200-Hour LFY Yoga Teacher Training

The LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute is proud to present its first 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training.

We are thrilled to announce that our training will be held at Yogaville Satchidananda Ashram outside Charlottesville, VA, not far from Richmond. Amy has been teaching at this very special place for many years, and feels a deep connection to the land and the generous community of yogis who keep the essence of Satchidananda’s teachings alive. See below for more details.

When:

This training will be offered in two 13-day sessions:
Session One: Nov 30 – December 13th, 2013. Session Two: Feb 22 – Mar 7, 2014.

Faculty:

Amy Weintraub, MFA, ERYT-500, Director
Rudy Peirce, MA, ERYT-500, Director
Grace Jull, MA, LMT, ERYT-500, Guest Faculty
Rose Kress, RYT-500, LFYP-2, Program Manager
TBA, Assistant Faculty

Faculty Bios

What you will learn:

In this training you will learn how to guide truly transformational yoga. We take our philosophical base from the classical yoga texts and the decades-deep well of practice and experience that directors Amy Weintraub, Rudy Pierce and our exceptional faculty bring. Their depth of study and passion for training teachers, form the incredibly rich container for this unique yoga teacher training experience.

You will learn how to guide asana that meets students where they are.

You will develop the effectiveness to guide well-supported movements, instructed with clear details of alignment, while being mindful of students’ experience, condition and limitations.

You will become familiar with principles of movement, anatomy, and the effect on all the physiological systems of the human organism.

You will learn how to guide the LifeForce Yoga evidence-based techniques of asana, pranayama, sounding, relaxation and meditation for vitality, healing and managing anxiety, depression and other moods based on the techniques in Amy’s Yoga For Depression, A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering.

You will learn how to create a complete yoga experience, including all the elements that provide a deeply internal, stimulating and integrating class.

This training is intended to give you the knowledge, skill and personal development to provide an environment of physical and emotional safety for your students. We will model how to create a sanctuary for your students to explore, inquire, strengthen awareness and nurture physical, emotional and mental health.

This training will prepare you to teach a class to a vast majority of populations including people with physical limitations and those who appear to be more physically adept.

Your natural teacher will emerge through the progressive sequence of training experiences, posture clinics, practice teaching and individual and group feedback facilitation.

Who Should Attend:

Our mission is to provide training for each teacher-trainee to develop the awareness, knowledge and skill to facilitate a yoga class environment of compassion, acceptance, integrity and creativity. We will offer this training in a safe and transformational setting that allows each trainee and, by extension, each of their future students to explore a new and healthier relationship with her/his body while clearing the obstacles to a calm and centered mind.

As you explore yourself in this way, your teaching will reflect your personality, integrity and a commitment to creating a sacred space for your students.

You must meet the following criteria to participate in our training program:

Two years yoga experience
Practiced yoga regularly for the past six months
Show capacity to handle the considerable physical and mental rigors of 12-15 hour days, concentrated immersion in yoga practice, practice teaching with peers and receiving feedback from the directors and instructors
Demonstrate the ability, maturity and stability to safely teach yoga.
18 years of age
English language competency

Graduates:

Will be granted all the rights of a Certified LifeForce Yoga Teacher, and may use the “LifeForce Yoga” name in resumes, advertisements and other promotional materials. Graduates will also be eligible to register with the YOGA ALLIANCE and use the registry mark, RYT (registered yoga teacher).

Tuition and Application:

TUITION: $2975 (Paid in full by Oct 15, 2013)
Includes your training manual

$200 Early bird discount if registered with deposit by July 1, 2013!

Upon acceptance of your application, $1500 deposit holds your place in the next training.

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Register Online

Online registration information will be sent upon acceptance into the training.

Admissions to the training are on a first-come first-served/space available basis, so we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.

Please wait for a communication from the Institute regarding our admission decision.

You should receive an email notification within 4 weeks of the date we receive your application. If you do not have email we will send the notification by postal mail.

