Integral Yoga® Affiliate
Amy Weintraub
Amy Weintraub
Integral Yoga Affiliate
Expertise
Yoga Nidra, Yoga for Depression, Yoga Therapy, LifeForce Yoga
Languages
English
Website
Amy is the founder of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute and has been a pioneer in the field of Yoga and mental health for over twenty years. She is the author of Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books), Yoga Skills for Therapists: Effective Practices for Mood Management (W.W. Norton), and numerous articles and book chapters. She offers professional trainings and workshops for mental health and Yoga professionals and speaks at medical and psychological conferences internationally.
She is involved in ongoing research on the effects of Yoga on mood. Amy’s evidence-based LifeForce Yoga protocol is in use in healthcare settings worldwide and is featured on the award-winning CD and DVD series LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues. See the many free online resources for mood management on www.yogafordepression.com.
See more at www.yogafordepression.com.
Yoga Skills for Therapists
Drawing on her study of multiple traditions and lineages―from ancient yoga practices to current neuroscientific research on yoga benefits and contraindications ― Weintraub presents a compendium of guided breathing exercises, meditations, self-inquiry practices, relaxation exercises, and simple postural adjustments.
TEMPLE DANCER
Temple Dancer, a novel about spiritual awakening and connection, spans the distance of time, space and culture through the parallel lives of Saraswati, a young temple dancer in India, between 1935-1947, and Wendy, a fine artist, turned clinical social worker living in contemporary New England.
Yoga for Depression
Veteran yoga instructor Amy Weintraub offers a better solution to treating depression—one that taps the scientifically proven link between yoga and emotional well-being as well as the beauty of ancient approaches to inner peace.
Breathe to Beat the Blues
Senior Kripalu Yoga teacher and Author of Yoga for Depression, Amy Weintraub, leads a sequence of ten Yogic breathing exercises to help calm the mind and elevate the mood, followed by a guided relaxation and meditation. Original music by Larry Redhouse with Cantrell Maryott and Phil Lipman.
Lifeforce Yoga Nidra To Manage Your Mood
Yoga Nidra is a form of meditative self-inquiry that, while relaxing the body, opens the mind to greater discernment and self-awareness, and the heart to love and acceptance of what is.
Yoga for Depression
Veteran yoga instructor Amy Weintraub offers a better solution to treating depression—one that taps the scientifically proven link between yoga and emotional well-being as well as the beauty of ancient approaches to inner peace.
Crying on the Mat: An Emotional Release
When I begin a workshop, I often ask how many people have cried on their Yoga mat. Just about everyone raises their hand! Crying is a natural release, and often makes us feel better.
Managing Your Mood with Yoga
I took my last antidepressant in 1989. Through the 1980s, I wore depression like a suit of armor, but you can’t exercise in a suit of armor, much less practice Yoga.
Access Your feelings Without Getting Stuck in Them
None of the LifeForce Yoga practices used in a clinical setting require a mat, and they help the client to self-regulate at home. In the session, they help the client focus on the important issues in therapy.
Popular Lecture Topics
- LifeForce Yoga To Beat the Blues
- Yoga Nidra
- Cultivating Compassion
- Yoga for Depression, Anxiety and
- Mood Management
- Self-Awareness: The Heart To Love
- Why Humans Cry
- Chakras, Mudras, Visualizations
- Affirmations and Guided Visualizations
- Compassionate Guidance to Relieve
- Suffering Through Yoga
- Yoga Skills for Therapists