Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler

Amy Wheeler Solo Episode Adherence for Health Behavior Change, a Salutogenic Model of Well-Being

Sep 30, 2022

54:59

Today’s episode is a solo episode with Amy Wheeler. Amy’s undergraduate and master’s degree are in Community Health Promotion back in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. So it is not a surprise that Amy’s connection to Yoga Therapy is so strong, as Yoga Therapy is about feeling good, showing up as your best self, and being accountable to the health behaviors that you promised yourself you would live by. The question is, how can we help ourselves and our clients create the life they desire?

Amy talks about the following:

· The yogic vs. biomedical model of motivation for health behavior change

· Self-efficacy, or trusting that you can complete the tasks you promised yourself

· Bhavana or visualization of reaching your goal

· Sraddha or faith that you can do it, especially in the early phases when we don’t yet see results

· Building samskaras or habits in mind, speech and actions

· Clinical tools for reaching our lifestyle goals

· The importance of assessment, feedback, record-keeping, and evaluation

· The Optimal State Mobile App for Android and iPhone

· Helping clients to have adherence to the goals they set for themselves

· Helping our clients to track their progress, especially when the changes are subtle

· Connecting the early subtle changes to clinical outcomes that are more tangible

· Filling the gap with the competence feedback loop

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