Training Schedule:

6:00 am – 8:00 am Morning Yoga
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am – 11:30 am Training Session
Noon Meditation in the Lotus Temple
12:45am – 1:45 pm Lunch break
1:45 pm – 4:00 pm Training Session
4:15 pm – 6:00 pm Afternoon Yoga
6:30 pm — Dinner
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Evening session

Curriculum:

A full immersion in the study and practice of yoga
Twice daily full yoga class practice
Reading before, during and between the 2, 12-day sessions
An introduction to the Philosophy of Yoga
Thorough practice and training in the most effective teaching methods
Analysis, discussion, practice of 36 asana for beginners practice
Analysis, discussion and practice of the six basic pranayama
Principles and elements of human anatomy
Principles and systems of human physiology
Practice and coaching in leading a complete yoga class
How to practice and lead Nada Yoga (Mantra with asana)
How to practice and lead a relaxation
How to practice and lead meditation
Safe and skillful approaches to hands-on assisting
Approaches of Yoga practice for specific physical and psychological conditions
Experiential education methods
Conscious communication skills and techniques
Professional standards and ethical practices for yoga teachers.
The business and marketing of yoga

“Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear,
trust the unfolding of life,
and you will attain true serenity.”
-Bhagavad Gita

Required Reading:

Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga, by Amy Weintraub, 2004 Broadway Books
Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries by Susi Hately Aldous, 2006 Eastland Press
T he Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards by William J. Broad, 2012 Simon & Schuster
The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali, Translated by Chip Hartranft, 2003 Shambhala Classics

Location:

We are renting beautiful practice room in the Academy building at Satchidananda Yogaville Ashram. This is a perfect location for a deep immersion in yoga. In fact, the Lotus Temple, where we will meditate at noon, along with the Yogaville community, is one of the most beautiful in the world. I (Amy) know of no other place that has the amenities of the West and the heart and soul of India. It is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, just outside of Charlottesville, VA, not far from Richmond and Roanoke, and an easy drive from Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. You will find that the accommodations are satisfying and affordable. Join our training and be inspired by the love and service so evident in this spiritual community.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Rates include accommodations, three buffet-style meals per day, classroom, and use of common ashram grounds, and some regularly scheduled ashram activities. Accommodations per 13 day session range from $854 – $1249.
To call for reservations within the USA – 1-800-858-9642, When calling from outside USA – 1-434-969-2048
ARC hours of operation are Mon-Fri 9:00am – 5pm EST. www.yogaville.org/visit/accommodations

Dormitory – Shared room shared bath: Single only $854
Dormitory – Private room, shared bath: Single $1071; Double $ 1925 (must register with roommate)*
Lotus Guest House – Private room, private bath: Single $1249 Double $2104 (must register with roommate)*

*Contact Rose, rose@yogafordepression.com, to be connected with another individual seeking double accommodations.
If you are flying to Charlottesville, please arrange transportation to and from the ashram when you book your accommodations.

Ethical Guidelines:

All teachers are expected to take responsibility to create safe and sacred space in these learning environments. Ethical guidelines are required in the application process and discussed and affirmed the first days of the program.

For a more detailed description of our ethics policy, see the Code of Ethics. Please sign and date and include with your application.

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
-Joseph Campbell

Refund Policy:

If for any reason you must cancel, the following conditions apply:

If cancellation is at least 30 days prior to the training start date you will receive a full refund, less a $50.00 processing fee.
If cancellation is within 30 days of the training start date, you will forfeit $500 of your tuition deposit and the cost of your lodging.This is because we must pay the retreat center in full 30 days in advance.
If cancellation is less than 48 hours prior to the start of the training or you are absent for the opening session without notice, no credit or refund will be available.

“Like a flame in a windless place
Little by little,
Through patience and repeated effort
The yogi trains the mind
To become one-pointed
Then, in the stillness,
The self reveals itself.”
Bhagavad Gita 6:19

What People Say

“A psychotherapist might spend many years studying yoga and still not achieve anything near this elegant, practical, powerful integration. The instruction — while emerging from a 4000-year-oldtradition some consider esoteric — is immediately useful for treating abroad range of mental health disorders, even for therapists with no other background in yoga. As a bonus, the book seamlessly weaves in indispensable related tools, such as imagery, self-suggestion, and mindfulness meditation. It is a fabulous resource.” — Donna Eden & David Feinstein, Ph.D., Co-authors, Energy Medicine and The Promise of Energy Psychology

“This workshop helped me rededicate my energies and begin to work through some of the blocks I’ve felt creatively.” — Steve Mark, college professor, New Haven, CT

“My personal practice will change, as well as my yoga classes. I have a better understanding of yoga!” — Andrea Gattuso, RYT, Yoga Teacher, Hackettstown, N.J.

