Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler

Today we are chatting with Pamela Crane. Pamela & Amy talk about helping people build their confidence and bringing their authentic selves into their yoga practice as practitioners, Imposter Syndrome and fear of Showing up Authentically, Confidence vs. Self–doubt, Focusing on what you are giving to others, and Helpful tips on dealing with negative comments and being on camera.   Pamela has ove...

Amy talks with Laura Hogan in today’s episode. Laura is a mental health therapist with an LCPC and a yoga therapist with a C-IAYT. Laura specializes in working with women prone to perfectionism leading to burnout, depression, and anxiety. More recently, Laura has created a resiliency and burnout recovery program for employees at Riverside Hospital in Illinois, USA.   Amy and Laura talk about Laura...

Today’s episode is a solo episode with Amy Wheeler. Amy discusses a fundamental question that all C-IAYT Yoga Therapists need to be able to articulate with ease. How are you different than a Psychologist who teaches breathing exercises in session? How are you different from a Physical Therapist that helps people heal from injury? How are you different than an Occupational Therapist that helps peop...

Today’s episode is a wonderful combination of yogic mysticism and scientific research. We are honored to speak with Dr. Krishnamurthy, the Pro Vice Chancellor, and Research Director of S-VASA University in Bangalore, Indian which offers degree programs all the way up to receiving a Ph. D. in Yoga Studies. Dr. Krishnamurthy begins the conversation by telling us some of the latest research on yoga a...

On today’s episode, Amy chats with Becky Deano. Becky was introduced to yoga in 2000 and her life has never been the same. Her interest in yoga, mental health and spirituality was strengthened while completing her studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She holds a license as a professional counselor (LPC), and she also is certified as a Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT).   In 2006 after returning from stud...

Today’s episode is a solo episode with Amy Wheeler. Amy’s undergraduate and master’s degree are in Community Health Promotion back in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. So it is not a surprise that Amy’s connection to Yoga Therapy is so strong, as Yoga Therapy is about feeling good, showing up as your best self, and being accountable to the health behaviors that you promised yourself you would live by....

Today’s episode sees Amy chatting with Prashant Joshi. He is a computer scientist and an electrical engineer, master coach/therapist, and has been an IT Industry management leader for the past 25+ years. He has introduced Yoga-principles in the academic and corporate world at all levels of management. He has brought Yoga to the tennis courts, executive boardrooms, mental health facilities, and sen...

In today’s episode, Amy chats with Neil Pearson, Neil is a physiotherapist, yoga therapist, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. He is the Co-Director of Pain Care Aware and creator of the Pain Care Yoga training programs for health professionals and yoga therapists.   Neil is the founding Chair of the Physiotherapy Pain Science Division in Canada, recipient of t...

In today’s episode, Amy interviews two special friends and colleagues from Japan, Madoka and Chiaki. Japan is Amy’s favorite places on earth and she had the good fortune of being hosted in Japan by Madoka and Japan Yoga Therapy Society (JYTS) in 2018. In this talk we discuss many topics and give you an overview of all things to do with Yoga Therapy in Japan.     They talk about the following: Mado...

In today’s episode, Amy gives us a glimpse into one of her global talks from last year at the 5 th Annual Asian Yoga Therapy Conference in Singapore. Amy was asked to talk about Covid19 and how using appropriate pranayama can help people to feel happier, healthier and recover more quickly through breathing exercises. The key is gentle breath and movement coordinated, with mental focus. Amy talks a...

In today’s episode, Amy chats with Dr. Shyam Ranganathan. Shyam is a thought-leader, author, and teacher of Eastern Philosophy, and an expert in the traditions of Indian Moral Philosophy. Dr. Ranganathan is a trained scholar and researcher of philosophy and is the author, editor, and translator of numerous peer-reviewed, scholarly works.   His research focus across disciplines is understanding how...

On today’s episode, Amy chats with Alyssa Pfennig an intuitive business coach, digital marketing strategist, and Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) living her best life with her daughter in the heart of Mexico’s central highlands. She has trained in using yoga practices such as asana, pranayama, and meditation, to help with structural, mental, and emotional issues and helps students make every pose...

On today’s episode, Amy chats with Rebecca Sebastian, A 20-year teacher of yoga and 10-years of experience as a yoga therapist. Rebecca is the owner of the Sunlight Yoga Center, Rebecca Sebastian is passionate about yoga, yoga teaching, and helping lift our local community. She is the co-founder of the Quad Cities Yoga Foundation in the Midwest of the United States (Iowa).   Rebecca and Amy have a...

