Explore every episode of the podcast Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler
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| From Skeptic to Yogi: Bob Cirino on Integrating Ancient Wisdom and Modern Practice | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:46:58 | |
In this episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, host Amy Wheeler welcomes Bob Cirino, the Founder of Apple Tree and a dedicated practitioner and teacher at the Yoga Studies Institute. Bob shares his journey into yoga and meditation, emphasizing how ancient spiritual texts guide his work. As an exceptional communicator, Bob simplifies complex concepts, making them accessible and relatable. Bob delves into his transformation from a skeptic to a devoted yogi, exploring how yoga evolved from just a physical practice into a comprehensive lifestyle. He explains the profound connection between the mind, body, and subtle energies, drawing from his studies in Tibetan Yoga and the Pancha Kośa system. Bob also discusses the significance of the prāṇa, or subtle energy, as a bridge between the mental and physical realms, and how this understanding can lead to greater compassion and ethical living. The conversation also touches on modern neuroscience, the role of the vagus nerve, and how practices like Ujjayi breathing can shift the nervous system from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest, promoting mental and physical well-being. Bob introduces the concept of "Navanga" or the "9th limb" of yoga, which he describes as compassionate wisdom—a crucial aspect that underlies all other yoga practices. Bob challenges the notion of privilege in yoga, asserting that practices like Ujjayi breathing can level the playing field, making yoga accessible to everyone, regardless of their circumstances. He also addresses the debate around enlightenment and ethics, providing insights into how an ethical life naturally emerges from dedicated yoga practice. Listeners are invited to explore these teachings further through Bob’s work at the Yoga Studies Institute (www.YogaStudiesInstitute.org) and his platform, Spiritual Warrior (www.spiritualwarrior.life), where he helps individuals master their purpose and live fearlessly. Key Takeaways:
Resources: Join us for this enlightening conversation and explore how the ancient wisdom of yoga can be applied to modern life, fostering compassion, self-awareness, and a deeper understanding of the self. Additional Resources with Amy Wheeler:
· Monday Night Yoga Therapy Clinic on www.TheOpimtalState.com · Join us for our Monday night Yoga Therapy Clinics, specially designed to address specific health and wellness topics. The sessions are held every Monday from 4:00-5:15 PM PST and are led by Amy Wheeler, a seasoned expert in yoga therapy. This clinic provides a supportive environment where participants can explore therapeutic yoga techniques to aid in addiction recovery and overall well-being. · For those seeking professional development, there is an option to stay longer after class and earn Continuing Education (CE) credits. This extended session offers in-depth training and valuable insights into integrating yoga therapy with addiction treatment. | |||
| The Value of an Outside Reference Point with Amy Wheeler, Ph.d. & C-IAYT | 30 Aug 2024 | 00:41:55 | |
Episode Description: In this solo episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, host Amy Wheeler explores the importance of having an outside reference point in our lives. Drawing on personal experiences, reflections, and teachings from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, Amy delves into why it can be valuable to seek external perspectives to gain clarity and understanding. She also discusses how to approach challenging conversations with friends, family, and mentors and the role of humility in personal growth. Key Points Covered:
Summary: In this insightful solo episode, Amy Wheeler emphasizes the importance of having an outside reference point to gain clarity and understanding in our lives. Through personal anecdotes and teachings from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, she discusses the value of seeking external perspectives, even when it challenges our sense of autonomy. Amy also highlights the role of honest communication and the need for humility in personal growth. This episode encourages listeners to consider the benefits of having mentors or trusted individuals who can offer unbiased reflections and help navigate life’s complexities. Additional Resources with Amy Wheeler:
· Monday Night Yoga Therapy Clinic on www.TheOpimtalState.com · Join us for our Monday night Yoga Therapy Clinics, specially designed to address specific health and wellness topics. The sessions are held every Monday from 4:00-5:15 PM PST and are led by Amy Wheeler, a seasoned expert in yoga therapy. This clinic provides a supportive environment where participants can explore therapeutic yoga techniques to aid in addiction recovery and overall well-being. · For those seeking professional development, there is an option to stay longer after class and earn Continuing Education (CE) credits. This extended session offers in-depth training and valuable insights into integrating yoga therapy with addiction treatment. | |||
| Yoga, Ethics, and Global Responsibility: Shyam Raganathan on Israel and Gaza | 28 Jun 2024 | 00:58:05 | |
Guest: Shyam Raganathan - Philosopher and Professor at York University of Ethics, Morals, and Political Philosophy Summary: In this enlightening episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, we are joined by Shyam Raganathan, a distinguished philosopher and teacher of ethics, morals, and political philosophy. Together, we delve into the profound journey of what it means to be a student of yoga and how this path guides us toward becoming sovereign human beings with a deeply ingrained internal compass for our morals and ethics. Key Topics Discussed: · The Essence of Being a Yoga Student: Shyam explores the foundational aspects of being a dedicated student of yoga, emphasizing the importance of developing an internal moral and ethical compass and to not be influenced by external forces. · Sovereignty and Internal Compass: The discussion highlights how yoga practice helps us cultivate sovereignty, enabling us to navigate life's challenges with a strong sense of internal guidance that is free to building identities around the painful parts of life that we have experienced. · Internal and External Forces: Shyam sheds light on the various internal and external forces that influence our decisions to speak up or remain silent during difficult times, and how understanding these forces is crucial for personal growth. · Interconnectedness of Human Welfare: The conversation emphasizes the collective responsibility we have towards ensuring clean water, healthy food, shelter, and safety for all humans. Shyam underscores the idea that what affects one ultimately affects us all, advocating for a compassionate and inclusive approach to global issues. · Addressing Oppression and Internalized Colonization: Shyam explains how we often unconsciously perpetuate oppression through an internalized colonization mindset. He offers insights into breaking free from these patterns to achieve true liberation and sovereignty. · The Cycle of Oppression: Shyam discusses how the oppressed often adopt the ways or thinking of their oppressors, unconsciously becoming what they claim to fight against. They begin to form an identity around their oppression rather than the goodness and fairness they desire. This critical insight helps listeners understand the importance of breaking this cycle to create a more just and equitable world. · Call for Peace and Compassion: In the context of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict, Shyam urges listeners to care deeply for all people, but at the same time he says that the Government of Israel has reacted disproportionately to the threat, and it is time to stop the violence.
Shyam’s Media Handles:
Additional Resources with Amy Wheeler:
· Monday Night Yoga Therapy Clinic: https://theoptimalstate.com/monday-yoga-therapy-clinic/ · Join us for our Monday night Yoga Therapy Clinics, specially designed to address specific health and wellness topics. The sessions are held every Monday from 4:00-5:15 PM PST and are led by Amy Wheeler, a seasoned expert in yoga therapy. This clinic provides a supportive environment where participants can explore therapeutic yoga techniques to aid in addiction recovery and overall well-being. · For those seeking professional development, there is an option to stay longer after class and earn Continuing Education (CE) credits. This extended session offers in-depth training and valuable insights into integrating yoga therapy with addiction treatment. · Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour
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| Amy Wheeler at the 5th Annual Asian Yoga Therapy Conference in Singapore Covid and Breathing Techniques | 02 Sep 2022 | 00:55:10 | |
In today’s episode, Amy gives us a glimpse into one of her global talks from last year at the 5th Annual Asian Yoga Therapy Conference in Singapore. Amy was asked to talk about Covid19 and how using appropriate pranayama can help people to feel happier, healthier and recover more quickly through breathing exercises. The key is gentle breath and movement coordinated, with mental focus. Amy talks about what happens physiologically when we exhale and when we inhale.
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
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| Interview with Shyam Ranganathan Uncovering Your True Self & Yoga Philosophy | 26 Aug 2022 | 01:06:26 | |
In today’s episode, Amy chats with Dr. Shyam Ranganathan. Shyam is a thought-leader, author, and teacher of Eastern Philosophy, and an expert in the traditions of Indian Moral Philosophy. Dr. Ranganathan is a trained scholar and researcher of philosophy and is the author, editor, and translator of numerous peer-reviewed, scholarly works.
His research focus across disciplines is understanding how non-Western traditions are marginalized in a Westernized world, and how BIPOC traditions of philosophy can help understand this process of colonialism and provide alternatives to inform our way forward and away from colonialism.
Amy & Dr. Ranganathan discuss What Yoga is and yoga as a philosophical practice, the benefits of true Yoga, understanding who you are as an individual, and so much more. Today’s episode promises to be enlightening.
They talk about the following:
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState To checkout Shyam’s offerings https://www.yogaphilosophy.com/ | |||
| Interview with Alyssa Pfennig C-IAYT Creating A Digital Yoga Business & Moving Out of the USA | 19 Aug 2022 | 00:57:28 | |
On today’s episode, Amy chats with Alyssa Pfennig an intuitive business coach, digital marketing strategist, and Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) living her best life with her daughter in the heart of Mexico’s central highlands. She has trained in using yoga practices such as asana, pranayama, and meditation, to help with structural, mental, and emotional issues and helps students make every pose accessible and comfortable.
Alyssa is an E-RYT 200/RYT 500 with the Yoga Alliance and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). Alyssa and Amy discuss Alyssa’s courageous move to Mexico, Blending yoga and marketing as a career, Niching down in your business, Prioritizing one’s self and more.