“Yoga Skills for Therapists is the ideal resource for those who want to bring yoga practices into psychotherapy or healthcare. Weintraub, a leader in the field of yoga therapy, offers evidence-based, easy-to-introduce strategies for managing anxiety, improving mood, and relieving suffering. Helpful clinical insights and case examples emphasize safety, trust, and skillful adaptation to the individual, making it easy to apply the wisdom of yoga effectively in the therapeutic context.” — Kelly McGonigal, PhD, author, Yoga for Pain Relief, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Yoga Therapy

“I am indebted to Amy's Yoga instruction for teaching the part of me that had trouble letting go. My wife died almost two years ago, and I am now free of grief and other destructive thought-patterns. Since practicing Yoga with Amy, my meditation practice has gone to new dimensions.” — John deCoville, systems analyst, Tucson, AZ

“Amy Weintraub's talent as a yoga instructor is surpassed only by her ability to inspire compassion and depth in each of her student's practice.” — LuAnn Haley, attorney, Tucson, AZ

“With a specific emphasis on managing mood, Amy’s book delivers dynamic insights and yoga-based practices that she has refined over decades of first-hand experience working with clients, students, and therapists, that relax, focus, and reduce the symptoms and causes of anxiety, depression, and stress, as well as prepare the mind and body for the integrative work of psychotherapy.” — Richard Miller, Ph.D., author, Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga, President, Integrative Restoration Institute.

“Amy is a treasure. Through her gentle and affirming teaching style, she helped me establish a yoga practice that has become a most satisfying and grounding aspect of my life. I was surprised by the depth of the experience and the enduring nature of the changes I enjoy through this practice.” — CA, journalist, videographer, Tucson, AZ

“It is not just Amy’s yoga classes that have added richness to my life as both a yoga student and a yoga therapist, it is more importantly how she integrates and exudes yoga into her daily life that is inspirational for me. While I have been the beneficiary of her thoughtful, well constructed and emotionally well tuned yoga classes, I have also received her wit and wisdom through informal, "off-the-mat" interaction as well. In both cases, I have been able to tune into myself at a deeper level and feel more successful in my practice as a result of her care-full teaching and living.” — JJ (Jesse) Lee, owner, Body & Soul Fitness Training, Reno, Nevada

“I gained tools for working with my own depression and with my clients’ depressions.” — Robert Sgona, LCSW, RYT, psychotherapist, Yoga teacher, Camden, ME.

“Words do not do justice to all that I learned. This workshop changed my life!” — Jen Nolan, Teacher, Cortland, NY

“Giving my clients a strategy and permission to quiet their minds and rebalance the sympathetic nervous system has been very beneficial to them and in our work together.” — Sue Dilsworth, PhD, RYT 200, LFYP, Allendale, MI

“Amy’s gentle and caring presence blends beautifully with her skillful Yoga teaching talents. I have enjoyed attending Amy’s unique class offerings for the past 4 years now. As a practitioner and teacher of Yoga, I find that her style of teaching creates a safe place for me to deepen my own Yoga practice, free from the competitive "striving" attitudes found all too often in Yoga classes. I have appreciated Amy’s strong focus on acceptance and presence and always leave her classes feeling happier, lighter and more centered in my true self.” — Janine Walter, Oriental Bodywork Therapist and Teacher, Tucson, AZ

“This program changed my life in a significant way. It helped me connect with the spirit which is something you can’t get from psychotherapy and medication.” – G. W., artist, Pittsburgh, PA

“I came hoping to learn to move past some of the obstacles blocking my creativity. Over the course of this weekend, I feel I’ve gained a certain measure of faith in myself and in my ability to change. I also had some realizations that I believe will be very helpful to me. I feel encouraged. Both the content and presentation of this program were so well-thought out that I can’t think of any way to improve it.” — Andrea Gollin, writer & editor, Miami, FL

“As a teacher of yoga, Amy Weintraub has continually reinforced my longtime belief in the strong connection of mind-body-spirit. For the past three years, I have benefited, both personally and professionally (I am a clinical social worker), from Amy's supportive and competent guidance in yoga. Because of Amy's influence, I often recommend the practice of yoga to friends and clients.” — Dory Martin, CISW, Tucson, AZ

“I have found the pranayama (breathing practices) especially easy to introduce in a clinical setting. Some people have benefited quickly in unexpected and transformative ways.” — Liz Brenner, LICSW, LFYP, Watertown, MA

