Yoga Therapy Archives - Amy Weintraub

Do Not Disturb! Self-Care in progress.

Do Not Disturb! Self-Care in progress.

Caring for Self What is your responsibility to your Self? Consider nourishing yourself by cultivating an organizing part who offers you time every morning to sit in silence and watch the birds at the feeder or reminds you to close your eyes and breathe consciously. Consider giving your manager part a bonus if they hang the "do not disturb" sign while you are working at your craft or your art and stand guard against even the most well-meaning intrusion. Remember to thank the loving part who gets you up from your desk to stretch or do push-ups or sing and dance. Try not to argue with the inner mommy part who makes sure you get [...]

Do Not Disturb! Self-Care in progress.Amy2026-06-03T09:19:34-07:00

Extraordinary Yoga Teacher Summit

The Extraordinary Yoga Teacher Summit is a free 9-day online gathering devoted to depth, personal practice, and steady teaching, and I’m honored to be contributing a session. I said yes because this offering is oriented toward what genuinely sustains yoga teachers — not what performs well. The conversations are grounded, thoughtful, and rooted in the heart of practice. The summit runs June 6–14, 2026, and is free to attend. It brings together 30 experienced teachers from many yoga traditions exploring what it means to teach — and live — yoga with integrity over time. Presenters include Lizzie Lasater, Todd Norian, Daniela Hess, Jillian Pransky, Lauren Walker, Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Mark Whitwell, Larry Payne, and more. In my conversation with [...]

Extraordinary Yoga Teacher SummitAmy2026-05-26T05:51:59-07:00

Confessions of a Nondualist in Troubled Times

Confessions of a Nondualist in Troubled Times

Confessions of a Nondualist in Troubled Times While friends succumb to rage in this time of loss—of dominion over our bodies, of voting rights, of programs that feed, house and educate those who through racism or poverty have been denied equal opportunities, of programs that guarantee health care, of services and safety for LGBTQ communities, of safety for black, brown and immigrant communities, of programs that support the arts in our lives, to funding for important research on climate change, of trusted sources of news, of regulations that protect other species who cohabit our precious mother earth, and the loss of protection for mother earth herself—I do not. I embrace a vision of infinite love, [...]

Confessions of a Nondualist in Troubled TimesAmy2026-05-13T07:14:19-07:00

Bahamas Beach Retreat 2027: LifeForce Yoga for Depression and Anxiety

This retreat offers the sweetness of in-person connection in an amazing location to ground and let go. Learn ways to shift your mood into a steady state of balance and acceptance and general well-being, no matter what life brings. LifeForce Yoga’s accessible formula blends modern science with ancient wisdom for managing depression and anxiety.

Bahamas Beach Retreat 2027: LifeForce Yoga for Depression and AnxietyAmy2026-05-13T06:13:55-07:00

Lifeforce Yoga and IFS (Internal Family Systems) Virtual Workshop

Lifeforce Yoga and IFS (Internal Family Systems) Virtual Workshop

Online Registration LIFEFORCE YOGA & IFS Virtual Workshop A Synergistic Integration to Soothe, Restore and Heal Wednesday June 17 | 5:00-7:30pm MT with Amy Weintraub and Laura Schmidt LifeForce Yoga practices help us access the self-compassion we need to safely down regulate our nervous systems. Internal Family Systems helps us relate to ourselves and others with curiosity, clarity and an open-heart. Experience how these two healing modalities beautifully integrate through a LFY introduction that blends a gentle, evidence-based, clinically appropriate yoga protocol to help you self-soothe and clear your mind. Through IFS, start to befriend your internal family of parts–the emotions, thoughts and behaviors who protect, manage and react, as well as the tender, hidden young ones who long for [...]

