AmyWeintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500, author of Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books) and founding director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute, is an internationally known leader in the field of yoga and mental health. A frequent contributor to national magazines, she also leads professional certification trainings in LifeForce Yoga® for Mood Management and speaks at medical and psychological conferences. Amy's evidence-based yoga protocol for managing mood is featured on the CD, Breathe to Beat the Blues and the first DVD home Yoga practice series for mood management, the award-winning LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues. Her bi-monthly newsletter includes current research, news and media reviews on Yoga and mental health.
About Amy Weintraub's book, Yoga for Depression " Yoga for Depressionis 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".—Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal www.yogafordepression.com amy@amyweintraub.com
Breathe—yes; meditate--of course! But how, when you’re in the middle of a busy day or a stressful situation? Learn a meditation that tricks the mind into mindfulness even in the midst of chaos. This meditation incorporates ancient yogic strategies like mudra, mantra and pranayama breathing to give the busy mind a bone, reestablishing your equanimity and focus. The LifeForce Yoga Chakra Clearing Meditation is especially useful in clearing the mental chaos that often accompanies both anxiety and depression. This evidence-based protocol can be practiced by itself or as a portal into an extended sitting practice. Either way, you’ll experience more somatic vitality and clarity of mind with this practice.
For thousands of years, yogis have understood what current research in neurobiology and clinical observations are demonstrating - that emotion particularly traumatizing emotion, is stored in the physical body. LifeForce Yoga interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings. You'll learn strategies that can help alleviate both depression and anxiety and methods to safely release chronically held tension and repressed emotion in the physical and emotional body. Appropraite for all levels including beginners.
We’ll practice:
Pranayama and kriya breathing techniques that regulate the emotions
Meditations that lift the mood
Creating Affirmation (sankalpa)
Guided Visualizations (bhavana)
Tones that regulate the emotions (mantras)
Yoga asanas suitable for multilevel practitioners
In dyads, a Yogic method of self-inquiry that dissolves the mask of avidya, revealing the richness of your true nature.
You’ll leave feeling refreshed, renewed, and excited about your home practice with new tools to work with your mood. Psychotherapists and yoga teachers will learn techniques they can use to help their clients focus, relax, and have greater access to their feelings
Location:
Club Kilimanjahro
33 Subway Street
AND
Howell Avenue Annex
Old Bisbee, Arizona
Costs:
* Check or Money Order payable to: Mobius Products and Services
P.O. box 786
Bisbee, Arizona 85603
* Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmerExp
accepted
PRE- REGISTER by FEBRUARY 6th $100 Full Expo $60 One Day
