Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy & Meditation

💙Join our next yoga therapy training to master these tools and kick off a new career helping others: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Yoga therapy for weight loss and GLP-1 medications with IAYT certified instructor Brandt Passalacqua. Learn evidence-based therapeutic approaches for sustainable weight management plus the benefits of weight loss drugs (and why a yoga therapy approach is still needed! In thi...

💙Join our next yoga therapy training to master these tools and kick off a new career helping others: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc In this conversation, Joe Taft, C-IAYT and graduate of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy Advanced Program, shares the incredible story of his work with Henry - a client who proved that age doesn't define your body's capacity for growth and healing. What you'll discover in th...

🩵 Join our FREE meditation program & community: https://breathingdeeply.com/courses/meditation/ What does it really mean to do nothing while still taking action? In this episode, Brandt explores one of the most powerful philosophical concepts from the yoga tradition: action vs non-action as it is presented in the Bhagavad Gita, the Dao De Jing, the Yoga Sutras, and the Spanda Karika. This teachin...

Discover how Breathing Deeply student, Maeka Wright, reversed their alopecia and started growing their hair back with Yoga Therapy! ➡️ Alopecia is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss. In Maeka’s case, they lost all of the hair on their body. There are very few treatment options for Alopecia. 💙 Discover how implementing yoga practices informed by the doshic framework that we teach at Breat...

📣 NEW YOGA TEACHERS (or want to be new teachers) - this is for you! Learn about the fundamentals of how to cue and sequence a yoga class. Learn from Brandt, who has decades of experience teaching yoga in a group setting, to clients in 1:1 private yoga therapy classes and training other teachers (like you!). In this episode, Brandt covers: 💙 the 6 basic principles of how to cue a class 💙 the fun...

In this talk learn about a specific tantric meditation technique to train our minds to experience bliss states more often. To try this meditation technique, sign up for our Meditation Community and watch the replay of the Bliss Before Wisdom meditation retreat - it’s free! https://breathingdeeply.com/courses/meditation/ 🙏🏼 Become a Meditation Teacher! Our Meditation Mentor Certification begins o...

Our next training starts soon! Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate and C-IAYT, Dan Greene for this conversation on the work Dan has done with an 8 year old girl with behavioral management issues including ADHD, anxiety and slow cognitive development. Learn different techniques that were given to th...

Our next Yoga Therapy class starts on the 11th of Feb 2025: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Learn about a variety of yoga therapy techniques specifically for depression from the Breathing Deeply yoga therapy framework. Our framework has a proven track record for success with depression clients! Learn about the doshas, pranic practices, meditation practices and more. We have also included an example of a fu...

Our next Yoga Therapy class starts on the 19th of November 2024: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Learn about yoga therapy and depression from the Breathing Deeply yoga therapy framework. Brand discusses interesting stats around depression, Western medicine, and how we use the koshas and doshas to treat depression. Om Shanthi #yogatherapy #mentalhealth #depression Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - Depressio...

Warning: This episode discusses topics relating to violence, substance use and mental health. Viewer discretion is advised. Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Healing of our deepest traumas is possible with yoga therapy. Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate and C-IAYT, Deb Selm for this conversation on the work Deb is doing with trau...

Discover what is truly possible through yoga therapy! Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate Steve Bader for this conversation about how Steve’s client successfully started to ween herself off one of the medications for depression after a long battle with the mental illness. Learn about the serious an...

Discover what is truly possible through yoga therapy! Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate Steve Bader for this conversation about how Steve helped his client with Lupus go into remission. This is a remarkable case of the healing powers of yoga therapy and how we can take our health into our own hands! Lupus is an autoimmune disease and affects people in many different wa...

Join our free meditation community: https://breathingdeeply.com/courses/meditation/ Managing our emotions, is one of the main reasons people choose to meditate. And it is a very good reason indeed! Through a meditation practice, we can open to relax into challenging emotions and through this process we can obtain valuable insight into ourselves and the root of our suffering. In this episode, learn...

