LifeForce Yoga and IFS for Your Anxious Parts

Is there a worried, nervous, anxious part of you that keeps you from seeing clearly who you really are?  Is there a fearful part of you that keeps you from fully engaging in life and relationships?  Let the best-selling author of Yoga for Depression, and a senior trainer in the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy help you access your natural compassion and wisdom beneath the anxious mood.  Experience a gentle evidence-based yoga protocol to help you self-soothe and clear your mind, as you work with your manager parts, your acting out parts and those tender young exiled parts from a place of compassionate self-awareness that is your Self.

We’ll practice:

  • Pranayama breathing techniques that regulate the emotions
  • Meditations that calm and lift the mood
  • Creating Affirmation (sankalpa)
  • LifeForce Yoga Bhavana (Imagery)
  • LifeForce Yoga Chakra Clearing Meditation for Anxiety
  • LifeForce Yoga Nidra
  • Soothing universal tones (mantras)
  • Simple Yoga postures suitable for multilevel practitioners
  • Awareness of Parts that are trying to get your attention through your body
  • Bringing energy of your higher Self to all you Parts
  • Awareness when Parts hijack the System and returning to Your a Self-led place when that happens.

You will leave feeling refreshed, renewed, and excited about your at-home or professional practice with new tools to bring balance to the emotional and physical body.  Accessible for all levels, including beginners.  Psychotherapists, health professionals, and yoga teachers will learn techniques not regularly taught in yoga classes to help their clients focus, relax, and have greater access to their feelings.

Amy Weintraub and Paul Ginter will create a safe and Self-nourishing environment where you will practice yoga tools to help you manage your mood as you learn to apply the IFS model. Through LifeForce Yoga and IFS presentations and exercises that offer the opportunity for deep inner exploration, you will follow your own map home to Self.

Recommended Reading/Practice: Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books), Yoga Skills for Therapists (W.W. Norton, 2012), Introduction to the Internal Family Systems Model (Trailheads Publications), LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues – level 1 & level 2 (DVD) LifeForce Yoga CD Series.

Amy Weintraub, MFA, ERYT-500

Amy Weintraub, director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute and author of the bestselling Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books, 2004) and the ground-breaking Yoga Skills for Therapists: Effective Practices for Mood Management (W.W. Norton, 2012), has been a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health for over 20 years. She trains health and yoga professionals at notable international venues and offers workshops for every day practitioners. The LifeForce Yoga protocol is being used in residential treatment centers, hospitals and by health care providers around the world. She is involved in ongoing research on the effects of yoga on mood, and has produced an award-winning library of evidence-based yoga and meditation CDs and DVDs for mood management. She edits a newsletter that includes current research, news and media reviews on Yoga and mental health, archived here.

Paul Ginter, EdD329516062_GinterP_web

Paul Ginter, EdD, is a practicing psychologist and cofounder of the Center for Psychotherapy and Wellness in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His practice and teaching integrate his experience in the Internal Family Systems Model, mindfulness meditation practice, and brain research. He has worked in community mental health, at university counseling centers, with court-ordered adolescents, and with cancer patients. In addition to his private practice, Paul serves as a senior lead trainer for the Internal Family Systems Model and has been an adjunct faculty member in Western Michigan University’s holistic health-care program.

Upcoming Programs

May 23-26, 2014
Stockbridge, MA – Kripalu Center
Online Registration

About the Author

Amy Weintraub

Amy Weintraub E-RYT 500, MFA, YACEP, C-IAYT, founded the LifeForce Yoga® Healing Institute, which trains yoga and health professionals internationally, and is the author of Yoga for Depression and Yoga Skills for Therapists. The LifeForce Yoga protocol is used by health care providers worldwide. She is involved in ongoing research on the effects of yoga on mood.

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I absolutely love this stuff! I have been using it with my clients and I am just finding it to be so incredibly helpful. There seriously something for everything. Although I am not as skilled as I hope to be someday, even at my level of training I’m finding that I am beginning to figure out what to do. It just blows my mind! - Christine Brudnicki, MS, LPC
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“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
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