They talk about the following:
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphd
Check out Amy's website https://amywheeler.com/
Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
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| Interview with Rebecca Sebastian Building A Feminist Based-Business | 12 Aug 2022 | 01:07:19 | |
On today’s episode, Amy chats with Rebecca Sebastian, A 20-year teacher of yoga and 10-years of experience as a yoga therapist. Rebecca is the owner of the Sunlight Yoga Center, Rebecca Sebastian is passionate about yoga, yoga teaching, and helping lift our local community. She is the co-founder of the Quad Cities Yoga Foundation in the Midwest of the United States (Iowa).
Rebecca and Amy have a lively conversation about building a business in yoga and yoga therapy. This is a joyful journey where the yoga is applied to the business, and not the other way around. Stay clear about your mission, your core values, your time, and your boundaries, and get support around your trauma with money (if needed). It is possible to find running a yoga business as a joyful extension of teaching the actual yoga and living your yoga. Get a cup of tea and be ready to take some notes!
They talk about the following:
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphd Check out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState To checkout Rebecca’s offerings Blog: www.sunlightexperience.com Non-Profit: qcyogafoundation.com | |||
| Interview with Nina Zolotow Yoga for Times of Change | 05 Aug 2022 | 01:16:25 | |
Nina Zolotow is a seasoned writer that has co-authored the Yoga for Healthy Aging Blog and the book by the same title with Baxer Bell. Now Nina brings a new book forward called “Yoga for Times of Change.” With all that is happening individually and within society, this appeared to be the perfect topic for today’s podcast. I think it is safe to say that most of us are experiencing some forms of anxiety, depression, fear and anger as we navigate these challenging times.
Amy and Nina talk about the following: · The Body-Mind connection and how most yoga students do not understand that their body outward interface of the mind. · How Nina conceived this book and the perfect timing for these difficult days. · How we can use our Thinking Brain vs. our Emotional Brain for emotional digestion. · Nina’s approach to sequencing yoga asana for anxiety, depression, fear, anger. She does not think of it as a prescription or “one size fits all.” · The importance of letting students experience the practice, instead of discussing yogic theory with the student and expecting the student to understand. Yoga is experiential. · The different ways we can work with anger. Anger can be a motivator, a protector, a message, a way to understand boundaries, or a call for becoming the Witness. · Why is yoga such a great solution for these times of change. · Where do we go next individually and as a society in dealing with these times of change?
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState Contact Nina Zolotow: www.YogaForTimesOfChange.com | |||
| Interview with Xu-Ya (Jelly) Wang Yoga Therapy in Taiwan | 29 Jul 2022 | 01:03:36 | |
Xu-Ya (pronounced Shu-Ya) is working with her business partner, Janus Tsai, to bring yoga therapy to Taiwan. They are trailblazers and in the early phases of helping the yoga community and private clients to understand “What is yoga therapy?” and “How can it help with health, happiness and beyond?” Xu-Ya also goes by Jelly, and she tells us that there are many yoga studios in Taiwan that focus on yoga for the physical body, but that yoga therapy and even talk therapy is very new to their culture. Jelly talks to us about the challenges and how sometimes she feels helpless to bring yoga therapy to Taiwan. However, yoga therapy has transformed Xu-Ya from the inside out, and she feels a deep need to share it with her community. She understands that this will be a life-long journey and the field of yoga therapy will grow slowly over time in Taiwan. She is passionately committed to the proliferation of yoga therapy to the people and country of Taiwan over many decades.
Amy and Jelly talk about the following: · How Jelly was transformed from the inside out in her own yoga therapy practice. · How she became transformed and became self-empowered due to yoga therapy. This new perspective created unexpected changes in her life and a new way of being in the world. · How Jelly is connecting to people all over the world to support her love of yoga therapy. · How the culture and people of Taiwan might appear in opposition to the essence of yoga therapy (tuning into interoceptive awareness, sensation, feelings, emotions). · The challenges of bringing yoga therapy to Taiwan, and the niche that yoga therapy can provide, which is different from any other type of healthcare provider. · Xu-Ya’s and Janus’ goals for the future of yoga therapy in Taiwan over many decades. · The passion that Xu-Ya and Amy share for yoga therapy, even when it is difficult. There is nothing else they would rather do personally or professionally.
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState Contact Xu-Ya (Jelly) Wang: https://www.xuyawangyogatherapy.com/en/home-en/ | |||
| Interview with Ranju Roy and David Charlton Was Patanjali a Yoga Therapist? & Do We Need A Teacher? | 22 Jul 2022 | 01:04:33 | |
In today’s episode, Amy chats with Ranju Roy and David Charlton. Ranju has been practicing yoga since the mid-1980s. Ranju has taught many yoga classes, retreats, and workshops in the UK. He has taught at the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Congress, Association for Yoga Studies (aYs) Conventions, and many In-Service Trainings. David has been studying yoga since 1987. He also has an MA in Eastern Philosophy and a particular interest in Sanskrit, Vedic chanting, and yoga philosophy. Both Ranju and David train teachers through the organization Sādhana Mālā Yoga Training.
Amy talks with Ranju Roy and Dave Charlton about yoga tradition, what is yoga vs. yoga therapy, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, the nature of suffering in the mind and how we can move forward with our yoga communities/ sangha. Ranju and Dave have worked together in the UK for several decades creating workshops, teacher trainings and practicing as yoga therapists. They bring a refreshing viewpoint in that they have been committed to a tradition long-term, but they each remembered the goal of yoga was to become more authentically themselves. The path has lead each of them to understand with clarity what it means to be self-directed, to observe the patterns of their own minds and to continue to show up with an open heart and discriminating mind. They talk about the following:
If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health • Yoga Therapy & Physical Health • Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy • Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox • Yoga & Indian Philosophy • Global & Trending Yoga Therapy Topics Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe
Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
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Books mentioned in the podcast Embodying the Yoga Sutra https://www.amazon.com/Embodying-Yoga-Sutra-Support-Direction/dp/1578636884 | |||
| Interview with Acharya Shunya Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous and Peaceful | 15 Jul 2022 | 01:13:35 | |
In today’s episode, Amy chats with Acharya Shunya. Shunya is a truth-teller who facilitates authenticity, self-remembrance, and divine feminine pathways to awakening. Acharya Shunya is the author of two bestselling books Ayurveda lifestyle Wisdom (2017), Sovereign Self (2020), and her newest book is coming out in September 2022 by Sounds True, Roar Like a Goddess: Every Woman's Guide to Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous, and Peaceful.
She first female head of her spiritual lineage that traces its roots to 2,000-year-ago in India, the imparter of goddess archetype theory as a pathway to soul-ascension, Shunya reinterprets and re-contextualizes ancient Vedic wisdom and dharma teachings of Advaita Vedanta (non-dual teachings), Ayurveda's lifestyle wisdom and Yoga scriptures, to create a learning and awakening path for contemporary seekers, empowering people everywhere to lead spiritually fearless, fulfilled and enlightened lives.
Amy & Shunya talk about being The first feminine leader of an unbroken wisdom lineage from India, Shunya’s experience with patriarchy, The stories of Goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati as they apply to women who might be seeking yoga therapy.
They talk about the following:
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The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
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Books mentioned in the podcast | |||
| Interview with Molly McManus Leadership & Work-Life Balance | 08 Jul 2022 | 01:11:03 | |
In today’s episode, Amy chats with Molly McManus, C-IAYT, SE, AHC. Molly is the President of the Board of the IAYT, and co-owner and faculty of Yoga North International SomaYoga Institute. She enjoys her work teaching specialized group classes and trainings, individual YT sessions.
Molly is sought out for her special areas of interest in chronic pain and the conditions of stress in programs she has designed: such as Ayurveda Nourish, Building Resilience with SomaYoga & Ayurveda, SomaYoga for Chronic Pain, Making a Change for Good – 30 Days to Compassionate Self Discipline, The Chemistry of Joy, and Yoga for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression. Molly participates in continuous training and active engagement in her field. Molly's journey includes service on the Accreditation Committee for the IAYT and engagement with national teaching and speaking engagements promoting the efficacy of yoga.
Amy and Molly talk about the following Strategic Plans for IAYT and Living a life of Balance:
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
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| Interview with Cheri Dostal Ryba, C-IAYT Pelvic Health & Yoga Therapy | 01 Jul 2022 | 01:12:49 | |
Amy talks with Cheri Dostal Ryba in this episode. Cheri has been teaching movement, anatomy, yoga, and fitness since 2000. Cheri has also trained and mentored yoga teachers since 2010.
Cheri educates about her work in the niche of Pelvic Floor Therapy and how it differs from Physical Therapy. They also talk about Cheri’s background and how she got started with pelvic health, her experience moving back to the Midwest with a young family and starting afresh, and Cheri’s new book titled Pelvic Yoga Therapy For The Whole Woman.
