In this episode, Brandt sits down with Fiona Janiloos, C-IAYT therapist and Breathing Deeply graduate to talk about yoga therapy and menopause.

Menopause will affect all women at some stage in their life and so this subject is very important! There isn’t a massive amount of research going into menopause in traditional medicine and so it is really exciting to see the field of yoga therapy and menopause expand and start to help more women.

In this interview, Brandt and Fiona discuss how the medical system and research lets women down, some unexpected side effects of menopause

Connect with Fiona!

Website: www.fionajalinoosyoga.com

Instagram: @fionajalinoosyogatherapy

This episode covers:

The lack of research on menopause in the past

A breakdown of who is affected by menopause

Fiona’s journey with menopause and yoga therapy

The results of group work with yoga therapy

How medicine sees men vs women

The struggle women face with the medical system

Unexpected symptoms of menopause

Yoga therapy practices for menopause

Accepting change through menopause and ageing

How long does it take to see results with yoga therapy?

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In this dharma talk, Brandt shares how we can use meditation to find clarity. Brandt discusses what clarity is and how through practice we can find a sense of lightness in our body and use this as a way to float towards these states of tranquility.

Brandt also shares some tips and advice on how to prepare your body and mind to sit for extended periods of time in meditation.

This dharma talk is a clip taken from our 2.5 hour meditation retreat “Floating Towards Clarity”. To receive the replay of the full retreat (including the 3 meditations) plus access to all future meditation retreat, join our free meditation community!

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You can also find the 3 meditation mentioned in this video on our Insight Timer:

* 5 kosha meditation: https://insighttimer.com/brandtpassalacqua/guided-meditations/5-kosha-guided-30-minute-meditation

* Third Eye Meditation: https://insighttimer.com/brandtpassalacqua/guided-meditations/om-namah-shivaya-third-eye-mantra-meditation

* Heart Meditation: https://insighttimer.com/brandtpassalacqua/guided-meditations/light-of-the-heart-meditation-with-pranayama

This episode covers:

Clarity as a goal of meditation

Finding lightness through practice

The 3 meditations to help us find clarity

Preparing for meditation

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In this episode, our director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalcqua sits down with C-IAYT accredited yoga therapist and Advanced Program Graduate, Christine Saari to discuss her case study with medication resistant depression.

Christine shares with us the different types of pranayama, asana and devotional practices prescribed to her client and the incredible results that her client received after consistently practicing and meeting with Christine every week.

If you are interested in becoming an C-IAYT yoga therapist and doing meaningful work like this in an area that you are passionate about, consider joining our next Advanced Yoga Therapy program!

Our next intake begins on June 27.

https://breathingdeeply.com/yoga-therapy/program-details/

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:28 - An introduction to Christine’s client

02:10 - The types of yoga therapy practices given to treat depression

04:36 - The devotional aspect of Christine’s prescribed yoga therapy practice

06:55 - The remarkable results of the yoga therapy practices for Christine’s client

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Anxiety is the most common complaint we work with as yoga therapists! Therefore, this area of mental health is crucial for us to understand and help our students and clients with.

In this epsiode, Brand discusses anxiety and how it can arise in different ways through each of the 5 koshas. Learn about the two different types of anxiety people experience and different tools and techniques that can be used for each as a yoga therapist.

Brandt also goes over an example of a yoga practice for anxiety that has been very effective for his clients.

Here is the link to the grounding Om Aim Hreem Kreem Namaha meditation for anxiety mentioned in the video: https://insighttimer.com/brandtpassalacqua/guided-meditations/om-aim-hreem-kreem-namaha-meditation-for-grounding

This was a clip taken from inside our Yoga Therapy Foundations Program.

Our next class starts on the 27th of June 2024: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

Om Shanthi

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:28 - How anxiety arises

02:29 - Looking at anxiety through the lens of the Koshas

06:23 - Two categories of anxiety that yoga therapists work with

08:05 - Techniques to work with external event anxiety

08:44 - Techniques to work with generalised anxiety

10:13 - Example yoga therapy practice for anxiety

16:32 - The difference between a practice for anxiety & a general yoga practice

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In this episode, our director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalcqua sits down with C-IAYT accredited yoga therapist and Advanced Program Graduate, Sara Merrick-Albano to discuss her work with a client with Crohn’s Disease as a yoga therapist.

Learn what practices were prescribed to ease the symptoms of Crohn’s disease and the results that Sara’s client was able to achieve within one year. Also, discover how yoga therapy and Western Medicine can beautifully complement each other for clients to receive the best health outcomes.

If you are interested in becoming a C-IAYT yoga therapist and doing meaningful work like this in an area that you are passionate about, consider joining our next Advanced Yoga Therapy program!