Yoga therapy heals ❤️‍🩹 Today Brandt sits down with Breathing Deeply Advanced Program graduate and C-IAYT, Meena to talk about how yoga therapy helped one of her clients recover from a serious car accident. In this discussion, Meena shares how she helped her clients see significant results in recovery from her car accident in just 8 weeks. Not only did Meena use techniques from yoga therapy to he...

In this episode, Brandt sits down with Fiona Janiloos, C-IAYT therapist and Breathing Deeply graduate to talk about yoga therapy and menopause. Menopause will affect all women at some stage in their life and so this subject is very important! There isn’t a massive amount of research going into menopause in traditional medicine and so it is really exciting to see the field of yoga therapy and menop...

In this dharma talk, Brandt shares how we can use meditation to find clarity. Brandt discusses what clarity is and how through practice we can find a sense of lightness in our body and use this as a way to float towards these states of tranquility. Brandt also shares some tips and advice on how to prepare your body and mind to sit for extended periods of time in meditation. This dharma talk is a c...

In this episode, our director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalcqua sits down with C-IAYT accredited yoga therapist and Advanced Program Graduate, Christine Saari to discuss her case study with medication resistant depression. Christine shares with us the different types of pranayama, asana and devotional practices prescribed to her client and the incredible results that her client received after co...

Anxiety is the most common complaint we work with as yoga therapists! Therefore, this area of mental health is crucial for us to understand and help our students and clients with. In this epsiode, Brand discusses anxiety and how it can arise in different ways through each of the 5 koshas. Learn about the two different types of anxiety people experience and different tools and techniques that can b...

In this episode, our director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalcqua sits down with C-IAYT accredited yoga therapist and Advanced Program Graduate, Sara Merrick-Albano to discuss her work with a client with Crohn’s Disease as a yoga therapist. Learn what practices were prescribed to ease the symptoms of Crohn’s disease and the results that Sara’s client was able to achieve within one year. Also, disc...

JOIN OUR FREE MEDITATION COMMUNITY: https://breathingdeeply.com/courses/meditation/ In today’s episode, Breathing Deeply Lead teacher, Brandt, discusses duality and non-duality in the yoga tradition. Learn the conceptual difference between non-duality and duality in yoga philosophy and how to can be applied to guide our practice and meditators and meditation teachers. This was a clip taken from ou...

In today’s Q&A, Breathing Deeply founder and lead teacher, Brandt Passalacqua sits down with his students to ask their yoga therapy questions. Brandt offers tips on how to memorize the muscles, the various energetic effects of breathing in different directions, the doshas in relation to the Anandamaya kosha, and the therapeutic application of the chakra system in yoga therapy. This clip has been t...

In this episode, our director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalcqua its down with C-IAYT accredited yoga therapist and Advanced Program Graduate, Fiona Jalinoos to discuss her work on dealing with menopause symptoms with yoga therapy. Fiona shares with us her project as part of her studies which was to run a series a small group classes for women struggling with the symptoms of menopause. Learn how...

This episode is about the framework of Ayurveda and how it relates to the Vijnanamaya Kosha, which is the wisdom body or the unconscious mind. One way to balance this kosha is with different meditation techniques. We use these meditation techniques differently based on imbalanced doshas from the Ayurvedic system. Imbalances in the doshas, will cause imbalances in the vijnanamaya kosha in different...

In this episode, learn about 3 very important spiritual texts that can help to propel us forward on our journey of spiritual evolution as meditators and meditation teachers. Learn the key differences between the texts and how we can use them together to get out of our own way, find our orientation on the path and effectively progress to where we want to be for ourselves and our students. Join our...

In today’s Q&A, Breathing Deeply founder and lead teacher, Brandt Passalacqua, sits down with his students to ask their yoga therapy questions. In today’s session, Brandt addresses questions that cover ways to help a client process and release trauma in a safe way, what somatic experience work is and it is helpful for trauma and tips and advice on strengthening the shoulders. Brandt also discusses...