Amy and Cheri talk about the following
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
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Books mentioned in the podcast Pelvic Yoga Therapy For The Whole Woman https://www.amazon.com/Pelvic-Yoga-Therapy-Whole-Woman/dp/1787756645/
Checkout Cheri’s offerings https://www.cheridostal.com/ | |||
| Embracing Life’s Journey: The Pilgrimage of Yoga with Ranju Roy | 21 Jun 2024 | 00:48:26 | |
Episode Summary: In this profound episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour and Beyond, we sit down with Ranju Roy, author of Yoga as Pilgrimage, Sutras for a Modern Age. Ranju shares his autobiographical journey through yoga and life, offering insights into how ancient yoga texts can be a guide for personal transformation. The discussion is deeply personal, influenced by the recent loss of his granddaughter, which added a poignant depth to his reflections on life, loss, and the path of yoga. Key Points Discussed:
Listener Takeaways:
Conclusion: Ranju Roy’s insights offer a moving and transformative perspective on how yoga can be more than just a physical practice—it can be a pilgrimage through the trials and triumphs of life. His open discussion about personal loss and the philosophical underpinnings of yoga encourages listeners to reflect on their own journeys and find strength in the teachings of yoga. If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include: Yoga Therapy & Mental Health Yoga Therapy & Physical Health Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox Yoga & Indian Philosophy Global & Trending Yoga Therapy Topics Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe
Check out Amy's website Visit Amy’s training section on her website to check out the courses below 865-certified-yoga-therapist-program
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University of Minnesota Therapeutic Yoga Series: Online Therapeutic Yoga Series webpage: https://csh.umn.edu/for-community/wellbeing-workshops/online-therapeutic-yoga-series
Polyvagal Institute Mighty App with Amy Wheeler and Marlysa Sullivan and the hosts of the Yoga and Yoga Therapy Group within the App https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/pviapp
7-Week Course on Yoga, Yoga Therapy & Polyvagal Theory offered by the Polyvagal Institute
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| Interview with Bea Teuten Individualized Yoga Therapy Practice | 24 Jun 2022 | 01:08:50 | |
In today’s episode, Amy chats with Bea Teuten. Bea is a UK qualified yoga teacher and yoga therapist (1000-hour BWY Diploma), a TeenYoga teacher, and a Vedic Chant Teacher. She is trained in the tradition of Professor Sri Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar and has studied with Colin Dunsmuir, Gill Lloyd, Radha Sundararajan, and at The Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai India.
She is a current Chair at TYSP (The Society of Yoga Practitioners) and offers Individual classes as well as group classes in Twickenham and Richmond West London. She works with many conditions including for those affected by cancer, MS, sleep problems, anxiety, and stress. Amy & Bea discuss how she understood that she would be switching her career to become a yoga teacher, and her first experience with the healing powers of yoga with respect to epilepsy, They also talk about the responsibilities of the students and teachers, and the benefits of chanting and more.
Amy and Bea talk about the following
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! We are happy to tell you about the programs that we are supporting if you email us at: yoga@theoptimalstate.com Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState To find the upcoming programs please visit | |||
| Four Aims Of Life By Amy Wheeler Ph.D. | 17 Jun 2022 | 00:36:26 | |
Amy will be hosting this episode without a guest after evaluating her life deeply these past few weeks as she experienced a health crisis. She also talks about the four aims of life according to Indian philosophy, her background growing up, what she’s learned through this whole experience of realizing that life is short and she needs to have more JOY on a regular basis.
Amy talks about the following: · Updates on Amy’s surgery and her plans going forward · The Four Aims of life: Artha, Kama, Dharma and Moksha · Artha: The meaning of Wealth & Abundance · Kama: What Joy means, and finding joy in our lives · Dharma: Right action, figuring out what we need to let go of in our lives · Moksha: Liberation and what it means to surrender
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState | |||
| Living Life in Alignment By Amy Wheeler Ph.D. | 10 Jun 2022 | 00:38:57 | |
Today’s show would be a solo show with Amy. Amy Wheeler, the host of Yoga Therapy Hour, shares very important personal news and update on her life. She also talks about her journey with healing and teaching. Amy talks about the spiritual end game of Yoga Therapy, Living life in Alignment, Fear and ways to lessen fear, how to find more spaciousness and much more. Today’s episode is a must listen!
Amy talks about the following
· Her recent health diagnosis and how she is receiving the news · Her journey with teaching at the university for 25 years coming to a close · Yoga Therapy spiritual end game and how this informs how we live our lives · Bad habits that can be created as a result of living in fear · Things that can help reduce fear or make you feel safe · How can you get into a deep state of Spaciousness (Bramha) without feeling fear · Yoga Tool Box to help create Spaciousness · Understanding what you need to de-link from to lessen the Fear
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState
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| Interview with Shelly Prosko Pt, C-Iayt, Pcayt Self-Compassion And Yoga Therapy | 03 Jun 2022 | 01:06:36 | |
Our guest today is Shelly Prosko, Shelly is a Canadian physiotherapist, yoga therapist, author, speaker and educator dedicated to empowering individuals to create and sustain meaningful lives by teaching and advocating for the integration of yoga into modern healthcare. She is a respected pioneer of PhysioYoga, a combination of physiotherapy and yoga.
She is a Pain Care Aware Lead Trainer and has authored book chapters in several rehabilitation textbooks and is co-editor and co-author of the textbook titled Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain by Singing Dragon Publishers. She is also known for her TEDx talk: Pushing Boundaries in Physiotherapy.
Amy & Shelly talk her Journey, Shelly’s book, Self-compassion, its importance and how it connects to client’s compliance and adherence, reducing burnout for the practitioner, reducing self-doubt and how to deal with it, and a lot more.
They touch on the following
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below. Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState
Check out Shelly’s website https://physioyoga.ca/
Books mentioned in the podcast Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain Co-edited by Neil Pearson, Shelly Prosko and Marlysa Sullivan.
Yoga Therapy for the whole woman : A Professional Guide by Cheri Dostal Ryba https://www.bookdepository.com/Pelvic-Yoga-Therapy-for-Whole-Woman-Cheri-Dostal-Ryba/9781787756649 | |||
| Interview with Lee Majewski MA, DYEd, C-IAYT on Mechanisms Of Yoga That Contribute To Healing Cancer | 27 May 2022 | 01:30:05 | |
Lee Majewski, MA, DYEd, C-IAYT is an author and founding director of Yoga for Health Institute (www.yogaforhealth.institute), a non-profit organization located in Toronto, Canada. She is also a visiting Senior Yoga Therapist at Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute in India. Her journey through cancer brought home the value of ancient Yogic methods and resulted in creating a unique healing, residential and online, retreat Beyond Cancer which is offered in Australia, North America, and Europe, and is currently online. Lee is recognized internationally as an expert yoga therapist in cancer care and psychosomatic chronic diseases. Her expertise in Yoga therapy is captured in “Yoga Therapy as a Whole Person Approach to Health”. Amy and Lee discuss how lee developed cancer retreats for Kaivalyadam Institute, Tools and mechanisms that aid healing, Real-life experiences from her students and how their lives have changed positively, How to become a spiritually mature yoga therapist, Asana, pranayama, meditation, chanting, mudra, sangha and so much more They touch on the following, · Lee’s journey and experience living in India · Tools for healing in yoga therapy for cancer care · Important mechanisms of yoga that contribute to healing · The difference between healing and curing cancer · How to move from our superficial identities to learning to BE · How to approach a daily practice with honesty and why it’s important · Moving from victimhood into empowerment · The importance of doing your work spiritually, mentally, and emotionally If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health • Yoga Therapy & Physical Health • Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy • Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox • Yoga & Indian Philosophy • Global & Trending Yoga Therapy Topics Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphd Check out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below. Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState Check out Lee’s website | |||
| Interview with Anneke Sips Rn, C-Iayt On Relevant Tools That Aid Yoga Therapy | 20 May 2022 | 01:27:02 | |
In today's episode, Amy chats with Anneke Sips (RN) founded Network Yoga Therapy and The Yoga Therapy Conference in Amsterdam and is a bridge-builder in the field of yoga therapy for mental health in The Netherlands internationally. Anneke is a Yoga Teacher and Therapist (C-IAYT) who has been working in the field of Psychiatry since 1998. With her holistic and compassionate approach, she supports many clients in private sessions and group therapy. She is passionate about supporting clients and students by integrating yoga therapy into their life.
Amy & Anneke talk about Relevant tools that aid Yoga Therapy, Anneke’s experiences, her love for surfing and nature, The importance of building trust with clients, Dealing with life’s difficulties, and more.
They touch on the following
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We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
The Optimal State and Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast also has a Patreon page. We now have 5 staff that help us product the audio and video versions of the podcast. Please consider donating to help us keep this good work for the field of yoga therapy going. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour The new You Tube Channel for this podcast is: YouTube: AmyWheelerPhd https://www.youtube.com/c/AmyWheelerphdCheck out Amy's website Feel free to use download our free eBook and mobile App by going to the websites below.
Facebook: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler https://www.facebook.com/OptimalStatebyAmyWheeler Twitter: Optimal State of Living with Dr. Amy TikTok: Dr. Amy@OptimalStateofLiving Instagram: Optimal State by Amy Wheeler Pinterest: TheOptimalState https://www.pinterest.com/TheOptimalState Check out Anneke’s website | |||
| Interview with Maggie Reagh C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 Embodied Learning of Yogic Philosophy | 13 May 2022 | 01:24:09 | |
On today's podcast, Amy chats with Maggie Reagh, Maggie has an MA in Teaching/ Education and conducts Yoga classes as well as her own 1000-hour, Yoga Therapy Trianing Program, accredited with the IAYT, all focused on the therapeutic benefits of Yoga. She regularly teaches Wellness focused Yoga classes at Capilano University where, in addition, she teaches and coordinates the English for Academic Purposes Department.
