Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler

On today's podcast, Amy chats with Maggie Reagh, Maggie has an MA in Teaching/ Education and conducts Yoga classes as well as her own 1000-hour, Yoga Therapy Trianing Program, accredited with the IAYT, all focused on the therapeutic benefits of Yoga. She regularly teaches Wellness focused Yoga classes at Capilano University where, in addition, she teaches and coordinates the English for Academ...

On today's podcast, Amy talks with Dr. Sue Carter, Dr. Sue is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia and also a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the former Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute and a Rudy Professor Emerita of Biology. She has held professorships at the University of Maryland (Distinguished University Professor)...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy talks with Dr. Lisa Kaley-Isley about chanting in the yoga tradition. Dr. Lisa is a Clinical Psychologist and certified Yoga Therapist who integrates the wisdom and techniques of both eastern and western philosophy and psychology to understand the human condition, alleviate suffering and promote ho...

On today's podcast, Amy talks with Laura Schmalzl, Laura is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist, as well as a longtime yoga practitioner and certified yoga instructor. Laura will be a C-IAYT very soon! Laura obtained a BA in Psychology from the University of Padua. She then completed a Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology, a PhD in Cognitive Science, and Post-doctoral trai...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today's podcast, Amy talks with Professor Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, DPT & C-IAYT. Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, her Master of Applied Science from the University of South Australia and her B...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today's podcast, Amy talks with Stephanie Sohl, Ph. D. Stephanie is a health psychologist and an Assistant Professor at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the mind-body relationship and cancer survivorship. Specifically, she aims to strengthen the evidence base for scala...

On today's podcast, Amy talks with Arun Deva, DASc, AYT, E-RYT(500) . Arun is the founder of Arunachala Yoga & Ayurveda. Arun has the pleasure of serving both the National & State Ayurvedic Associations: NAMA & CAAM. Currently, he heads NAMA’s Committee on creating Standards for Ayurvedic Yoga Therapists. Arun teaches internationally, lectures at conferences, writes articles for di...

Amy discusses Life and Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges on today’s podcast. Stephen Porges, Ph. D. is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding Director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University o...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today's podcast, Amy talks with Janet Lowndes. Janet is a therapist with over 25 years of experience providing counseling, training, and consultation. Her professional practice includes psychological counseling, meditation training, and yoga therapy. She formed Mind Body Well in 2012, as Directo...

On the podcast today, Amy talks with Shawnee Thornton Hardy. Shawnee is an Educational/Behavior Specialist and the founder of Asanas for Autism and Special Needs and Founder/Director of Yoga Therapy for Youth. She is also the author of “Asanas for Autism and Special Needs: Yoga to Help Children with their Emotions, Self-Regulation and Body Awareness”, and the creator of the C.A.L.M.M Yoga Toolkit....

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today’s podcast, Amy talks with Rachel Krentzman. Rachel was the founder of Embody Physical Therapy & Yoga in San Diego, CA, and is now the Co-Director of Wisdom-Body Yoga Therapy Professional Training in Israel. Rachel has extensive training in Purna Yoga and Iyengar Yoga, and over twenty years...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Heather Mason. Heather is the Founder of The Minded Institute in the UK, and is leading a yoga therapy training organization known for its focus on mental health, neuroscience, and empowering yoga and health professionals to integrate yoga therapy into healthcare. She...

On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Robyn Tiger, MD, C-IAYT, RYT-500. She is a life coach for Physicians & trauma-informed self-care coach. She founded StressFreeMD, a wellness practice that provides freedom through self-care education. Dr. Robyn utilizes her unique combination of trainings in medicine, yoga therapy, meditation, and life coaching to educate others in stress management, burnout...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Helene Couvrette. The Founder of H~OM Yoga Health & Wellness Center and Co-founder MISTY - Montreal International Symposium on Therapeutic Yoga (MISTY). She Specializes & is Certified in Pain Care Yoga & Trauma Sensitive Yoga. Helene began her journey in 1...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy talks to Anne Pitman from Ottowa, Canada about yoga therapy, death and dying. This is a spacious discussion that will leave you exploring the wonder of transitions. It may even make you feel lighter inside. Anne Pitman has been studying death and dying for 12 years and has some gems to share with u...

Amy talks to Geetha Shankar about the teacher and student relationship. Ms. Shankar was the Head of Yoga Studies at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India for decades. She was a senior student of TKV Desikachar, and named one of the 100 Most Inspirational Yoga Teachers in India in 2018. Amy and Ms. Shankar talk about what it was like to be a student of Sir Desikachar and to sit in consult...

Amy and Nrithya talk about the most popular model for assessment and therapeutic planning in the field of Yoga Therapy, the Pancha Maya Model, which is also called the Bird Model. What most people do not realize is that there are 5 points of interest for each of the 5 layers. There is a head, a tail, 2 wings and the core or body. The physical layer has 5 parts. The breath or prana layer has 5 part...

Amy wraps up the first season of Yoga Therapy Hour and gives the 2021 year review of the podcast. Amy talks about the mission of the podcast, our successes, breaks down who our listeners are and more! Amy talks about the many countries that our listeners come from and how they are contributing to changing the world together through yoga therapy. Amy takes a moment to thank each guest from season o...

Amy Chats with Amit Garg, Vedic Astrologer. They discuss Jyotish, the difference in the way its practiced in India vs. the West, the potential benefits of using Vedic Astrology paired with Yoga Therapy, popular misconceptions about Jyotish and so much more. They talk about the following: ·        The meaning of Jyotish and how its practiced in India ·        Jyotish been used for many different li...

Amy and Kristine Kaoverii-Weber, creator of Subtle Yoga talk about the future of healthcare and how yoga therapy fits into what is emerging because of the Covid19 crisis. While Amy and Kristine had originally set out to talk about how to work with clients who are experiencing Covid long-haulers syndrome, they never really got to that point and Amy will be bringing in a world-renown expert very soo...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy Chats with Indu Arora on today’s podcast. Indu is an Ayurveda Practitioner and Yoga Therapist, author and she considers herself a Yoga and Ayurveda student for a lifetime.  Acknowledged as a strong, clear, and authentic voice in the Yoga and Ayurveda community, she has spent the last 2 decades of h...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Heidi is the new IAYT Accreditation Manager and the Lead on the Certification Exam. She was recently hired by IAYT and has extensive experience in Higher Education. Amy and Heidi have a heady discussion about this emerging Allied Healthcare Field, on credentialling of individuals, accreditation of prog...

Amy Chats with Shri V Srinivasan, who is one of the senior faculty of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) and the Executive Director. He had the rare blessings of learning under Yogacharya Shri T.K.V. Desikachar as a student of Teacher Training Program at KYM. He holds a Master’s Degree in Yoga from Tamilnadu Sports and Physical Education University Chennai. He also learnt Vedic Chanting and f...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy Chats with Marcie Evans who has been working with her own chronic illness since 1999. Marcie has been working to heal her symptoms using mindset changes, relationship shifts, lifestyle modification, yoga, meditation, nutrition, supplements and herbs, Ayurveda, and several other healing methods. She...

Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy Chats with Sweta Vikram in today’s podcast. Sweta is an International Speaker, Best-selling Author, and Ayurveda-based Health & Mindset Coach in New York City. terms. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and other publications across nine countries on three continents. Sweta is a trained...