Our next intake begins on June 27.

https://breathingdeeply.com/yoga-therapy/program-details/

This episode covers:

Symptoms of Crohn’s disease

Yoga therapy practices prescribed for Crohn’s disease

The results of these practices

How yoga therapy & western medicine can complement each other

How often you need to see a yoga therapist for Crohn’s disease

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In today’s episode, Breathing Deeply Lead teacher, Brandt, discusses duality and non-duality in the yoga tradition. Learn the conceptual difference between non-duality and duality in yoga philosophy and how to can be applied to guide our practice and meditators and meditation teachers.

This was a clip taken from our Meditation Mentor Certification Program.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:28 - The opposition of duality and non-duality

01:31 - The goal of meditation from a dualistic perspective

02:18 - Duality and the Yoga Sutras

04:57 - Non-duality and the Spandakarika

08:59 - How duality and non-duality work together

09:44 - Orientation of reality through the Tao

10:36 - Stanzas from the Tao Ti Ching

11:48 - Contemplating duality vs non-duality as part of our practice

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In today’s Q&A, Breathing Deeply founder and lead teacher, Brandt Passalacqua sits down with his students to ask their yoga therapy questions.

Brandt offers tips on how to memorize the muscles, the various energetic effects of breathing in different directions, the doshas in relation to the Anandamaya kosha, and the therapeutic application of the chakra system in yoga therapy.

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

We hope you enjoy this Q&A. Let us know in the comments any key takeaways you had and share it with someone you think it may benefit!

Our next Yoga Therapy Course starts soon. Find out more information here: https://bit.ly/3lxc0KK

Om Shanthi, Om Peace

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:43 - Do you have tips for memorizing the muscles for yoga anatomy?

05:18 - What are the different effects of breathing up on the inhale/down on the exhale and down on the inhale and up on the exhale in spine breath?

10:59 - How do the three doshas express themselves when balanced & imbalanced in the Anandamaya kosha?

15:12 - How do we use the chakra system with the Manomaya kosha?

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In this episode, our director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalcqua its down with C-IAYT accredited yoga therapist and Advanced Program Graduate, Fiona Jalinoos to discuss her work on dealing with menopause symptoms with yoga therapy.

Fiona shares with us her project as part of her studies which was to run a series a small group classes for women struggling with the symptoms of menopause. Learn how Fiona approached these classes and the results that her students received.

If you are interested in becoming a C-IAYT yoga therapist and doing meaningful work like this in an area that you are passionate about, consider joining our next Advanced Yoga Therapy program.

Our next intake begins on April 16.

https://breathingdeeply.com/yoga-therapy/program-details/

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:30 - Why Fiona decided to work with women going through menopause

02:03 - Group classes for menopause

02:37 - Menopause symptoms

03:04 - The structure of the classes for menopause

04:26 - The outcomes of the yoga therapy classes for menopause

05:46 - Is yoga a one-stop shop for menopause symptoms?

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This episode is about the framework of Ayurveda and how it relates to the Vijnanamaya Kosha, which is the wisdom body or the unconscious mind.

One way to balance this kosha is with different meditation techniques. We use these meditation techniques differently based on imbalanced doshas from the Ayurvedic system.

Imbalances in the doshas, will cause imbalances in the vijnanamaya kosha in different ways and in today's episode that is what we will be diving into.

You will learn different practices and meditation techniques to balance the vijnanamaya and how to tell whether someone has a vata, pitta or kapha imbalance in this kosha.

This was a clip taken from inside the Vijnanamaya Kosha Module of our Yoga Therapy Foundations Program.

Our next class starts on the 16th of April 2024: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

Om Shanthi

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:29 - Balancing the vijnanamaya kosha with the doshas in yoga therapy

02:34 - Different meditation techniques for each dosha

05:13 - How can you tell when vata is imbalanced in the vijnanamaya kosha?

06:13 - How can you tell when pitta is imbalanced in the vijnanamaya kosha?

07:40 - How can you tell when kappa is imbalanced in the vijnanamaya kosha?

08:50 - The knock-on effect of these imbalances in the vijnanamaya kosha

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In this episode, learn about 3 very important spiritual texts that can help to propel us forward on our journey of spiritual evolution as meditators and meditation teachers.

Learn the key differences between the texts and how we can use them together to get out of our own way, find our orientation on the path and effectively progress to where we want to be for ourselves and our students.

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This was a clip taken from our Meditation Mentor Certification Program.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:28 - Yogic texts as a guide on the path

02:16 - The 3 yoga texts that have brought the most clarity to Brandt

04:20 - The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

08:59 - The Yoga Spandakarika

13:20 - The Tai Te Ching

15:51 - How we can combine these texts together

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