“In the compassionate voice of someone who definitely knows the territory of depression, Amy Weintraub presents Yoga science and personal stories, research results and poetry, and practice instructions that are genuinely interesting in this very readable book that is both comprehensive and totally inspiring.” — Sylvia Boorstein, author of That’s Funny You Don’t Look Like a Buddhist and It’s Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness

“I had the pleasure of experiencing several private yoga sessions with Amy Weintraub, which were for me the most profoundly healing yoga experiences I’ve had. Amy has the gift of not only being very skillful in helping me feel supported and "held" in yoga postures physically, but, also, the ability to use words to bring me more deeply into my own inner experience. I found myself releasing emotions that had been held in my body for a long time. After the sessions, I had the experience of being much more at home within myself and much more present to my own inner experience. This was particularly important for me since I am a body-centered therapist who specializes in helping people get in touch with emotions held in the unconscious. Amy’s work is very important in a world where so little attention is given to one’s own inner experience. I’m grateful for having had the opportunity to experience the power of yoga with Amy.” — L.F. 44, Rosen Method Bodyworker Practitioner, Florence, MA

“Amy is a wonderful instructor. She is a vital and vibrant person and she kept the program flowing. Her voice was very soothing and nurturing and she created an open, safe and sacred space.” — Mary Lou Tillinger, massage therapist/rural carrier, Plainfield, CT

“I typically live in a state of future hope and past fear, both totally about stress. When I practice yoga, my life begins again. I look out of new eyes that are a lot more about life and self-esteem. Amy is the best yoga teacher I have had.” — Jaqui Gee, massage therapist, Tucson, AZ

“I feel profoundly transformed, both physically and emotionally. The connection between mind, body and spirit was clearly evident to me, but revealed to me through this workshop as an integrally vital link to overall health.” — Nadine Richardson, program manager at rehab agency, Monroe, CT

“I have realized how to go deeper into myself and find what is blocking me. I now can focus and clear my mind. Keep Amy! She is fantastic. She enabled me to release and find where I need to go.” — Kathy Myers, homemaker, State College, PA.

“I utilize the LFY techniques in both a class room setting and one-on-one environment. The skills have infused my teachings with compassion, mindfulness, and awareness.” — Kat Larsen, CYT, LFYP

“I began a fantasy during the meditation exercise... almost as if I’d been there. It’s now an on-going work of fiction.” — Serian Strauss, Tanzania

“I have tried a number of antidepressants and therapy to treat my chronic depression. When I began working privately with Amy, something shifted, and I saw that I could live from a place bigger and brighter than my depression. At first, I just felt better for a few hours after our work together. But after several months, I am feeling that those positive feelings — more energy, more optimistic, more flexible — are taking me through the days in between our sessions.” — KW, technical writer, Tucson, AZ

“My experience in Amy’s classes for the past four years has been uplifting and powerful. I have found that the techniques she shares are powerfully effective for dispelling the dark clouds of negativity and hopelessness. But more than that, Amy brings us the ability to easily access the inner world where healing and self-understanding reside.” — Cynthia Athina Kemp Scherer, author, The Alchemy of the Desert and The Art and Technique of Using Flower Essences, Tucson, AZ

“I had been on antidepressant medication for three years and had just been diagnosed with fibro myalgia when I began to work with Amy. She designed a sequence of postures and breathing exercises for me that I could practice at home. After four months, I was feeling much better, and after six months, I was able to stop antidepressants entirely. I still have low moods from time to time, but I know they will pass. Yoga has changed my life.” — C.L., 37, massage therapist, Sarasota, FL.

“Amy’s 7 AM yoga class was a journey from darkness to light. On each morning of practice the route is different. She embodies the compassion that she writes about so well.” — JS, 48, biologist and writer, Tucson, AZ

“The pieces I wrote in Amy’s workshop are the best I’ve done. She brought out my confidence in myself and the best in my writing.” — Amy Wray, Iowa City, Iowa

“Weintraub has written…a sensitive, intelligent, painstaking exploration of the deeper psychospiritual issues that make up the complex experience of depression.” — Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal

“I integrate strategies like mantra tones and pranayama, but above all I invite myself and those I teach to cultivate svadhyaya, to practice self-observation without judgment.” — Barbara Sherman, RYT 200, LFYP, Tucson, AZ

