LIVE Webinar: Yoga for Depression as Alzheimer’s Prevention

Online Registration Tuesday, September 28, 2021 4pm PT/5pm MT/6pm CT/7pm ET Research shows a strong relationship between depression and Alzheimer's disease. In fact, a history of major depression is a risk factor for later development of Alzheimer's disease. And those with dementia often develop symptoms of both depression and anxiety. Luckily, yoga has been proven to be an effective lifestyle modality to manage depressive symptoms. I am grateful to be a part of this, as I'm passionate about supporting treatments for #AlzheimersDisease. The loss of my mother’s memory and the changes in her personality were painful for us all. In the middle stage, she was more loving than she had ever been. As her disease progressed and [...]

“Yoga to Manage Your Mood” Immersion Retreat LIVE ONLINE

Yogaville Satchidananda Ashram 108 Yogaville Way, Buckingham, VA, United States

Online Registration The only constant is change, and sometimes this can be perturbing, uncomfortable, difficult. Need tools to help?  The LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood Immersion retreat is LIVE ONLINE! For ALL bodies and ALL levels. 🤸‍♀️ Treat yourself to a vibrant community retreat. Spend a weekend full of laughter, stories, love, and accessible yoga with the author of the new Yoga for Your Mood Deck: 52 Ways to Shift Depression and Anxiety, and Yoga for Depression, and discover evidence-based Yoga practices for managing your mood.  Learn easy techniques to energize and elevate depressed moods; relax and calm anxiety; integrate your your current state and bring balance to your emotional body. LifeForce Yoga® interweaves the power of [...]

Yoga for Depression and Anxiety Live Virtual Workshop

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Online Registration Join Amy LIVE ONLINE for the Yoga for Depression and Anxiety module of the Inner Peace Yoga Therapy training program, with the individual weekend rate. For thousands of years, yogis have understood what current research in neurobiology and clinical observations are demonstrating — that, working with a body and breath-based practice, we can manage our moods. LifeForce Yoga interweaves the power of this ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what’s no longer serving you. No previous experience necessary- no pretzel poses. This training incorporates breathing, postures, meditation techniques and other experiential yogic tools for mood management in order to work therapeutically with individuals and groups. Explore evidence-based yogic tools, designed to [...]

Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional States: In Studio & LiveStream

Soul of Yoga 162 S. Rancho Santa Fe, Encinitas, CA, United States

Online Registration December 1-3, 2021 Soul of Yoga in Encinitas, CA Amy begins the 2021 10-day Soul of Wellness Module, with Yogic Applications for Psycho-Emotional States This is a hybrid offering. Join us live in California or online from home. During this unique time in our world more and more people are reporting feeling anxious, stressed, angry, depressed and exhausted. Yoga practices can help balance these moods and provide tools to better navigate our difficult times, and Amy will share her evidenced-based protocols on how to use Yogic tools of pranayama, asana, mantra, mudra and simple meditations to help you and your students who are experiencing situational and chronic psycho-emotional challenges and imbalances. Teaching through the lenses [...]

Treating Depression and Anxiety with Yoga (free) Webinar

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Online Registration Treating Depression and Anxiety with Yoga (free) Webinar   February 16/17, 2022 North America: Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 2:00-3:00 PM Pacific/5:00-6:00 PM Eastern United Kingdom: February 16, 2022, 10:00 PM-11:00 PM Australia: Thursday, February 17, 2022, 9:00-10:00 AM, Sydney, Australia New Zealand: Thursday, February 17, 2022, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Auckland The science supporting the integration of movement into depression and anxiety treatments is becoming increasingly evident. Join us for this live webinar where Amy taps into the scientifically proven link between yoga and emotional well-being. She guides us into adapting this ancient healing method to serve our clients, helping them self-regulate and FIND a sense of their inner peace beneath whatever mood is visiting. Amy covers [...]

YogaCon 2022: Yoga Supporting Mental Health

QCYC 136 E 3rd St, Davenport, IA, United States

Online Registration YogaCon 2022: Yoga Supporting Mental Health March 4-6th, 2022 RiverCenter, Davenport, Iowa  The Quad City Yoga Conference is thrilled to offer this event for folks interested in yoga from very beginners to advanced practitioners. This is our inaugural fundraising event, and all ticket sales go to funding QCYC's work sharing yoga and mindfulness in our community. YogaCon 2022 highlights some of the best yoga teachers in the United States who are practicing deep work that supports mental health with the practices and discipline of yoga. Amy will be presenting two YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD sessions, both Saturday : Yoga For Your Mood Part 1 This session meets that couch potato feeling of lethargy, pandemic malaise, [...]

Embodied Movements of Compassion (free) LIVE virtual “unchallenge” 

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Embodied Movements of Compassion: Harnessing anger, outrage, fear, disgust and turning toward compassion, hosted by Deirdre Fay. MAR 6-10 LIVE virtual (free) series! On Zoom each day at 1pm ET for about an hour. Like so many of us, Deirdre felt the impulse to “do something” with the feelings arising in response to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine. She quickly set up this (free) global “UnChallenge”: Embodied Movements of Compassion. The 5-day practice is designed to acknowledge the threat that comes when a person is feeling bullied, taken advantage of, or enraged, utilizing that energy and turning instead toward compassion. Come shift those “red zone" feelings into compassionate action. We’ll do this by exploring and embodying compassionate qualities: ·      Harnessing the inner protest [...]

YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD live virtual workshop

Beloved Yoga 11109 Sunset Hills Rd, Reston, VA, United States

Online Registration Yoga for Your Mood: Practices to Shift Depression and Anxiety Sunday, March 13, 2022 live, online via Zoom with Beloved Yoga in Reston, VA 2-4pm ET Don’t stay stuck in a bad mood or thinking that limits you. Not only will these practices shift your mood, but they may change your life as they did for Amy and the thousands of students she has trained. Discover accessible yoga practices that support you and those you serve achieve and sustain emotional wellbeing. We’ll be meeting the mood and shifting it into balance with yoga breathing, mudras, visual imagery, yoga meditations, mantras and accessible movements. Many of these practices are not taught in regular yoga classes. Amy experienced [...]

YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD: Practices to Shift Depression and Anxiety

Barefoot Yoga 7053 N. Oracle Road Suite 200, Tucson, AZ, United States

Online Registration   This is a HYBRID offering! Join Amy in the Tucson studio or stream online from home. Don’t stay stuck in a bad mood or thinking that limits you. Not only will these practices shift your mood, but they may change your life as they did for Amy and the thousands of students she has trained. Learn accessible yoga practices that support you and those you serve achieve and sustain emotional wellbeing. We’ll be meeting the mood and shifting it into balance with yoga breathing, mudras, visual imagery, yoga meditations, mantras and accessible movements. Many of these practices are not taught in regular yoga classes. Amy experienced firsthand the relief that yoga can provide and has spent [...]

Healing Trauma Through Conscious Embodiment Summit

Online Registration Healing Trauma Through Conscious Embodiment Summit Revealing Your Body’s Wisdom and Utilizing Creativity June 13-17 Looking for emotionally conscious inspiration? Need some new perspective to help with recent events? I believe community always helps. This fascinating and varied event includes poets and singers, yogis and therapists, doers and dreamers like Owen and Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Deirdre Fay: author and trainer, Susan Merson Author, Bernadette Pleasant of The Emotional Institute, Raja Selvam, Reggie Marra, Jennifer Wortham, LCSW, Anthony Rios, Kent Frazier, and more. I know you'll discover new takes and ideas to support ease in body, mind and spirit. This virtual summit is hosted by Gregg Westwood of Depth Integration.  It's all free, but you need [...]