Welcome to episode 11 of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy & Meditation Podcast.

In this episode, Breathing Deeply Founder, Brandt Passalacqua offers foundational information to help us understand the koshas, which are the 5 aspects of the self, and the doshas, which are the 3 elemental energies that we are constituted from.

Learn about the koshas and the doshas and discover why it is so important for each of us to determine which of these are imbalanced within us and how to bring them back into balance through the practices that the yoga tradition offers us.

This clip was taken from the introductory video to prepare students for our free 6-week course, The Radically Balanced Yogi.

To dig deeper into the koshas & doshas and learn which koshas and doshas may be out of balance for you, along with practices to bring them back into harmony, sign up for our free 6-week course, The Radically Balanced Yogi. Each week we cover a different kosha & offer practices to help you tailor a personal yoga practice for yourself and find radical balance on every layer of your being.

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Om Shanthi

This episode covers:

What the five different koshas are

Why it is important to balance each kosha

What the three doshas are

Signs each dosha is in balance & out of balance

Balancing the doshas within each kosha

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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In this conversation with yoga therapist Joe Simek and Breathing Deeply founder Brandt Passalacqua, Brandt discusses trauma and yoga therapy.

There are a lot of schools of thought about how to approach trauma through yoga and the more common one is a more passive, slower approach, allowing the practitioner to explore movement and breath while giving lots of natural cueing.

Although this technique can be really effective, there are other ways to approach trauma. Brandt shares with us what those other approaches are so we can go beyond what we most commonly know as ‘trauma-informed yoga’.

We’d love to know your thoughts on using yoga as a means to recover from trauma. Share your experiences as a teacher with us in the comments or over on our Instagram or Facebook page (linked below)!

Om Shanthi

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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Welcome back to episode 9 of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy & Meditation podcast

This episode has been taken from a live Q&A session with Brandt and his yoga therapy students.

During this episode, Brandt talks about his background with yoga and yoga therapy and how he got to be where he is today. He also helps one of his students with a client who is suffering from insomnia and PTSD who are reluctant to do the practices during their session and would rather talk it out. Brandt also gives his advice on what muscle tics are and how to approach a client who suffers from them.

We hope you enjoy this episode! Let us know in the comments or send us a message on Instagram or Facebook any key takeaways that you have.

Om Shanthi

Questions covered:

How did you get to where you are today with Breathing Deeply?

How can I help a client suffering from insomnia & PTSD to do yoga therapy practices during sessions?

How can I approach a client with uncontrollable muscle tics?

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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Welcome to episode 8 of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy & Meditation podcast!

In this episode, Breathing Deeply founder Brandt Passalacqua discusses the importance of cultivating softness and openness as part of our meditation practice.

Softening and opening allow us to move through our emotional states, even very tough ones, quickly and more effortlessly. With practice, we being to be able to soften into all of it more easily. Every moment, every breath, and every thought is an opportunity for up to be more open, to soften, and to surrender.

Brandt also discusses why we may feel resistance to this practice of opening and softening to all of our experiences and emotional states which is resistance to change. By softening and opening to all emotional states, we are doing something different which will change us, perhaps it will radically change us! This is of course the very reason we practice, we don’t meditate to stay the same, but as humans, we inherently want to control the way that change looks.

This episode will inspire you to invite more openness and surrender into whatever you are experiencing in life as part of your practice to help you move through whatever life throws your way.

Topics Covered:

The act of softening

Our root desire

Attachment

Resistance to uncomfortable thoughts and feelings

Dealing with difficult emotional states by softening

Resistance to change

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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Welcome back to episode 7 of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy & Meditation podcast

This episode has been taken from a live Q&A session with Brandt and his yoga therapy students.

In this eye-opening Q&A Brandt answers students’ questions regarding the doshas and koshas with children, conditioning children, working with people who have just finished chemotherapy, and also how you can help people struggling with survivors guilt from a yogic perspective.

Brandt covers ancestral karma, the doshas, and koshas versus chakras, how to help people recovering from cancer, the importance of surrendering to the universe as part of your practice, and how practices can enhance our capacity to be with difficult states.

We hope you enjoy this episode! Let us know in the comments or send us a message on Instagram or Facebook any key takeaways that you have.

Om Shanthi

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:35 - How are dosha and koshas developed in children versus chakras?

07:05 - Are doshas conditioned in children by their parents?

10:29 - Are cancer patients who have just finished chemotherapy good candidates for yoga therapy

14:23 - How can I help people who are struggling with survivor’s guilt?