“Amy’s teaching is enthusiastic and loving. She guides me gently, harmoniously and confidently to a mindful state and encourages me to find my own strengths and edges. With well-chosen language and carefully executed examples, she reminds me of my own inner healing knowledge.” — Penelope Simmons, artist, founder of Odyssey Storytelling, Tucson, AZ

“Research now validates what yoga adepts have claimed for thousands of years: Yoga practices profoundly affect our state of heart and mind! Drawing on her wisdom and notable expertise, Amy Weintraub guides us in bringing this ancient science of healing into clinical settings. Yoga Skills for Therapists is both practical and inspiring; it will allow you to offer the precious gifts of yoga to your clients and deepen the roots of your own practice as well.” — Tara Brach, Ph.D., author of Radical Acceptance (Bantam, 2003.)

“Yoga Skills for Therapists brilliantly opens a door to the physical and spiritual layers of a client - one that therapists and counselors have been waiting to walk through. Its chapters unfold a unique and inspiring blend of ancient traditions and contemporary concerns. From a place of genuine respect, integrity and intention, Amy offers easily applied foundational yogic practices to enrich the therapeutic experience for both client and practitioner.” – Elissa Cobb, MA. Director of Programs, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy

“Amy has a wonderful, powerful presence. Her energy radiated to the entire group. I feel better able to be who I am and to be compassionate toward myself in a new, loving, way.” — Suzanne Phelps-Weir, editor, Boston, MA

“Heal yourself with Yoga For Depression. I absolutely love this book and highly recommend it.” — Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D. Author of Meditation as Medicine

“In my private sessions with Amy, I learn, expand and heal, and I leave more vivid in every way. I rely on some of the exercises she teaches, throughout the day, to reenergize and rebalance.” — L.D., writer, Tucson, AZ

“As a musician living with multiple spinal deformities, I have participated in many yoga classes lead by Amy Weintraub. I see Amy’s classes as very fluid, well-structured arrangements of poses, breathing exercises and vocalizations. Amy manages to pace her sessions and her voice at just the right tempo as to add focus and confidence to the students’ efforts. The systematic progression of movements in Amy’s classes naturally engages the student to go further and further within, tapping into the wellspring of their potential.” — Léo Gosseli, musician, Prescott, AZ

“I have been reminded that I am not on this path alone, that others are sharing the journey that sometimes seems so difficult. I have also been reminded of the importance of daily practice and I will do that. The whole program has been an incredible experience for me. Thank you!” — Lorraine Plauth, retired teacher, Voorheesville, NY

“I have gained a softer heart, more receptive mind, and tools to enrich both personal and professional aspects of my life.” – Regina Trailweaver, LICSW, clinical social worker, Hancock, VT.

“In this book, Amy Weintraub directly addresses the core of depression: the problem of Being itself, in the finest tradition of Yoga. Yoga for Depression is an astonishingly comprehensive guide to the art and science of Yoga. Herein lies a Yogic blueprint for how to be a human being, written by a compassionate and generous teacher.” — Stephen Cope, author of Yoga and the Quest for the True Self and The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker’s Guide to Extraordinary Living. Director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living

“Amy Weintraub’s work is some of the most important in our world today for helping humanity understand more deeply the significance of the mind-body connection. Her insights are inspirational for yoga teachers and all readers. Her in-depth understanding of her subject is an important basis for personal, as well as societal transformation.” — Rama Jyoti Vernon, Founder, American Yoga College, co-founder Yoga Journal

“Amy offers many guidelines and solutions through yoga, to both those who suffer from depression and to yoga teachers working with them.” — Angela Farmer, internationally known master Yoga teacher

“Amy Weintraub shows how to use yoga as a resource for psychological healing and personal growth. Her methods are grounded in ancient wisdom, informed by modern science, and eminently practical for reducing anxiety, lifting mood, and improving self-regulation. She is a master teacher, and her skills and heart are woven throughout this new classic for therapists, clients, and anyone interested in inner strength and peace.” — Rick Hanson, Ph.D. author of Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

“I gained perspective of who I am in the world and this will change my life significantly.” — Mary Ford, artist, Southport, CT

“Amy helped me find powerful personal images that fit perfectly into my short stories, and she helped me find a process to release my inner voice.” — Mark Heasley, Troy, Michigan

“Amy was just what I needed. Her values & thoughts & way of speaking stirred deep “hidden pockets” that need to be cleaned out. I’m glad I came. I know it will change my life.” — Sue Carlson, seamstress, Ayer, MA