Maggie started her yogic studies in the Krishnamacharya lineage in 1995 in Vancouver before going to Mysore, India in 2000 with BNS Iyengar. She went on to study with the Desikachar in Chennai, India, and the Kraftsows on Maui. She has studied Iyengar-based Yoga since 2003 with senior teachers including Gioia Irwin, Lindsay Whalen, Elise Browning Miller, and Judith Lasater. She continues her studies with DV and Radha Sridhar, and Viji Vasu in Chennai, India.
Amy & Maggie talk about Maggie's experiences, their shared experience as college professors who also run yoga therapy schools, Embodied learning and how to use daily practice to become more embodied, Maggie's style of teaching, and a lot more.
They touch on the following
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We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
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| Interview with Sue Carter, PhD The Biology of Love & Connection Applied to Yoga Therapy | 06 May 2022 | 01:24:49 | |
On today's podcast, Amy talks with Dr. Sue Carter, Dr. Sue is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia and also a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the former Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute and a Rudy Professor Emerita of Biology. She has held professorships at the University of Maryland (Distinguished University Professor) as well as at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. She has authored more than 400 publications and edited 5 books including “Attachment and Bonding: A New Synthesis,.” MIT Press. Dr. Sue Carter is the scientist, who first discovered the relationship between oxytocin and social monogamy and the formation of adult social bonds. She has a longstanding interest in birth and lactation and the evolution of human sociality and love. She is currently examining the developmental effects of oxytocin pathways and their role promoting in the capacity for social bonding, parental behavior and healthy relationships across the lifecycle. Amy and Sue discuss the Biology of Love and the Role of Oxytocin in Connection and Relationships, Sue’s personal experience that led her to go into Oxytocin research, Her discovery of the relationship between oxytocin and social behavior and so much more. They talk about the following: • What Oxytocin is and its effect • Sue’s background and experience that led to her career as a social biologist • Sue’s birth story, how Oxytocin affects birth experience and early childhood experience • How Sue discovered the relationship between Oxytocin and Social behavior • Importance of Emotional safety in Oxytocin release • Lack of research and why there are few studies on Oxytocin and Yoga • The importance of longitudinal studies of Yogic & Ayurvedic lifestyle medicine approaches and why it is difficult to accomplish If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health • Yoga Therapy & Physical Health • Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy • Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox • Yoga & Indian Philosophy • Global & Trending Yoga Therapy Topics Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: The International Association of Yoga Therapists We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website Check out Sue’s page https://psychology.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/scp21 | |||
| Interview with Lisa Kaley-Isley, PhD, E-RYT-500, C-IAYT - Chanting as a Tool for Healing in Yoga Therapy | 29 Apr 2022 | 00:08:41 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy talks with Dr. Lisa Kaley-Isley about chanting in the yoga tradition. Dr. Lisa is a Clinical Psychologist and certified Yoga Therapist who integrates the wisdom and techniques of both eastern and western philosophy and psychology to understand the human condition, alleviate suffering and promote holistic growth and transformation.
She is a dedicated yoga practitioner and experienced yoga teacher in the Sri Vidya tradition of the Himalayan Institute, as taught by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Rolf Sovik, and Rod Stryker. Lisa studied Yoga Therapy with Gary Kraftsow of American Viniyoga in the lineage of TKV Desikachar and Sri Krishnamacharya. She has conducted and published yoga research and presented on various yoga topics at conferences around the world.
Lisa is a founding member of the Global Consortium on Yoga Therapy (GCYT) and a member of the Accreditation Committee of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). Lisa is also a member of the teaching faculty at the Yoga Therapy Institute and presents the ‘Yoga Psychology: philosophy and practice for anxiety and depression relief workshop.
Amy and Lisa discuss Lisa’s background, Lisa’s travel adventure, Chanting & Japa mantra meditation, Adapting and moving her practice online during the pandemic, Initiation and what it means and a lot more.
They talk about the following:
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We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com Chant with lisa https://www.facebook.com/LisaLifeTreeYogaUK/
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| INTERVIEW WITH LAURA SCHMALZL PhD, RYT-500 on NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND YOGA THERAPY | 22 Apr 2022 | 01:05:38 | |
On today's podcast, Amy talks with Laura Schmalzl, Laura is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist, as well as a longtime yoga practitioner and certified yoga instructor. Laura will be a C-IAYT very soon! Laura obtained a BA in Psychology from the University of Padua. She then completed a Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology, a PhD in Cognitive Science, and Post-doctoral training in Cognitive Neuroscience at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. This was followed by further Post-doctoral training and research at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and University of California San Diego, as well as an Associate Professorship at Southern California University of Health Sciences. Laura teaches neuroscience to chiropractic, acupuncture, and Oriental medicine students, she chose to introduce yoga practice as part of the weekly laboratory requirement assignment for her neuroscience students. Amy and Laura discuss Laura’s background and her journey to where she is today, How Laura discovered Yoga Therapy, Yoga Therapy and its relationship with Neuropsychology, the work she’s done, what she’s been able to accomplish and so much more. They talk about the following: • Laura’s background and journey I academia…. and now on to a well-lived and well-rounded life that is quite different from the academic and research life she was living • Laura’s experience as a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist, and the difference between both fields. • What led Laura to Yoga Therapy and becoming a yoga therapist and how her previous career has informed her work as a yoga therapist • Laura’s thought on what a yoga therapy can do for clients • Laura talks about her husband & Dave, and the work they do together in their new business, which is exploding beyond our wildest expectations • What Laura wants to be known for at the end of her life, and what matters to her If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health • Yoga Therapy & Physical Health • Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy • Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox • Yoga & Indian Philosophy • Global & Trending Yoga Therapy Topics Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State https://theoptimalstate.com/ We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com | |||
| Healing Through Play: Pediatric Yoga Therapy with Gina Shelton | 14 Jun 2024 | 00:45:25 | |
Healing Through Play: Pediatric Yoga Therapy with Gina Shelton In this enlightening episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, we're joined by Gina Shelton, a dedicated Pediatric Yoga Therapist at Tok Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Gina shares her unique approach to connecting with children through yoga therapy, detailing the innovative strategies she employs to engage mentally and emotionally with her young patients. What You'll Learn:
Gina's passion for helping children cope with issues like anxiety, depression, lack of sleep, and pain through yoga therapy shines throughout the episode. Her dedication to her part-time role emphasizes the importance of balance and self-care in delivering effective therapeutic interventions. If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include: Yoga Therapy & Mental Health Yoga Therapy & Physical Health Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox Yoga & Indian Philosophy Global & Trending Yoga Therapy Topics Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe
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| INTERVIEW WITH LORI RUBENSTEIN FAZZIO DPT, PT, MAPPSC,C-IAYT on TAKING YOGA THERAPY INTO HEALTHCARE SETTINGS | 15 Apr 2022 | 00:11:12 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today's podcast, Amy talks with Professor Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, DPT & C-IAYT. Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, her Master of Applied Science from the University of South Australia and her Bachelor of Science from Boston University. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences. Lori founded Mosaic Physical Therapy in 2003, dedicated to providing quality health care. After sustaining career-threatening injuries in a horseback accident in 2007 Lori was determined to return to helping her patients heal. Her research interests focus on the subtle body in pain management and the intersection and application of the philosophical science of yoga with the clinical science of modern medicine for improving eudaemonic well-being. She pioneered the first yoga therapy internship at the Simms Mann Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles where interns from LMU gain mentored experience and provide individualized yoga therapy within an integrative medicine clinic for patients suffering from chronic pain. Her mission is to expand this model into other healthcare and educational settings. Amy and Lori talk about her journey, her personal experiences, how she got started in her career and how she transitioned from Physical Therapy to Yoga Therapy, Differences between the academic world of yoga and yoga therapy and a lot more. They talk about the following: • Lori’s background as a successful Physical Therapist & why she became a yoga therapist • How Lori has been able to help her clients heal, and how she healed herself from injury • How Lori worked within herself to feel confident about her ideas • The science, art, and mystery of imagery in pain care management • Where Lori sees the field of yoga therapy heading • Lori’s advice on bringing a yoga therapy clinic into a professional medical facility • The importance of focusing on yoga philosophy as a differentiating factor in clinic settings • Owning our Scope of Practice as a yoga therapist and not apologizing for it • Lori’s focus on research and its importance to expanding the field of yoga therapy • The difference between academics, the world of yoga, and yoga therapy • How Lori has found her own way forward and is focusing on what really matters in her personal and professional life • How Lori sees her own legacy unfolding professionally If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health • Yoga Therapy & Physical Health • Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy • Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox • Yoga & Indian Philosophy • Global & Trending Yoga Therapy Topics Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State https://theoptimalstate.com/ We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com To learn more about Lori and her offerings Visit http://www.mosaicpt.com/ To send your applications to the Journal of Applied Yoga Studies mentioned in the podcast https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/jays/ | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH STEPHANIE SOHL PhD on ACADEMIA, RESEARCH & YOGA THERAPY | 08 Apr 2022 | 00:10:52 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today's podcast, Amy talks with Stephanie Sohl, Ph.D. Stephanie is a health psychologist and an Assistant Professor at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the mind-body relationship and cancer survivorship. Specifically, she aims to strengthen the evidence base for scalable mind-body approaches such as yoga and integrative health coaching that aims to empower patients with strategies for achieving optimal health.
