This is Yoga Therapy

In this episode, I interviewed Jessica Patterson, a yoga teacher, yoga therapist and the owner/director of Root Center for Yoga & Sacred Studies in CO Springs. We spoke about the importance of sacred community (satsang), the ability to explore ourselves at all levels (svadhyaya), and the imperative of bringing conscious presence into the work of yoga therapy.

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In this episode, I interviewed Lisa Pearson, a Swami, Yoga Therapist, educator and Pain Care Yoga teacher. We spoke about Selfless Service, and the importance of compassion, spirituality and ritual in Yoga Therapy. 

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In this episode, I interviewed Shelly Prosko,  a Canadian physiotherapist, yoga therapist, author, speaker and educator dedicated to empowering individuals to create and sustain meaningful lives by teaching and advocating for the integration of yoga into modern healthcare. We spoke about her unique blend of physio (physical) therapy with yoga therapy, her new book with Neil Pearson & Marlysa Sullivan -- Yoga and Science in Pain Care -- and how her own injury shed a light on how yoga was left out of the medical model.

To learn more about Shelly, visit https://physioyoga.ca

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In this episode, I interviewed Physician’s Assistant and Yoga Therapist, Sarah Martin. Sarah specializes in Upper Extremity Orthopaedics and Chronic Pain at TRIA Orthopaedic Center in Bloomington, MN and integrates her knowledge and expertise in both western medicine and yoga therapy to the clinical work that she does. We talked about the clinical work that she does and the yoga therapy services that are offered at TRIA. She also offered advice for Yoga Therapists who are not medical professionals in approaching doctors and other medical professionals about brining yoga therapy into their practice.

Links: http://sacredhealingyoga.net 
https://tria.com/tria-fit-well/integrative-health/yoga-therapy/

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In this episode, I interviewed Amy Weintraub, the founder of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute and a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health. We talked about her first book Yoga for Depression, which was published over 15 years ago yet feels more relevant today than ever. We also discussed the amount of validating research that has been conducted in the field in the 15+ years since. She shared some of the techniques and practices that are part of the LifeForce Yoga Healing method and spoke to us about how these practices can help us ride the waves of politics and social media today. Finally, we talked about her forthcoming book, a novel entitled Temple Dancer.

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In this episode, I interviewed Chinnamasta Stiles, Director of the Yoga Therapy Center and Shiva Shakti Loka in San Francisco. She is a yogini, healer and teacher, weaving  the sacred wisdom traditions of Yoga, Ayurveda and Tantra. We talked about intuition, the subtle skills of a yoga therapist, how to cultivate these skills and the importance of one's own Sadhana. We also discussed her beloved, the late Mukunda Stiles, their auspicious meeting and how she would like to see him remembered in the field of yoga therapy.

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In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Kelly Crace, Associate Vice President for Health & Wellness at the College of William & Mary. We spoke about the definition of Integrative Wellness and the "Eight Dimensions of Wellness" promoted at the College of William & Mary. We shared the crossover between their model and yoga therapy frameworks plus how they are including yoga & other healing modalities into the services they are offering for their student population. And we talked about the term "flourishing" --what it means and what predicts it.

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In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Joseph Morrow, a clinical psychologist practicing on the central coast of California. We spoke about his work as a staff psychologist within a maximum security forensic state hospital in CA., where he also serves at the chair of their Suicide Prevention Committee. In this discussion, we focused on the history of trauma with patients at the hospital, the crossover between trauma and mental illness, and the need to provide trauma-informed care, where yoga has a key role.

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In this episode, I interviewed Antonio Sausys, somatic psychologist and yoga therapist specializing in grief counseling and grief therapy. We talked about definitions of grief, what kind of losses result in grief, why yoga is an ideal modality for dealing with grief and gained some insights on what one might do or not do when someone is grieving.

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In this episode I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, Certified Yoga Therapist and Founding Director of the Guru Ram Das Center for Medicine & Humanology. We shared a conversation about the early days of her work in Yoga Therapy with those suffering from HIV/AIDS in the midst of the crisis of that disease in the 1980s. We also spoke about the approaches of a Kundalini Yoga Therapist, the language and evolution beyond yoga teacher and what excites us most about the field of yoga therapy today.

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