“As a Yoga teacher, Amy Weintraub’s most outstanding quality is her kindness. I have seen her work often with very challenging students and always maintain her attitude of patience and compassion. She provides a safe and enriching class.” — Tom Beall, RYT 500, Yoga teacher, Tucson, AZ

“As a ‘regular’ in Amy’s 7 AM Mon/Wed/Fri. yoga class, I felt a strong attachment to Amy and her Yoga practice. I have been with her for 2 1/2 years and I am 82 years old. A few months back I had the flu and missed two classes; she came to my house to check on me. I could not believe she did this with her busy schedule. This is a testimonial to her caring for the individual. Amy is very special to me and keeps me going.” — D.W., retired nurse, Tucson, AZ

“This is a book about integrating the mind and the body, about using movement to mend oneself; in a world obsessed with psychopharmacology, reading it was a refreshing reminder that, in some cases, the tools we have to cure depression reside not in a pill, but in our own bodies, if we are willing to try.” — Lauren Slater, author of Prozac Diary and Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir

“I’ve worked with Amy’s Yogic sets for the last two years and they have literally transformed my emotional state. Amy takes me, step-by-step, through postures and breathing exercises that straighten out my emotional tangles. Practicing Yoga has positively affected my whole world.” — S.S., retired computer engineer, Cambridge, MA

“In this well-written and well-researched book Amy Weintraub provides therapists with simple, easy-to-apply but powerful, breathing, meditation, and hand gesture techniques that do not require a mat or body postures. Therapists can easily incorporate these techniques into their practices without otherwise having to change what they do, and clients can use them on their own. Thank you Amy for giving us access to this ancient healing wisdom.” — Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D., developer, Internal Family Systems Therapy, author, Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model

“My life is already changed! I will use the tools I learned in my own practice and in my work. I feel safe and seen.” — Susan Andrea Weiner, MA, teacher/expressive arts facilitator, El Cerrito, CA.

“I learned lots of ways to reduce the anxiety and depression of my patients and myself.” – Aviva Sinvany-Nubel, PhD, APN, CNSC, RN, psychotherapist, Bridgewater, N.J.

“Suffering from depression and chronic fatigue syndrome, I've tried medications, supplements, and many forms of traditional and nontraditional therapies without beneficial effects. While taking yoga classes with Amy at Kripalu, I noticed a definite shift in my consciousness, a reduction in stress, and an improvement in my well-being. Amy's classes have helped me to love and appreciate myself. Amy is an outstanding yoga teacher and in dealing with the fatigue and depression I experience, participation in her classes has been a real gift to my yoga practice and me.” — E. M., teacher, Lenox, MA

“This workshop has changed so much — my self-image and my life. My own heart’s desire is 100% clear. I gained tools to help myself and others to live life fully.” — Marcia Siegel, Yoga teacher, therapist, Carlsbad, CA.

“Amy is a beautiful gift in my life! Her yoga offers a powerful blend of the practical and mystical. She has developed yogic solutions to many chronic health problems, and to many of the ways we habitually get stuck in our bodies and minds. Amy's yoga keeps me grounded and healthy, like the earth under my feet.” — Mary Driscoll, freelance writer and Ph.D., Southwest Institute for Research on Women, University of Arizona

“Amy is extensively trained in many schools of Yoga. This allows her to provide a wide variety of information from which the student can choose. Amy knows that what benefits a student is a unique ‘recipe.’ She is a loving and kind teacher. As a colleague, I love to attend her classes!” — K.H., Yoga Teacher, Tucson, AZ

“I have found the LFYP training to be incredibly useful in giving people specific tools to use in maintaining physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual balance, and further opening their intuitive abilities.” — Nancy Windheart, RYT-200, LFYP, Reiki Master, Animal communication teacher, Prescott, AZ

“My patients can now have the same effects as many medications without having to actually take medication!” — Deborah Lubetkin, PSY.D, LFYP, West Caldwell, NJ

“I have gained an incredible opening and clearing of old obstructions. I hope to return to my life and fill this opening with things I love to do and that give me joy!” — Lisa Shine, administrative assistant, Ballston Lake, NY

“A client who returned said, "When I came before, you helped me understand and get where I wanted to go. Now you show me yoga practices I use to help myself understand and get where I want to go.” — Sherry Rubin, LCSW, BCD, LFYP, Downingtown, PA

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Yoga for Depression

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