Welcome! If you are suffering from depression, you are not alone. According to the World Health Organization, depression affects about 121 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of disability among people from the ages of 15 to 44. The rise in suicide statistics just since WWII, tells
us that despite our ever-expanding knowledge, as a species mind, we’ve lost our connection to who we are and often feel separated and alone. Yogis have always believed that depression is that separation from our source. Yoga, including postures, breathing exercises and meditation is the science of positive mental health. Practice Yoga regularly and it will strip away the obstacles that separate you from your source. You will begin
to recognize your wholeness. Practice Yoga every day and it will change your life. It changed my life and the lives of many of my students. I’ll tell you a little about it here and a lot more about it—how you can overcome depression—in my book,
Yoga for
Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga.
(Broadway Books, 2004).
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Yoga for Depression is being hailed by the holistic health community:
Yoga for Depression is a godsend: beautifully written, medically accurate, and very practical. I highly recommend it! —Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
Weintraub has written…a sensitive, intelligent, painstaking exploration of the deeper psychospiritual issues that make up the complex experience of depression. … What is most impressive about this text, though, is not how much she knows but the way she conveys what she knows, the innate qualities she brings to her writing: her steadfastness in
encouraging the reader, her agility at drawing on ageless yoga texts, her insights into the problems of the self and the conditions in modern society that exacerbate them.
—Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal
Heal yourself with Yoga for Depression. I absolutely love this book and highly recommend it. —Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D., Author of Meditation as Medicine
Amy has presented her work at medical meetings and conferences throughout the U.S., including the American Holistic Medical
Association Annual Conference, the
National
Association of Naturopathic Physicians, the Whole Health Expo, and the LA Times Festival of Health and Fitness.
Amy Weintraub’s work is being embraced by the mental health community:
This book belongs in the hands of every person who experiences depression and in the library of every therapist.—Richard C. Miller, Ph.D., Co-Founder of The International Association of
Yoga Therapy.
Amy has presented her work at the
Psychotherapy Networker Symposium West in Beverly Hills, June 9 - 12th, 2004, and will present at the
28th Annual Psychotherapy Networker Symposium in Washington, D.C., March 17 - 20th, 2005. She was an invited presenter at the
Integrative Therapies and Depression Conference at the University of Arizona College of Medicine,
November 12-15th, 2004.
Several of
Amy's LifeForce Yoga® Trainings offer CEU's for social workers from NASW-RI and MA.
Amy's work has appeared in Notebook, the New York State Psychological Association.
Yoga for Depression is welcomed by the Yoga Community:
Amy Weintraub's work is some of the most important in our world today for helping humanity understand more deeply the significance of the mind-body connection. Her insights are inspirational for yoga teachers and all readers. –Rama
Jyoti Vernon, Founder, American Yoga College
Yoga for Depression is an astonishingly comprehensive guide to the art and science of Yoga. Herein lies a Yogic blueprint for how to be a human being, written by a compassionate and generous teacher. —Stephen Cope, author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
