Praveena Lakshmidurai – High-Performance Yoga Therapist

Episode Overview:

In this powerful and personal episode, Susan Sheehan sits down with High-Performance Yoga Therapist, Praveena Lakshmi Durai, to explore the transformative power of yoga therapy—for performance, healing, and menopause relief.

Praveena shares her journey from dentistry to deep-rooted yoga practice, discusses how trauma, stress, and imbalance affect the body on multiple levels, and explains how yoga therapy helps people reconnect with themselves physically, emotionally, and energetically. They also dive into menopause and how a consistent yoga practice can help women breeze through the transition with more control, clarity, and calm.

What You'll Learn:

• What yoga therapy really is—and how it's different from a regular yoga class
•  Why Praveena believes we each have seven bodies and how they impact  your energy, emotions, and physical health
•  The surprising link between grief, physical pain, and emotional release
•  Simple daily practices to increase self-awareness and inner peace
•  Why yoga is for everybody—even if you think you're “not a yoga person”
•  How yoga therapy supports women through perimenopause and menopause
•  The essential difference between treating symptoms vs. true healing
•  The power twins: intention and gratitude—and how to use them every day

Quote Highlights:

“True performance starts with balance—yoga is not a performance; it’s a practice of connection."

CONNECT with Praveena on Instagram: @yoga.by.veena 

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