Her work is innovative because she adapts mind-body approaches that may be efficacious so they can be integrated into and enhance conventional care. For example, her current Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) supports an investigation of a brief yoga intervention targeted to reduce fatigue that's taught in a clinical setting during chemotherapy for colorectal cancer.
Amy and Stephanie talk about her journey and how she got started, the research studies she has participated in, Stephanie’s career goals, how she became a yoga researcher, and much more. They talk about the following:
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We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com
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| INTERVIEW WITH ARUN DEVA on AYURVEDIC YOGA THERAPY | 01 Apr 2022 | 01:13:39 | |
On today's podcast, Amy talks with Arun Deva, DASc, AYT, E-RYT(500). Arun is the founder of Arunachala Yoga & Ayurveda. Arun has the pleasure of serving both the National & State Ayurvedic Associations: NAMA & CAAM. Currently, he heads NAMA’s Committee on creating Standards for Ayurvedic Yoga Therapists. Arun teaches internationally, lectures at conferences, writes articles for different publications, has been featured on both radio and television, and has a clinic for consultations and various treatments including panchakarma and yoga therapy in Los Angeles/West Hollywood. He also teaches the Ayurveda and Yoga modules for many Teacher Training Programs around the world and is Director of Ayurveda at LMU’s YTRx Program.
Amy and Arun discuss Ãyurvedic Yoga Therapy, the relationship between ancient medicine and Allopathic medicine (modern medicine), Chanting and types of chants, Yoga and its benefits, Progress that has been made overtime in Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy, and a lot more.
They talk about the following:
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We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com
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| INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN PORGES on LIVING WELL & POLYVAGAL THEORY | 25 Mar 2022 | 01:16:45 | |
Amy discusses Life and Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges on today’s podcast. Stephen Porges, Ph.D. is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding Director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland.
In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. The theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders.
He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017), co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018) and author of Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation (Norton 2021). Dr. Porges is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol ™ (SSP), which is used by therapists to improve social engagement, language processing, and state regulation, as well as to reduce hearing sensitivities.
Amy and Dr. Porges discuss His background, journey and how he got to where he is today, Polyvagal Theory and how it came to be, Depression & Anxiety, Dr. Poges Safe & Sound protocol and so much more. This is a must listen!
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We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com
To learn more about Dr. Porges and his offerings: https://www.stephenporges.com/ | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH JANET LOWNDES IAYT ON BODY INCLUSIVITY AND YOGA THERAPY | 18 Mar 2022 | 00:09:27 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today's podcast, Amy talks with Janet Lowndes. Janet is a therapist with over 25 years of experience providing counseling, training, and consultation. Her professional practice includes psychological counseling, meditation training, and yoga therapy. She formed Mind Body Well in 2012, as Director and Principal Psychologist (formerly 'Janet Lowndes & Associates').
Following university studies in Psychology, and Philosophy Janet’s early professional experience was in the areas of youth, community, and women's health, the prison system, and with young offenders. She then moved into private practice and continued to work with adolescents and adults, particularly those with eating disorders, body image concerns, and behavioral difficulties.
Amy and Janet talk about her journey and how she got started, Her career as a Psychologist, Her inspiring work with Eating Disorders and other mental health concerns, Body Inclusivity, and a lot more. They talk about the following:
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We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com
To learn more about Janet: https://www.janetlowndes.com.au/ To learn more about Mind Body Well | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH SHAWNEE THORNTON HARDY C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, RCYT, M.Ed - Working with Children To Become More Embodied | 11 Mar 2022 | 01:24:35 | |
On the podcast today, Amy talks with Shawnee Thornton Hardy. Shawnee is an Educational/Behavior Specialist and the founder of Asanas for Autism and Special Needs and Founder/Director of Yoga Therapy for Youth. She is also the author of “Asanas for Autism and Special Needs: Yoga to Help Children with their Emotions, Self-Regulation and Body Awareness”, and the creator of the C.A.L.M.M Yoga Toolkit. With over 20 years of experience Shawnee has worked with children with Autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Prader Willi, Sensory Processing Disorder, Learning Difficulties, Motor Coordination Difficulties, Language Processing deficits, Mental Health issues, Behavior Disorders & Children who have experienced significant Trauma and Abuse. Amy and Shawnee talk about her journey and how she got started, Her inspiring work with children, Boundaries, Importance of nature for regulation of the nervous system, Shawnee’s superpower with kids and so much more. They talk about the following: · Shawnee’s background and how she got started with working with children · Shawnee’s work and how the book ‘Asanas for Autism and Special Needs’ emerged organically · Some benefits of integrating nature into our lives and the impact on the regulation of the nervous system · Shawnee’s thoughts on the impact of teaching appropriate boundaries in children with needs and examples of how she does this in her work · How Shawnee works with youth who have complex needs due to trauma · Shawnee’s experience with her own personal trauma, grief and unexpected illness and how it has caused her to shift in her own nervous system and mind as she works through it · The importance of knowing our personal boundaries, and how to be more embodied in our work as yoga therapists and yoga teachers, so that we can teach others to do the same · Shawnee’s superpower when it comes to her work
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We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com To learn about Shawnee’s training website: https://www.asanasforautismandspecialneeds.com/ Books mentioned in the podcast Asanas for Autism and Special Needs
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| RACHEL KRENTZMAN PT, C-IAYT ON LOW BACK PAIN AND SCOLIOSIS | 04 Mar 2022 | 00:09:20 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today’s podcast, Amy talks with Rachel Krentzman. Rachel was the founder of Embody Physical Therapy & Yoga in San Diego, CA, and is now the Co-Director of Wisdom-Body Yoga Therapy Professional Training in Israel. Rachel has extensive training in Purna Yoga and Iyengar Yoga, and over twenty years of experience in the field of physical therapy and rehabilitation. Rachel shares a deeper perspective on the mind-body-spirit connection in the realm of back pain management. She tells her own stories of how back pain was not just a physical issue and how yoga therapy has a different approach than physical therapy. Amy and Rachel discuss Yoga therapy and Rachel’s yoga therapy work in Israel, Rachel’s books on Low Back Pain and Scoliosis, Rachel’s personal experience with low backpain and scoliosis, and the memoir she is writing about her life. They talk about the following: · Yoga & Yoga Therapy in Israel and the most recent developments as yoga therapy moves into major hospitals, and the different yoga organizations come together to agree that yoga therapy is important and the direction it needs to move going forward · Rachel’s books on Low Back Pain and Scoliosis · Rachel’s personal experience with backpain and scoliosis and how she came to understand that it was not a physical problem, rather a mental-emotional stressor · Why sometimes Yoga Therapy can help with cases that were not successfully treated by Physical Therapy (from the perspective of a PT) · Rachels new video series on Scoliosis for Teens · Body Sensitivity or insensitivity in teens · How Rachel works with her clients on many different layers of their human systems to help them have more self-awareness on the yoga mat and in life · Rachel’s upcoming memoir and the process of writing it, letting go of the outcome
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com
Check out Rachel’s website: Books mentioned in the podcast Yoga For A Happy Back’ A Teacher’s Guide To Spinal Health Through Yoga Therapy: https://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Happy-Back-Teachers
SCOLIOSIS, YOGA THERAPY & THE ART OF LETTING GO: https://www.amazon.com/Scoliosis-Yoga-Therapy-Art-Letting/dp/184819272X | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH HEATHER MASON ON NEUROSCIENCE & YOGA THERAPY | 25 Feb 2022 | 00:08:32 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Heather Mason. Heather is the Founder of The Minded Institute in the UK, and is leading a yoga therapy training organization known for its focus on mental health, neuroscience, and empowering yoga and health professionals to integrate yoga therapy into healthcare. She also studied in India and shared her yoga teaching with nuns in various Buddhist Monasteries in South East Asia. Heather also founded a new organization, the Yoga in Health Care Alliance (YIHA), which she runs with a board of directors. This charity works towards yoga’s inclusion in health care in the UK and beyond. Amy and Heather discuss Heather’s background, neuroscience, and the latest brain science research around pranayama and meditation. They talk about the following: · Heather’s life experience and how she got started in Yoga Therapy as Embodied Mental Healthcare · Discussion of practicing asana & mindful meditation and the results of each · Recent scientific studies on neuroscience and the Influence of Yoga on Brain Functioning · Heather’s personal breath work routines and why she chooses certain breath techniques to help her system come into balance · Current scientific research & studies on breathing techniques and meditation · What is Social Prescribing in the UK and how might this link yoga to healthcare? · Heather’s groundbreaking work on Yoga/ Yoga Therapy in academia in the UK