Extra Links & Resources:

Brandts metta meditation on Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/brandtpassalacqua/guided-meditations/metta-meditation-30

Our advanced IAYT program: https://bit.ly/37kQTTB

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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Welcome to episode 6 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and meditation podcast.

Is pigeon pose always grounding? Is cobra pose always good for digestion? No, not necessarily!

Listen in to this quick episode as Brandt Passalacqua, founder of Breathing Deeply, tells us why YOUR yoga manuals are not useful if they don't include variation, intention and assessment when thinking about the effects of yoga asana.

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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Welcome to episode 5 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and meditation podcast.

This episode has been taken from a live Q&A session with Brandt and his yoga therapy students.

One of the biggest challenges that new yoga teachers and therapists face is how to properly sequence warm-ups and classes that are safe, effective, and tailored to their students’ needs.

In this episode, Brandt helps demystify these questions for his yoga therapy students.

Brandt covers how to sequence different aspects and styles of practice, guiding students to stretch safely, whether or not teachers should always follow prescribed rules and formats and also the importance of keeping it simple as a yoga therapist.

Timestamps:

00:35 - How important is it to format a yoga therapy sequence with moving, breathing, strengthening & stretching in a prescribed order?

02:18 - Should yin-style stretches come before standing and vinyasa-style sequences as a rule?

05:32 - Keeping yoga therapy practices & warm-ups simple

08:07 - How can I guide clients to do static stretches safely & effectively?

11:20 - Should we do joint warm-ups in a prescribed order?

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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Welcome to episode 4 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and meditation podcast.

This episode has been taken from a live Q&A session with Brandt and his yoga therapy students.

If our clients don’t implement the practices we give them as yoga therapists into their daily lives, the tools we provide simply won’t work.

As yoga therapists, it can be a challenge to help our clients change their habits and stick to the practices offered to them.

In this episode Brandt discusses this issue with his students, offering them advice on how to approach clients who are non-compliant and how we can help people to trust themselves to actually make changes and see results. Brandt also discusses taking baby steps and whether or not we can use practices for the manomaya kosha to help clients shift.

Timestamps:

00:34 - How do you approach clients who aren’t doing the practices you offer them?

06:54 - How do I deal with non-compliance as a yoga therapist?

10:40 - How can I help people trust themselves to be able to change their habits?

13:36 - Motivating people to regularly incorporate yoga into their lives by taking baby steps

15:56 - Can we use practices for the manomaya kosha to help clients shift their state of mind?

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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In this episode, Breathing Deeply Founder & Lead Teacher, Brandt Passalacqua shares a lecture on reality re-examined as part of the Breathing Deeply Online Meditation Retreat.

The reality that we can perceive with our senses is incomplete, there is more to this reality and through philosophical study and meditation, we can expand our awareness to encompass more aspects of reality.

Brandt boils down our perception of reality by examining reality through the lens of non-dual yogic traditions and why we feel there is a void to be filled when we can’t perceive the totality of our reality.

This episode covers the view of reality according to dual and non-dual traditions, the goal of reaching expanded states of awareness, how experiencing reality more fully can help us feel free, and why it is useful to understand these philosophical concepts.

We hope that you enjoy it!

If you loved this episode and are interested in joining our Meditation Program & attending our next live meditation retreat, head to the link below to receive a free 30-day trial:

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Om Shanti

Topics covered:

Why yogic philosophical texts don’t make sense

The reality most of us perceive is incomplete

How our misidentification of reality causes suffering

The path of seeing everything as an illusion (Maya)

The Tantrik non-dual understanding of the nature of reality

Seeking expanded states of awareness

The importance of meditation for accessing the fullness of reality

Why we study philosophical concepts

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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​​Welcome to episode 2 of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation Podcast!

At Breathing Deeply we offer Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT Advanced teacher training programs. Inside these programs, we have weekly Q&A sessions with students and Breathing Deeply founder & lead teacher. Brandt Passalacqua.

This episode has been taken from a live Q&A session with Brandt and his yoga therapy students.

Brandt covers a number of questions, including tips for mastering pranayama, Yoga Nidra, dealing with serious health conditions, and more. Brandt offers practical advice, tips, and valuable information about yoga therapy and practicing as a yoga therapist.

This episode covers:

0:00 - Intro

0:34 - Do you have tips for breathing exercises with extended exhales?

05:15 - Why don’t we use visualizations when learning Yoga Nidra for yoga therapy (versus iRest Yoga Nidra)?

11:05 - Should I give my clients a variety of yoga therapy practices? - 11.28

13:15 - How to work with clients struggling with serious health conditions such as Lupus - 13.29

16:13 - Why people struggle to have faith that yoga therapy is effective

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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