Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler

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:What led Arun to combine Ayurveda and Yoga TherapyArun’s background in Yoga and AyurvedaThe Relationship between Yoga and AyurvedaThe Relationship between Ancient medicine and Modern medicineHealing tools in Ayurvedic yoga therapy and Arun’s favorite Chanting, the steps to chanting, and how it's usedHow Arun handles difficult situations or overwhelmSlow breath based practice as the key to healingBhakti as the most important tool of YogaWhat Yoga & Yoga Therapy means to Arun  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 TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal Statehttps://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/KymMitraDonationCheck out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com To learn more about Arun and his offerings:www.yogarasayana.com

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! They talk about the following:Dr. Porges journey and what he has learned about professional and personal life How Dr. Porges came about Polyvagal Theory How Depression & Anxiety are viewed by Polyvagal TheoryWhat Dr. Porges does in his downtime and how he keeps his own nervous system in balance.Dr Porges Safe & Sound Protocol and how it could be useful to Yoga Therapists  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 TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal Statehttps://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/KymMitraDonationCheck out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com To learn more about Dr. Porges and his offerings:https://www.stephenporges.com/

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhourOn 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:Janet’s background Janet’s career as a psychologist and yoga therapist, and how she got into her specializationJanet’s vision for her clinic ‘Mind Body Well’Diet culture and what it meansBody Inclusivity & The Concept of weight lossFive principles of Health at every sizeAppreciating our bodies & Body privilegesBody Dissatisfaction  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 TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal Statehttps://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 $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/KymMitraDonationCheck out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com To learn more about Janet:https://www.janetlowndes.com.au/To learn more about Mind Body Wellhttps://www.mindbodywell.com.au/

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 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 TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal Statehttps://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/KymMitraDonationCheck out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.comTo learn about Shawnee’s training website:https://www.asanasforautismandspecialneeds.com/Books mentioned in the podcastAsanas for Autism and Special Needs Facebook:https://web.facebook.com/shawneethorntonhardy/

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhourOn 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  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 TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal Statehttps://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/KymMitraDonationCheck out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com Check out Rachel’s website:https://happybackyoga.com/Books mentioned in the podcastYoga 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

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhourOn 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 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 TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal StateWe 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:B07KPNPBDT

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 businessIf 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 TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribeToday’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal Statehttps://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. 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/KymMitraDonationTo see Robyn’s offerings https://www.stressfreemd.netRobyn’s podcast: The StressFreeMD Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-stressfreemd-podcast/id1578332294Check out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhourOn 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 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 TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Today’s podcasts is sponsored by: Optimal Statehttps://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 $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/KymMitraDonationTo see Helene’s offerings, visit https://www.homyogacenter.com/https://www.homyogaevents.com/Facebook Helene CouvretteCheck out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhourAmy 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 Statehttps://theoptimalstate.com/ Anne Pitman’s website is: https://www.annepitman.caHer upcoming course on death and dying: https://www.annepitman.ca/classes-and-eventsHer upcoming book on Cancer Care: https://www.handspringpublishing.com/our-authors/anne-pitman/ If you would like to receive the free infographics or 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 TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribe Foundations we supporthttp://www.kym.orgWe 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 websiteVisit Amy’s training section on her website to check out the courses belowYoga therapy training courses865-certified-yoga-therapist-program

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: Yoga Therapy & Mental HealthYoga Therapy & Physical HealthSocial Justice in yoga & Yoga TherapyYoga/Ayurveda ToolboxYoga & Indian PhilosophyGlobal & Trending Yoga Therapy TopicsClick the link below to subscribe. It takes 10 seconds total.https://amywheeler.com/subscribehttp://www.kym.orgWe 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/KymMitraDonationCheck out Amy's websiteVisit Amy’s training section on her website to check out the courses belowYoga therapy training courses865-certified-yoga-therapist-program