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com
Check out Heather’s website: https://themindedinstitute.com
Heather’s Book on Yoga and Mental Health: | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH ROBYN TIGER & WORKING WITH PHYSICIANS | 18 Feb 2022 | 01:22:50 | |
On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Robyn Tiger, MD, C-IAYT, RYT-500. She is a life coach for Physicians & trauma-informed self-care coach. She founded StressFreeMD, a wellness practice that provides freedom through self-care education. Dr. Robyn utilizes her unique combination of trainings in medicine, yoga therapy, meditation, and life coaching to educate others in stress management, burnout prevention, and relief. Dr. Robyn is a Western Carolina Medical Society Healthy Healer Partner, Surge-On App Key Opinion Leader for Self-Care for Surgeons, faculty for Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy, Advisory Council member of Yoga Therapy Today, and is an O2X Human Performance Specialist for first responders. Amy and Dr Robyn talk about Her background, how she practices Yoga Therapy, How StressFreeMD started, the benefits of being resourceful and so much more. They talk about the following: · Dr. Tiger’s background as an MD and how it led her to yoga therapy and health coaching · How Dr. Tiger started to serve Physicians with yoga therapy, meditation, and coaching · What motivated Dr. Tiger into creating StressFreeMD · How Robyn came to understand her client’s deepest needs and respond to those needs · The importance of speaking in her client’s preferred language · Resourcefulness and Tenacity as keys to the “Can Do Attitude.” · Working with your mental habits as the key to success in building a business · Importance of having multiple streams of income to create a successful business If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode of the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDFs for download. Topics you can choose from include: • Yoga Therapy & Mental Health • Yoga Therapy & Physical Health • Social Justice in Yoga & Yoga Therapy • Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox • Yoga & Indian Philosophy • Global & Trending Yoga Therapy Topics Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation To see Robyn’s offerings https://www.stressfreemd.net Robyn’s podcast: The StressFreeMD Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-stressfreemd-podcast/id1578332294 Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH HELENE COUVRETTE C-IAYT - HOW TO CREATE SAFE RELATIONSHIPS & LEARNING TO GRIEVE | 11 Feb 2022 | 00:10:50 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Helene Couvrette. The Founder of H~OM Yoga Health & Wellness Center and Co-founder MISTY - Montreal International Symposium on Therapeutic Yoga (MISTY). She Specializes & is Certified in Pain Care Yoga & Trauma Sensitive Yoga. Helene began her journey in 1999 and has acquired over 10,000 hours of teachings since 2002, and has over 1300 hours of education, 800 of which is Yoga Therapy. Amy and Helene discuss Helen’s background, how to create relationships, how to get rapport, trust and help people feel heard, seen and safe, making choices, learning to grieve and so much more. They talk about the following: · Forming relationships and how important it is to feel safe in a therapeutic relationship · How Helene got to the point where she is now through difficult times in life · Helene’s childhood and how it contributed to her growth and choosing to be positive · Helene’s experience with trauma & suffering and how she coaches students · Why it’s important to grieve and then integrate this tenderness into life · Helene’s method of helping her trainees overcome anxiety about life · Importance of choices in life and looking forward to who you want to be in this life
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Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation To see Helene’s offerings, visit https://www.homyogacenter.com/ https://www.homyogaevents.com/ Facebook Helene Couvrette Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com | |||
| Balancing the Scales: Therapeutic Asana Sequencing in Yoga with Amy Wheeler | 07 Jun 2024 | 00:35:25 | |
Summary: Join us for an enlightening episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour and Beyond, featuring renowned yoga expert Amy Wheeler. With over 25 years of experience in teaching yoga teachers how to sequence their classes effectively, Amy brings a wealth of knowledge to the podcast. Having served as a yoga university professor for 20 years in California, she is now the Therapeutic Yoga Teacher at the University of Minnesota, specializing in addressing conditions like low back pain, neck pain, insomnia, and anxiety. In this episode, we delve into:
Tune in to gain insightful tips from Amy Wheeler on enhancing your yoga teaching through thoughtful sequencing and a therapeutic understanding of yoga’s impact on the nervous system.
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Check out Amy's website Visit Amy’s training section on her website to check out the courses below 865-certified-yoga-therapist-program
Yoga Therapy Clinic with Optimal State: https://calendly.com/amy-wheeler-optimal-state--schedule/cancercare?month=2024-03
University of Minnesota Therapeutic Yoga Series: Online Therapeutic Yoga Series webpage: https://csh.umn.edu/for-community/wellbeing-workshops/online-therapeutic-yoga-series
Polyvagal Institute Mighty App with Amy Wheeler and Marlysa Sullivan and the hosts of the Yoga and Yoga Therapy Group within the App https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/pviapp
7-Week Course on Yoga, Yoga Therapy & Polyvagal Theory offered by the Polyvagal Institute
Optimal State Mobile App for iPhone and Android Download the App for the respective App Store for free!
New Moon and Full Moon Meditations with Optimal State in June, July and August 2024 (Free) Use this same Zoom Link for all session and join us! Join via Zoom: Meeting ID 817 6064 3575 June 5th at 7:30-8:30pmCST- New Moon Celebration and Meditation June 8th at 8:00-9:00amCST- Yoga Nidra for Working with High Blood Pressure June 20th at 7:30-8:30pmCST- Summer Solstice Celebration and Meditation June 21st at 7:30-8:30pmCST- Full Moon Celebration and Meditation Email Krishna@TheOptimalState.com for details for July and August 2024 meditations
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| A CONVERSATION WITH ANNE PITMAN ABOUT DEATH & DYING | 04 Feb 2022 | 00:08:13 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy talks to Anne Pitman from Ottowa, Canada about yoga therapy, death and dying. This is a spacious discussion that will leave you exploring the wonder of transitions. It may even make you feel lighter inside. Anne Pitman has been studying death and dying for 12 years and has some gems to share with us yoga teachers and yoga therapists. Anne says we will never master the fear of death, but we can be more prepared for it. We can feel less lonely and alone. We can create a plan for ourselves and our loved ones. We can ponder and discuss something that will happen to every single one of us. · Anne has a passion for integrative oncology and helping students prepare for the inevitable death that we will all face. · Anne gives us some clues about how we can prepare for death and why it is important. · She talks about using Savasana, or Corpse Pose, in your class as preparation for the final breaths. · She talks about how the breath leaving our body is part of the dying process, all day every day and then in the final moments of being in this physical body on earth. · Anne tells us about an upcoming program that she will guide us through contemplation of death and dying (12 months, once a month for a few hours). · Anne also talks about how the purpose of yoga is to prepare for death. · She says that working in death and dying is not too difficult for her. She has learned to expand her perspective. · Anne says that when we die, maybe you or I is not the focus. Maybe death itself is the focus of a death done well. · Anne talks about her upcoming book “Yoga Therapy Across the Cancer Care Continuum” by Leigh Leibel and Anne Pitman (Handspring Publishers)
Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
Anne Pitman’s website is: https://www.annepitman.ca Her upcoming course on death and dying: https://www.annepitman.ca/classes-and-events Her upcoming book on Cancer Care: https://www.handspringpublishing.com/our-authors/anne-pitman/
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| A CONVERSATION WITH GEETHA SHANKAR ABOUT THE TEACHER STUDENT RELATIONSHIP | 28 Jan 2022 | 01:14:30 | |
Amy talks to Geetha Shankar about the teacher and student relationship. Ms. Shankar was the Head of Yoga Studies at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India for decades. She was a senior student of TKV Desikachar, and named one of the 100 Most Inspirational Yoga Teachers in India in 2018. Amy and Ms. Shankar talk about what it was like to be a student of Sir Desikachar and to sit in consultations with him, what her relationship with him was like, and how we can maintain the student and teacher relationship even in modern times. Geetha is Amy’s yoga therapist and teacher. · Ms. Shankar tells us how she came to be a yoga teacher and yoga therapist. · How she first met and linked to TKV Desikachar and what it was like to be a senior student. · The responsibilities of a yoga therapist and the responsibilities of the student. · How Ms. Shankar handles difficult times and self-doubt. · What she sees as the future of yoga therapy. · How to be creative as a yoga therapist, using many tools to get the results. · The importance of relationship in the healing process. · How she would like to experience her life when she has her last breath. If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include:
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| A TALK WITH NRITHYA JAGANNATHAN ABOUT THE PANCHA MAYA MODEL | 21 Jan 2022 | 01:09:47 | |
