Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhourAmy chats with Amy Weintraub,The founder of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute, Author of the bestselling Yoga for Depression and Yoga Skills for Therapists: Effective Practices for Mood Management, 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. They discuss depression and some types of depression, Tools to use to help with handling depression, Amy’s background and her favorite tools,They talk about the following:· Amy’s Weintraub’s newest product, the MOOD Card Deck, and ways that it can be used· Amy’s experience with depression and how yoga changed her life· The ability of a Yoga Therapist to manage a client who is in an agitated state· The difference between a lethargic type of depression and an anxiety-based depression and how to work in two very different ways· Tools to help with a lethargic based depression and an anxiety-based depression· Amy’s favorite practices and lifestyle changes to help with her own depression/ moods· What Amy hopes to give to the world as a yoga therapist· What one can expect from receiving yoga therapy if they have depression· How Amy deals with disappointment or sad situations in her professional life· Yoga mantras for health and healing of depression August’s podcasts are sponsored by: Optimal Statehttps://theoptimalstate.com/ Foundations we supporthttp://www.kym.orgWe have all benefitted from the ancient wisdom of India and her people, so it feels really great to be able to serve in this way. The Optimal State family has pledged on-going support of $500 per month, to go directly to KYM Mitra (www.kym.org). We will collect the monies and gift them each month. Please consider a recurring monthly payment to the fund. Even a small gift or intention makes a difference! If we make more than $500 in any given month, it will roll into the following month’s payment. The hope is that we can contribute for many years to come. If you even lose the link to donate, it is at the top of the homepage at www.amywheeler.com also. I will be reporting on the website the progress; how much money is coming in at any given time and where we are in the process of getting this project off the ground.Here is the link for you to get started with your donation. We are so happy that you have decided to join us. We thank you for the bottom of our hearts!Link to click in the description: http://Paypal.me/KymMitraDonationMeet Amy Weintraub https://www.amyweintraub.com/Amy’s MOOD CARD DECK https://mailchi.mp/amyweintraub/card-deckAmy Weintraub Instagram id: @amylifeforceyogaYoutube: Amy Weintraub AuthorFacebook: Amy WeintraubCheck out Amy's website http://www.amywheeler.com

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