The Yoga Well Podcast

Welcome to part 3 of 4 in Breathing Basics with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will use the inhale to open the ribcage and upper body. Amanda Green co-leads Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads weekly classes through Yoga Well: Yoga for Vitality and Strength, Gentle Yoga, and Teaching Gentle Yoga. You can also find her at Innermost Yoga.

This bonus episode is a shared production with Small Things Brought Together. In this episode, Yoga Therapist and artist Robyn Love speaks with jess demshar, the Offerings and Business Director of the Yoga Well Institute. In 2023, Yoga Well began hosting STBT creator Robyn Love to teach a class series on yoga and creativity. Robyn and jess talk about how Yoga and creativity intersect and, in many ways, are the same thing. jess shares what it is like to experience the class as a student, and they both explore the role of creativity in our lives, whether we call ourselves artists or not.

Find Robyn Love at https://www.athayoga.ca/ and https://www.robynlove.com/ Visit her podcast at https://www.youtube.com/@smallthingsbroughttogether The next session of Yoga and Creativity will start at Yoga Well on Sunday, October 20, 2024. You can find out more at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-and-creativity-with-robyn-love/

Laura Jane C-IYAT, E-RYT 500, MA, Certified Yoga Therapist has been changing people’s lives for 3 decades. She has led classes, seminars, and workshops throughout the world for leading organizations and individuals.

 Laura is known for her depth of knowledge, practical wisdom, and unique ability to transmit yogic teachings and practices to students from all walks of life.

She enjoys blending her clinical and counseling training in psychology with her yoga therapy certification to provide her clients with a holistic approach to psychological and emotional imbalances that affect the immune system. https://www.yogaamongfriends.com/

Welcome to part 2 of 4 in Breathing Basics with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will practice intentionally engaging the low abdomen as you breathe out. Amanda Green co-leads the California cohort of Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads weekly classes through Yoga Well: Yoga for Vitality and Strength, Gentle Yoga, and Teaching Gentle Yoga. You can also find her at Innermost Yoga.

James Kairos is a long-time Viniyoga student, artist, food industry executive, and start-up CEO. He began his yoga practice in 2007 due to ongoing pain. Chase and James have a conversation rich in the unfolding realizations of a committed Yoga practitioner: the purpose of practice, Yoga in different stages of life, the importance of context for our practice, and the role of one-to-one Yoga mentoring. Find Yoga Well's variety of offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/

Welcome to part 1 of 4 in experientially exploring the fundamentals of breathing with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will relax the abdomen and pelvic floor through attention to the breath's movement in the lower body.

Amanda Green co-leads the California cohort of Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads weekly classes through Yoga Well: Yoga for Vitality and Strength, Gentle Yoga, and Teaching Gentle Yoga. You can also find her at Innermost Yoga.

The Yoga Well Institute has seen the business of Yoga Therapist Training change over the years. Join a conversation with Executive Director and Faculty Chase Bossart, Business Manager Jess Demshar, and Admissions Coordinator Meg Bratt. They discuss how they have witnessed the evolution of yoga training and education over their decades of experience. Highlighting the values of personal growth, integrated information, educational relationships, and tradition, they outline how these influence the structure of Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training Program. Learn about our Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

Jenny Orona is a Yoga Therapist working with in-patient and out-patient clients recovering from trauma, substance abuse, and mental illness. In this practice, she explores the utility of agni and digestion through twists and meditation. Find JennyO at https://corazonyoga.com/ Learn more about iRest at https://www.irest.org/ and explore Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

Yoga Therapist Melissa Shah guides a 15-minute practice with gentle arm movement, mantra, and phases of the moon. Use this practice to support yourself in times of transition or uncertainty. Connect with Melissa at https://www.findyourbreath.net. Take more short practices with our weekly class, 15 Minute Breathing and Meditation. Class includes a monthly discussion and a collection of class recordings. Learn more at https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/