Amy and Nrithya talk about the most popular model for assessment and therapeutic planning in the field of Yoga Therapy, the Pancha Maya Model, which is also called the Bird Model. What most people do not realize is that there are 5 points of interest for each of the 5 layers. There is a head, a tail, 2 wings and the core or body. The physical layer has 5 parts. The breath or prana layer has 5 parts. The mental layer has 5 parts. The personality layer has 5 parts. The emotions or spiritual layer has 5 parts. Nrithya tells several stories about TKV Desikachar and T. Krishnamacharya that really help to express and explore the depth and breadth of the Bird Model in therapy. We hear about how it become popular as a model for therapeutic purposes. · Nrithya chants opening chants and gives the reasoning behind these invocations. · Nrithya tells a bit about the history of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. · How the Bird Model (Pancha Maya) became so popularized for Yoga Therapy. · A brief overview of the 25 points of interest (5 x 5). · A discussion of how prana moves in the body and helps to heal. · The importance of joy in changing our healing journey. Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram website: www.kym.org Nrithya Jagannathan is the Director of Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) Institute of Yoga Studies. Trained in Vedic chanting, she is a C-IAYT, ERYT-500 and YACEP. A student of Sri TKV Desikachar, she has a professional experience of more than 18 years. She is also the Editor-in-chief of KYM’s quarterly e-journal on Yoga and Yoga Cikitsa. She is a life member of the Indian Yoga Association and a member of the Standing Academic Accreditation committee of the Indian Yoga Association. She is also Bharatanatyam dancer, teacher and choreographer, with many awards to her credit. She has traveled extensively representing the KYM at numerous events/seminars/workshops across the world. If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include:
Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $250 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $250 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website Visit Amy’s training section on her website to check out the courses below Optimal-state-community days professional development course | |||
| SEASON ONE WRAP-UP WITH AMY WHEELER | 24 Dec 2021 | 00:41:20 | |
Amy wraps up the first season of Yoga Therapy Hour and gives the 2021 year review of the podcast. Amy talks about the mission of the podcast, our successes, breaks down who our listeners are and more! Amy talks about the many countries that our listeners come from and how they are contributing to changing the world together through yoga therapy. Amy takes a moment to thank each guest from season one and gives a one or two sentence review of what each guest talked about. You might wonder if you missed an amazing episode and this summary will help you to pinpoint which ones you still want to go back and listen to. Or you might realize that you desire to re-listen to an episode that has now become relevant for you. The topics are timeless, so you can listen again and again. Amy also lays out the plans for our next season, which will begin in mid-January 2022. The team from Optimal State and the Yoga Therapy Hour hope that you have a wonderful holiday season and that you can take some time to rest and reflect on 2021. We will be back for more joy in the new year! Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State Foundations we support We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Check out Amy's website Visit Amy’s training section on her website to check out the courses below Optimal-state-community days professional development course | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH AMIT GARG | 17 Dec 2021 | 01:09:23 | |
Amy Chats with Amit Garg, Vedic Astrologer. They discuss Jyotish, the difference in the way its practiced in India vs. the West, the potential benefits of using Vedic Astrology paired with Yoga Therapy, popular misconceptions about Jyotish and so much more. They talk about the following: · The meaning of Jyotish and how its practiced in India · Jyotish been used for many different life events in India · Misconceptions or myths about Jyotish · Difference in the practice of Jyotish in India and in the West · Benefits of using Jyotish · Jyotish and how it shows up in western science · Importance of a good student/teacher relationship · Practical tips on getting better at listening to the Universe · Planetary remedies
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Foundations we support We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
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| INTERVIEW WITH KRISTINE WEBER | 10 Dec 2021 | 01:10:59 | |
Amy and Kristine Kaoverii-Weber, creator of Subtle Yoga talk about the future of healthcare and how yoga therapy fits into what is emerging because of the Covid19 crisis. While Amy and Kristine had originally set out to talk about how to work with clients who are experiencing Covid long-haulers syndrome, they never really got to that point and Amy will be bringing in a world-renown expert very soon to address working with clients. This discussion centered on “What does yoga therapy bring to the healthcare table that is not being addressed by other modalities?” And how is the current healthcare system struggling, allowing for an opening for yoga therapy to emerge as a viable field of Allied Healthcare. · Kristine’s prediction of what is happening in healthcare today · What is the essence of yoga therapy and how it is different? · Creating more joy in life as a revolutionary act · Being OK with being a disruptor · Being willing to see things how they are, and moving forward into difficult places · The mental health status of our youth today and how we can help · How Kristine’s background as a writer about neuroscience has helped her succeed · Where are we going in 2022 and beyond Kristine’s website to learn about her offerings: https://subtleyoga.com Check out Amy's website Visit Amy’s training section on her website to check out the courses below Optimal-state-community days professional development course | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH INDU ARORA | 03 Dec 2021 | 00:08:10 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy Chats with Indu Arora on today’s podcast. Indu is an Ayurveda Practitioner and Yoga Therapist, author and she considers herself a Yoga and Ayurveda student for a lifetime. Acknowledged as a strong, clear, and authentic voice in the Yoga and Ayurveda community, she has spent the last 2 decades of her life studying, thinking and sharing Yoga and Ayurveda. In 2019 Indu released her most recent book, Yoga Ancient Heritage Tomorrow’s Vision that has been an instant favorite among Yoga teachers and students alike. They discuss Indu’s childhood and how she got started, Her Gurus, Her most recent book and much more. They talk about the following:
Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal State
Foundations we support We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
Books mentioned in the podcast SOMA: 1OO Heritage Recipes for Self-Care https://www.amazon.com/SOMA-100-Heritage-Recipes-Self-Care-ebook/dp/B08NF6YY37 Check out Indu’s website https://www.yogsadhna.com/ Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH HEIDI CROCKER, C-IAYT | 26 Nov 2021 | 00:07:15 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Heidi is the new IAYT Accreditation Manager and the Lead on the Certification Exam. She was recently hired by IAYT and has extensive experience in Higher Education. Amy and Heidi have a heady discussion about this emerging Allied Healthcare Field, on credentialling of individuals, accreditation of programs/ schools, the upcoming certification exam that all graduates will have to take before becoming certified by IAYT, licensing in the field of yoga therapy and how yoga therapist can team up with healthcare facilities to promote their services. Warning: You may only like this episode if you are a yoga therapy nerd! · Heidi Crocker’s background in Higher Education and Integrative Health · Defining Credentialling of Individuals · Graduating from an Accredited Program vs. Portfolio Review as a path to certification · The Certification Exam and progress of the development and implementation · The path for licensing, pros and cons · ICD-10 Codes what are they and how they can be used under the umbrella of a licensed healthcare provider · 8E0ZXY4 is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of yoga therapy. The code is valid for the year October 2021- September 2022 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. · CPT Codes, what are they and how can they be used under the umbrella of a licensed healthcare provider
November’s podcasts are sponsored by: Optimal State
Foundations we support We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
Related Links from the IAYT.ORG website for more Information: Heidi Crocker: https://www.iayt.org/page/IAYTManagement Certification: https://www.iayt.org/page/certification Portfolio Review: https://www.iayt.org/page/AccreditationCommitt# Accreditation: https://www.iayt.org/page/AccreditationLanding A related article: Alternative Billing Codes and Yoga: Practical Issues and Strategic Considerations for Determining “What is Yoga Therapy?” and “Who is a Yoga Therapist?” https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.iayt.org/resource/resmgr/PDFs/AltBillingCodes.pdf
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| INTERVIEW WITH V. SRINIVASAN (RYT) | 19 Nov 2021 | 01:24:03 | |
Amy Chats with Shri V Srinivasan, who is one of the senior faculty of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) and the Executive Director. He had the rare blessings of learning under Yogacharya Shri T.K.V. Desikachar as a student of Teacher Training Program at KYM. He holds a Master’s Degree in Yoga from Tamilnadu Sports and Physical Education University Chennai. He also learnt Vedic Chanting and functions as a Healing Chant Teacher also. His teaching career includes Consultations and Classes of Yoga for Therapy, teaching of all aspects of Yoga to Indian and International students in India and abroad. They talk about How Yoga Therapy is unfolding in India, the implications of the Bhagavad Gita for Yoga Therapy.
They discuss the following: · How V Srinivasan came to yoga, then yoga teacher training, became a yoga therapist and eventually the Executive Director of KYM. · What it means to practice our yoga mentally, emotionally, in relationship to one another and ourselves and spiritually. · How we can stay balanced during these difficult times, by connecting to something deep within our own heart. · The purpose of yoga, far beyond asana. · The ancient text of the Bhagavad Gita and how it applies to yoga therapy. · The therapeutic relationship according to the Bhagavad Gita. · Karma, Hatha, Jnana and Bhakti Yoga as paths to the same destination. · How our natural gifts determine which type of yoga we will enjoy most. · How we can work to do hard things in life, just like Arjuna had to do. · What is the moral of the story at the very end of the Bhagavad Gita? · Why Amy chose to study at the KYM for the past two decades, what attracted her to the KYM and why she continues to study in this tradition. · Online learning and how it is new the frontier for KYM. · How yoga therapy is unfolding in India, and the support the field is getting from the Indian Government. · How KYM Yoga therapy is joining with healthcare. · How the KYM is connecting with the field of healthcare.
