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September 2017

LifeForce® Yoga Practitioner Training for Depression & Anxiety – Level 1

September 10 - September 17
Yogaville Satchidananda Ashram, 108 Yogaville Way
Buckingham, VA 23921 United States

Online Registration The LifeForce® Yoga Practitioner (LFYP)Training is open to all and offers certification for health care and yoga professionals.  On other pages on this website you will find mood management support through workshops, individual sessions, research, books and audio visual materials for those with depression, anxiety, chronic pain and a history of trauma and for the professionals who serve them. In the LFYP Training, you will learn an evidence-based practice for both depression and anxiety,  as well as ancient…

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LifeForce Yoga® to Manage Your Mood

September 22 - September 24
Kripalu Center, Interlaken Road
Stockbridge, MA 01266 United States

Online Registration This course is a pre-requisite for the LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner Training. LifeForce Yoga® interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what’s no longer serving you—without a story attached! In this inspiring workshop, you will learn and practice breathing exercises, easy postures, guided meditations, and other experiential yogic tools for managing your mood. We’ll practice: Pranayama and kriya breathing techniques that regulate the emotions Meditations that lift the mood Creating Affirmation…

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October 2017

Yoga for Mood Management: LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Training, Part A – Experiential

October 27 - October 31
Soul of Yoga, 627 Encinitas Blvd
Encinitas, CA 92024 United States

Online Registration This Experiential workshop is open to all with yoga experience and is Part A of a 3-Part certification course to become a LifeForce Yoga Practitioner – level 1. Learn an empowering, evidence-based Yoga protocol for self-care and to help students and clients focus, relax, and have greater access to feeling states. You will experience all aspects of LifeForce Yoga, including pranayama, kriya, asana, nada yoga (sound), bhavana (visual imagery) sankalpa (intention/affirmation), meditation, and non-dual self-inquiry. There will also…

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November 2017

Yoga Skills for Therapists: Applications for Anxiety and Depression—No Mat Required!

November 2 - November 3
Wosk Auditorium, Jewish Community Centre, 950 W 41st Ave
Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 2N7 Canada

Online Registration Practice your clinical specialty more effectively when you offer clients simple, evidence-based LifeForce Yoga practices to self-regulate, experience self-efficacy and build resilience. Learn clinically appropriate yoga skills that complement and enhance the work you currently do, helping clients focus, relax, and have greater access to feeling states. LifeForce Yoga has been successfully utilized in health care settings with diverse populations, demonstrating its usefulness in relieving emotional distress and dysregulation. In the process of learning Yoga practices to help clients increase self-efficacy and self-compassion and…

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LifeForce Yoga® to Manage Your Mood

November 17 - November 19
1440 Multiversity, 800 Bethany Drive
Scotts Valley, CA 95066 United States

Online Registration This course is a pre-requisite for the LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner Training. LifeForce Yoga® interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what’s no longer serving you—without a story attached! In this inspiring workshop, you will learn and practice breathing exercises, easy postures, guided meditations, and other experiential yogic tools for managing your mood. We’ll practice: Pranayama and kriya breathing techniques that regulate the emotions Meditations that lift the mood Creating Affirmation…

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December 2017

LifeForce Yoga® to Manage Your Mood

December 1 - December 3
Midtown Yoga, 524 South Cooper
Memphis, TN 38104 United States

Online Registration Awaken your vitality and strengthen your healing power! LifeForce Yoga® interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what’s no longer serving you—without a story attached! In this inspiring workshop, you will learn and practice breathing exercises, easy postures, guided meditations, and other experiential yogic tools for managing your mood. We’ll practice: Pranayama and kriya breathing techniques that regulate the emotions Meditations that lift the mood Creating Affirmation (sankalpa) LifeForce Yoga®…

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LifeForce Yoga® to Manage Your Mood

December 10 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Yoga Connection, 3929 East Pima
Tucson, AZ 85712 United States

Online Registration Awaken your vitality and strengthen your healing power! LifeForce Yoga® interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what’s no longer serving you—without a story attached! In this inspiring workshop, you will learn and practice breathing exercises, easy postures, guided meditations, and other experiential yogic tools for managing your mood. We’ll practice: Pranayama and kriya breathing techniques that regulate the emotions Meditations that lift the mood Creating Affirmation (sankalpa) LifeForce Yoga®…

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April 2019

LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

April 29, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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May 2019

LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

May 6, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

May 13, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

May 20, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

May 27, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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June 2019

LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

June 3, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

June 10, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

June 17, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

June 24, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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July 2019

LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

July 1, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

July 8, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

July 15, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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LifeForce Yoga for Mood Balance

July 22, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Every Monday
JaiPure Yoga, 575 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042 United States

During this weekly Lifeforce Yoga class, students are introduced to a LifeForce Yoga flow to meet and balance the mood.  Class elements include yoga posture (asana), yoga breathing (pranayama), visualization (bhavana), hand gestures (mudra), sound (mantra), and meditative relaxation (Yoga Nidra).  Once a month, this class consists of a Full Yoga Nidra practice. For more details, and information on other workshops and events for Deb Lubetkin, please visit www.DrDeborahLubetkin.com.

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“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
“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
“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
“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.
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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.
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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’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
“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 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 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
“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
“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.
“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
“Words do not do justice to all that I learned. This workshop changed my life!” — Jen Nolan, Teacher, Cortland, NY
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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.)
“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
“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
“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
“I gained perspective of who I am in the world and this will change my life significantly.” — Mary Ford, artist, Southport, 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 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.
“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.
“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
“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 gained tools for working with my own depression and with my clients’ depressions.” — Robert Sgona, LCSW, RYT, psychotherapist, Yoga teacher, Camden, ME.
“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
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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.
“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
“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 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 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.
“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
“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
“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
“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
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