframe. I’ll never be that comfortable with the here and now. We humans are works in progress. Perfection is the enemy of love. I wish I could help my precious granddaughter understand this [...]

Perfection, Acceptance, and Dogs :)Liz2022-09-06T09:36:45-07:00

Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional Care

Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional Care Soul of Yoga in Encinitas, CA This is a hybrid offering. Join us live in California or online from home. Online Registration During this unique time in our world more and more people are reporting feeling anxious, stressed, angry, depressed and exhausted. Yoga practices can help balance these moods and provide tools to better navigate our difficult times, and Amy will share her evidenced-based protocols on how to use Yogic tools of pranayama, asana, mantra, mudra and simple meditations to help you and your students who are experiencing situational and chronic psycho-emotional challenges and imbalances. Teaching through the lenses of both the latest scientific research and ancient Yogic philosophy Amy will illuminate [...]

Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional CareLiz2022-11-10T12:49:17-07:00

Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional States: In Studio & LiveStream

Online Registration December 1-3, 2021 Soul of Yoga in Encinitas, CA Amy begins the 2021 10-day Soul of Wellness Module, with Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional States This is a hybrid offering. Join us live in California or online from home. During this unique time in our world more and more people are reporting feeling anxious, stressed, angry, depressed and exhausted. Yoga practices can help balance these moods and provide tools to better navigate our difficult times, and Amy will share her evidenced-based protocols on how to use Yogic tools of pranayama, asana, mantra, mudra and simple meditations to help you and your students who are experiencing situational and chronic psycho-emotional challenges and imbalances. Teaching through the lenses [...]

Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional States: In Studio & LiveStreamLiz2021-11-02T08:53:28-07:00

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

FACES Conference: LifeForce Yoga® Mind-Body Practices for Healing Professionals

FACES Compassion & Wisdom Conference: San Diego The 8th Annual FACES Conference: Developing Skillful Compassion is in beautiful San Diego, and features Amy Weintraub, Frank Ostasesk and Joan Halifax. Don't miss Amy's all-day workshop on Feb 22nd: Mind-Body Practices for Healing Professionals (No Mat Required). Self-soothe, integrate the conference experience and connect to your deepest Self. Amy integrates LifeForce Yoga and IFS (Internal Family Systems) in ways that will nourish your body, mind, and spirit. Through this day of self-care, you will learn new ways to connect from your heart’s mind to your client’s with clinically appropriate, evidence-based practices. Teach clients to self-regulate, manage their energy and balance their moods. When you guide a mind-body skill in a session, you [...]

FACES Conference: LifeForce Yoga® Mind-Body Practices for Healing ProfessionalsLiz2020-02-19T10:22:20-07:00