October’s podcasts are sponsored by: Optimal State
Foundations we support We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
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| INTERVIEW WITH MARCIE A EVANS, C-IAYT | 12 Nov 2021 | 00:07:40 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy Chats with Marcie Evans who has been working with her own chronic illness since 1999. Marcie has been working to heal her symptoms using mindset changes, relationship shifts, lifestyle modification, yoga, meditation, nutrition, supplements and herbs, Ayurveda, and several other healing methods. She has a Masters degree through the University of Iowa. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist with IAYT, a Trauma Informed Yoga Therapist, a Certified Exercise Physiologist with ACSM, and also instructs many other types of movement therapy. In this episode they talk about Yoga Therapy & Auto immune disease. They discuss the following: · Marcie’s yoga, fitness and pilates studio in Iowa City, Iowa and her niche of helping people move from injury and pain back into their lives · Marcie’s experience with Auto-immune diseases and what she discovered along the way · Marcie’s experience working with people with Auto-immune diseases and common problems they experience · The lack of Embodiment that many people with Auto-immune disease must work through on the path to healing · Yoga & Hydration as a critical component of success in Auto-immune disease · What to look out for (potential causes, knowing your triggers of AI flare-ups) · Stress, Self-awareness, Self-regulation, Breathing & Movement · Addressing the balancing of the Nervous System as the way to healing AI disease
November’s podcasts are sponsored by: Optimal State
Foundations we support We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation To learn more out more about Marcie, her class offerings, and personalized sessions visit: http://www.Serenitywellnesstherapy.com Instagram: @serenitywellnesstherapy Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com | |||
| Harnessing the Power of Therapeutic Yoga in Modern Healthcare | 31 May 2024 | 00:29:01 | |
In this episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, host Amy Wheeler delves into the transformative world of yoga therapy and therapeutic yoga, and their integration into modern healthcare settings, educational institutions, mental health programs, and addiction clinics. Amy Wheeler, an expert in the field and former President of the Board for the International Association of Yoga Therapists, offers an invaluable roadmap for practitioners aiming to introduce therapeutic yoga programs into diverse environments. Key Highlights: · Yoga Therapy in Healthcare: Amy explores the burgeoning role of yoga therapy within healthcare settings. She identifies where therapeutic yoga programs are currently making significant impacts, including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and specialized clinics, offering listeners insights into existing successful models. · Educational Environments: The discussion moves to the integration of therapeutic yoga in educational settings, highlighting its benefits for both students and educators in managing stress, enhancing focus, and promoting overall well-being. · Mental Health and Addiction: Amy discusses the critical role of therapeutic yoga in mental health programs and addiction clinics. She sheds light on how yoga therapy can serve as a powerful tool in these contexts, aiding in the regulation of the nervous system, reducing stress responses, and supporting recovery processes. · Finding and Utilizing Research: A guide to locating research and evidence supporting the efficacy of therapeutic yoga is provided. Amy shares valuable resources and strategies for practitioners to educate potential employers and stakeholders about the benefits of incorporating yoga therapy into their services. · Physiological and Mental Health Benefits: The episode delves deep into the physiological changes brought about by yoga therapy, such as improved nervous system regulation, decreased allostatic load, and enhanced heart rate variability. Amy explains how these changes positively affect mental health and various bodily systems, including the cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, and immune systems. · Community Engagement: Amy provides a step-by-step guide for yoga therapists to engage with their communities and identify individuals and groups who can most benefit from their services. This section is packed with practical advice on networking, building partnerships, and effectively communicating the value of therapeutic yoga. · Success Story: The episode culminates with Amy sharing her personal success story of creating and sustaining a therapeutic yoga program at a university for 25 years. She highlights the program's impact on students and athletes, emphasizing the broader implications of her work on campus wellness culture. Conclusion: Amy Wheeler's call to action is clear—there's an urgent need for yoga therapy in today's world to address a wide array of health challenges. This episode is a treasure trove of information, inspiration, and practical advice for yoga therapists and anyone interested in the intersection of yoga and healthcare. A Must-Listen For: Yoga therapists, healthcare professionals, educators, mental health practitioners, individuals in the recovery community, and anyone passionate about the integration of holistic practices into mainstream health and wellness paradigms. List of Current Therapeutic Yoga Programs: https://yogatherapy.health/for-health-care-providers/clinic-systems/ Comprehensive Review of Yoga Research 2020: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jicm.2021.0420?utm_campaign=JICM+FP+March+7+2024&utm_content=Read+more&utm_term=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra 2016 Yoga in America Study by Yoga Alliance and Yoga Journal: https://www.yogaalliance.org/2016YogaInAmericaStudy If you would like to receive the free infographics and handouts that correspond to each episode on the Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast, please subscribe to our segmented email list. You will have the opportunity to determine the Infographic Topics that you would like to receive. When The Yoga Therapy Hour Podcast has a topic that corresponds to your choices, then you will receive an email for that week with the PDF’s for download. Topics you can choose from include: Yoga Therapy & Mental Health Yoga Therapy & Physical Health Social Justice in yoga & Yoga Therapy Yoga/Ayurveda Toolbox Yoga & Indian Philosophy Global & Trending Yoga Therapy Topics Click the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total. https://amywheeler.com/subscribe
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| INTERVIEW WITH SWETA VIKRAM | 05 Nov 2021 | 00:05:59 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy Chats with Sweta Vikram in today’s podcast. Sweta is an International Speaker, Best-selling Author, and Ayurveda-based Health & Mindset Coach in New York City. terms. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and other publications across nine countries on three continents. Sweta is a trained yogi and is on the board of Fly Female Founders, and holds a Master’s in Strategic Communications from Columbia University. Voted as “One of the Most Influential Asians of Our Times” and winner of the “Voices of the Year” award (past recipients have been Chelsea Clinton). She also teaches yoga, meditation, and mindfulness to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence as well incarcerated men and women. They discuss Sweta’s new book, her background in writing, Handling negative feedback, Writing, and Self-care & Meditation, and much more. They talk about the following:
October/ November podcasts are sponsored by: International Association of Yoga Therapists
Foundations we support We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation
Books mentioned in the podcast: A piece of peace To learn more out more about Sweta, her class offerings, and personalized sessions visit: http://swetavikram.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Words.By.Sweta Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/challenge/?next=/swetavikram/ Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com | |||
| INTERVIEW WITH SONYA CHAPNICK C-IAYT | 29 Oct 2021 | 01:27:14 | |
Amy Chats with Sonya Chapnick who is a certified Yoga Therapist with more than three decades of training and experience. She is a member of the faculty for the Optimal State Yoga Therapy School and is the founder of YogaGently.com. Her unique combination of clinical training, studio teaching, and specialization in mental health, enhances her passion for creating a paradigm shift around aging: not viewing aging as a decline, but instead as a journey of empowered wellness. She has been featured in Healthy Aging online magazine, and the documentary “Yoga Therapy for Life.” Sonya specializes in sleep hygiene with a focus on creating and facilitating Yoga Nidra (guided meditations) as part of an individualized yoga program. They talk about Sonya’s journey with Insomnia, Sleep, Intentional rest, Sonya’s professional journey and back ground and much more. They talk about the following: · Sonya’s journey and background as a woman who is blind in the world of yoga/ yoga therapy · Sonya’s experience with teaching and how difficult it has been · How Sonya got started with Yoga Nidra and her personal story of healing · The difference between Deep relaxation and Intentional rest · Trauma informed approach to Yoga therapy and Optimal Nidra · Types of seeds (bhavanas) that can be planted for someone in a relaxed state and how powerful these seeds can be for changing perceptionand belief structures · Sonya’s experience with Insomnia after having her daughter · Sonya’s personal style of Yoga Nidra called Optimal Nidra · Sonya’s Upcoming program for training Optiman Nidra teachers
October/ November podcasts are sponsored by: International Association of Yoga Therapists
Foundations we support We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation To learn more out more about Sonya, her class offerings, and personalized sessions visit: https://www.yogagently.com/
Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com
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| INTERVIEW WITH MARLYSA SULLIVAN MPT, E-RYT 500 & C-IAYT | 22 Oct 2021 | 00:04:58 | |
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy chats with Dr. Marlysa Sullivan who is a Physical Therapist and Yoga Therapist with over 15 years of experience. She is an Assistant Professor in Yoga Therapy and Integrative Health Sciences at Maryland University of Integrative Health. She is the author of Understanding Yoga Therapy: Applied Philosophy and Science for Well-being and co-editor of Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain, as well as several peer-reviewed articles. While she has been focused on researching and treating chronic pain conditions and bridging evidence-based healthcare with western and yogic philosophy, her broader research interests involve defining the framework and explanatory model for yoga therapy based on philosophical and neurophysiological perspectives. Amy and Dr. Marlysa talk about her career, The idea of Pain is in the brain, and the recent critique of the work of Steven Porges and Polyvagal Theory. They talk about the following: · Dr. Marlysa’s new fulltime job at the Veterans Administration for the Empower Veterans Program · Her background as a Physical Therapist and the change to Yoga Therapy · Dr Marlysa’s thoughts on Yoga therapists who don’t have degrees in Physical Therapy or a healthcare license but want to get jobs in the field. · Dr. Marlysa’s Yoga therapeutic perspective on pain science and how she works with clients · The principles Dr. Marlysa’s program covers in the Empower Veterans Program at VA · Pain Science and the idea that pain is in the brain and nervous system (not the tissues) · Pain as an output of the brain · Creating a safe space and the importance for healing · Self-regulation as the key to helping feel safe and do their deepest healing work · Dr. Marlysa’s thought on the critique surrounding Dr. Stephen Porges work
October/ November podcasts are sponsored by: International Association of Yoga Therapists Foundations we support We have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground. Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts! Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonation Books mentioned in the podcast: Understanding Yoga Therapy: Applied Philosophy and Science for Well-being Co-editor of Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain Meet Dr. Marlysa Sulliva https://marlysasullivan.com/ Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com | |||