Nina Zolotow is a seasoned writer that has co-authored the Yoga for Healthy Aging Blog and the book by the same title with Baxer Bell. Now Nina brings a new book forward called “Yoga for Times of Change.” With all that is happening individually and within society, this appeared to be the perfect topic for today’s podcast. I think it is safe to say that most of us are experiencing some forms of anx...

Xu-Ya (pronounced Shu-Ya) is working with her business partner, Janus Tsai, to bring yoga therapy to Taiwan. They are trailblazers and in the early phases of helping the yoga community and private clients to understand “What is yoga therapy?” and “How can it help with health, happiness and beyond?” Xu-Ya also goes by Jelly, and she tells us that there are many yoga studios in Taiwan that focus on...

In today’s episode, Amy chats with Ranju Roy and David Charlton. Ranju has been practicing yoga since the mid-1980s. Ranju has taught many yoga classes, retreats, and workshops in the UK. He has taught at the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Congress, Association for Yoga Studies (aYs) Conventions, and many In-Service Trainings. David has been studying yoga since 1987. He also has an MA in Eastern Phil...

In today’s episode, Amy chats with Acharya Shunya. Shunya is a truth-teller who facilitates authenticity, self-remembrance, and divine feminine pathways to awakening. Acharya Shunya is the author of two bestselling books  Ayurveda lifestyle Wisdom  (2017),  Sovereign Self  (2020), and her newest book is coming out in September 2022 by Sounds True,    Roar Like a Goddess :   Every Woman's Guide...

In today’s episode, Amy chats with Molly McManus, C-IAYT, SE, AHC. Molly is the President of the Board of the IAYT, and co-owner and faculty of Yoga North International SomaYoga Institute. She enjoys her work teaching specialized group classes and trainings, individual YT sessions.   Molly is sought out for her special areas of interest in chronic pain and the conditions of stress in programs she...

Amy talks with Cheri Dostal Ryba in this episode. Cheri has been teaching movement, anatomy, yoga, and fitness since 2000. Cheri has also trained and mentored yoga teachers since 2010.   Cheri educates about her work in the niche of Pelvic Floor Therapy and how it differs from Physical Therapy. They also talk about Cheri’s background and how she got started with pelvic health, her experience movin...

In today’s episode, Amy chats with Bea Teuten. Bea is a UK qualified yoga teacher and yoga therapist (1000-hour BWY Diploma), a TeenYoga teacher, and a Vedic Chant Teacher. She is trained in the tradition of Professor Sri Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar and has studied with Colin Dunsmuir, Gill Lloyd, Radha Sundararajan, and at The Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai India.   She i...

Amy will be hosting this episode without a guest after evaluating her life deeply these past few weeks as she experienced a health crisis. She also talks about the four aims of life according to Indian philosophy, her background growing up, what she’s learned through this whole experience of realizing that life is short and she needs to have more JOY on a regular basis.   Amy talks about the follo...

Today’s show would be a solo show with Amy. Amy Wheeler, the host of Yoga Therapy Hour, shares very important personal news and update on her life. She also talks about her journey with healing and teaching. Amy talks about the spiritual end game of Yoga Therapy, Living life in Alignment, Fear and ways to lessen fear, how to find more spaciousness and much more. Today’s episode is a must listen!  ...

Our guest today is Shelly Prosko, Shelly is 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. She is a respected pioneer of PhysioYoga, a combination of physiotherapy and yoga.   She is a Pain Care Aware Lead Trainer and ha...

Lee Majewski, MA, DYEd, C-IAYT is an author and founding director of Yoga for Health Institute (www.yogaforhealth.institute), a non-profit organization located in Toronto, Canada. She is also a visiting Senior Yoga Therapist at Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute in India. Her journey through cancer brought home the value of ancient Yogic methods and resulted in creating a unique healing, residential and...

In today's episode, Amy chats with  Anneke Sips  (RN) founded Network Yoga Therapy and The Yoga Therapy Conference in Amsterdam and is a bridge-builder in the field of yoga therapy for mental health in The Netherlands internationally. Anneke is a Yoga Teacher and Therapist (C-IAYT) who has been working in the field of Psychiatry since 1998. With her holistic and compassionate approach, she sup...