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Facing What Is.

Facing What Is.

Facing what is. We can back away from the world, both our own personal dilemmas and the times we live in. But when we face them with presence, we can use these very same troubles as a pathway into a deeper connection to Self, to the place within us where we are deeply connected to each other and to the energy of the universe. I really do mean “the universe,” because if the physicists are right about the Big Bang, we are all the stardust of those first atoms. This chaotic world--with myriad crises and uncertainties, seems nonstop. This fog of collective unease, underlying our constant pressures and priorities is exhausting. Yet, when I was asked to write about releasing dread, I [...]

Facing What Is.Liz2022-07-26T10:38:24-07:00

Yoga for Depression & Anxiety Live Online Training

Online Registration Yoga for Depression & Anxiety Live Online Training January 6-8, 2023 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. This training interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what’s no longer serving you — without a story attached! In this three-day training, you will learn and practice breathing exercises, easy postures, guided meditations, and other experiential yogic tools for mood management that [...]

Yoga for Depression & Anxiety Live Online TrainingLiz2022-11-21T13:58:30-07:00

Treating Depression and Anxiety with Yoga (free) Webinar

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 [...]

Treating Depression and Anxiety with Yoga (free) WebinarLiz2022-01-26T09:49:58-07:00

IFS Meets LifeForce Yoga – A Week of Healing and Learning

Online Registration IFS Meets LifeForce Yoga: A Workshop Intensive with LifeForce Yoga founder Amy Weintraub, and Internal Family Systems-trained therapist Angela Huebner, PhD, LMFT, at the beautiful Cape Cod Institute. The combination of IFS and LFY provide just the tools we need to slow down and tune in! In the process of learning LFY practices to help clients self-regulate, increase self-efficacy and self-compassion, you will connect to the wholeness and healing capacity within yourself. Return home empowered with your own practice, a better understanding of the IFS model, and ready to share these tools with your clients. All bodies and abilities welcome! Mental and physical health care providers can practice their specialties more effectively when they offer [...]

IFS Meets LifeForce Yoga – A Week of Healing and LearningLiz2022-05-30T06:04:53-07:00

YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD: Practices to Shift Depression and Anxiety

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 [...]

YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD: Practices to Shift Depression and AnxietyLiz2022-03-30T10:14:10-07:00

YOGA FOR YOUR MOOD live virtual workshop

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 live virtual workshopLiz2022-01-23T18:02:06-07:00

When Conflict Arises

When Conflict Arises

When conflict arises, and when an incident disturbs our peace of mind, we have choices. We can turn the conflict over and over in the mind, our thoughts spinning ever tighter, like the bands inside a golf ball, as anxiety increases. We can attempt to forget it, just toss the betrayal over the fence. Both of these choices close us down. A part of the mind constricts. If we follow the first course of action, obsessing about the incident, we can lose sleep, we can be distracted from our work, and we can distance ourselves from our intimates. Eventually, the knotted ball of pain is internalized in the body, joining in with a chronic tension in the shoulders or neck, [...]

When Conflict ArisesLiz2022-04-04T07:36:10-07:00

Yoga for Your Mood HYBRID Workshop

Spend an afternoon full of laughter, stories, love, and accessible yoga with Amy Weintraub. For ALL bodies and levels. 🧰 Learn accessible skills that support emotional balance, soothe anxiety, elevate mood, reduce fatigue. These tools can increase ease and clarity. 🤸‍♀️ Treat yourself to a vibrant community afternoon - in Tucson. Amy, who's recent offering, Amazon's #1 Yoga for Your Mood card deck, is also the author of the groundbreaking book, Yoga for Depression. amyweintraub.com

Yoga for Your Mood HYBRID WorkshopLiz2021-11-30T09:06:25-07:00

NEW MUST-READ for Therapists, Yogis, and Self Care Seekers

NEW MUST-READ for Therapists, Yogis, and Self Care Seekers

Why do I say Joanne Spence’s new book Trauma-Informed Yoga is a must-read? If you, as a mental health, yoga or other healing professional, support people in recovery from a history of trauma and associated mood disorders, you will love this book. Stephen Porges, PhD changed our understanding of the body-mind’s response to threat when he published Polyvagal Theory in 2011. Deb Dana, LCSW brought that understanding into the treatment room when she published The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy in 2018, and in the simplest and most accessible of ways, Joanne Spence, BSW, MA, helps us non-neuroscientists take hold of the “Autonomic Ladder” and support our clients and students as they rise to safety and connection. When I read Trauma-Informed Yoga for the first time (disclaimer—I read it a [...]

NEW MUST-READ for Therapists, Yogis, and Self Care SeekersLiz2022-04-04T07:36:13-07:00