Lifeforce Yoga and IFS (Internal Family Systems) Virtual WorkshopAmy2026-05-12T13:44:09-07:00

Intimacy and Autonomy: A Balancing Act

Intimacy and Autonomy: A Balancing Act

Intimacy and Autonomy: A Balancing Act How do we love a beloved other through moments of oneness—that sense of merging—yet still sustain our autonomy? The tightrope this question implies is one I have walked my entire adult life, often stumbling, then righting myself and trying again. I am a practitioner of unconditional love. This doesn’t mean I like everyone. It means I love the essence of who they are—not separate from the divine. (This remains true even when I may abhor their behavior.) “Practitioner” doesn’t mean I’m perfect, but that I attempt to meet the world, and the beings in it, with abundant and unconditional love. And I understand that when I slip, I am [...]

Intimacy and Autonomy: A Balancing ActAmy2026-04-08T12:09:58-07:00

Living in the Eye of the Storm + free practices

Living in the Eye of the Storm + free practices

Lately it feels like the news is full of what I call the “smite” stories — the “vanquishing our enemies” or “God is on our side” kind of headlines and quotes. Doesn’t it seem as if our world is becoming more violent, more divisive, more distrustful of the other? The constant stream of graphic images and minute-by-minute updates can make it feel as if the storm is raging everywhere. Yet the evidence tells a somewhat different story. The most violent time in human history, based on the examination of 3,500 human skeletons, appears to have been between 1200 and 400 BCE. While violence certainly still exists today, research shows that it tends to wax and [...]

Living in the Eye of the Storm + free practicesAmy2026-03-11T14:15:28-07:00

LIFEFORCE YOGA & IFS: New Tools to Bring Balance to Your Life

LIFEFORCE YOGA & IFS: New Tools to Bring Balance to Your Life

Online Registration LIFEFORCE YOGA & INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS New Tools To Bring Balance To Your Life   August 9-14, 2026 A Summer Retreat at Kripalu. We all have a Precious Center. A place within that is unsullied by life’s traumatic events. LifeForce Yoga skills remove restrictions and help us access the compassion we need to explore our wounds with clarity and wisdom. IFS teaches us how to relate to ourselves and others from a place of inclusion, empathy, and curiosity, and the two modalities dovetail beautifully. You will experience the blend of a gentle, evidence-based yoga protocol to help you self-soothe and clear your mind as you work with your IFS parts. The manager parts, reactive parts, and those tender young parts from a place of compassionate self-awareness that [...]

LIFEFORCE YOGA & IFS: New Tools to Bring Balance to Your LifeAmy2026-02-11T10:59:48-07:00

The Courage to Love: An Antidepressant for Our Times

The Courage to Love: An Antidepressant for Our Times

What’s the antidote — the antidepressant — for the fear so many of us are carrying right now? The fear that shows up as anger, grief, or simple exhaustion? I think there are two medicines. The first is the courage to love. The second, in Anne Lamott’s words, is gratitude for all that remains. Lamott writes: “How do we shine a little brighter? Gratitude is brightening. Gratitude for all that remains, no matter how much the locusts have eaten, is a subversive act.” In a time when trust feels shaken and the things we learned about democracy seem less certain, that kind of brightness matters. It’s quiet, but it’s powerful. So how do we shine [...]

The Courage to Love: An Antidepressant for Our TimesAmy2026-02-11T11:54:46-07:00

On Listening

On Listening

As I write, we as humans on this planet are in the midst of holiday festivities—or perhaps a quieter, more contemplative time. As you read this, you may be in recovery from the holidays. I can’t help but notice what my inbox looks like this time of year, when “Primary” feels more like “Promotions,” and “Promotions” feels completely out of control. By sending my monthly(ish) newsletter, I realize I’m adding to that noise. What does that mean? Maybe it points to something universal: a need to be heard. The human cry goes up—just listen to me! (Though right now there’s also a lot of just buy me.) Despite broadcasting my thoughts here (yes, I see the irony), I want [...]

On ListeningAmy2026-02-11T07:58:50-07:00