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MENTAL HEALTH AWARE YOGA WITH DR LAUREN TOBER
You Are Protected with Michelle Cassandra Johnson
What if protecting your energy didn't mean keeping the world out? When I was training as a psychologist, I was taught to imagine a stop sign as people shared their stories with me. Later, in yoga circles, I was told to surround myself with white light. Neither worked for me, and holding everything...
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Facilitating Trauma-Informed Yoga Through the Lens of the Koshas
It's estimated that 70% of adults globally experience some form of trauma in their lifetime, and although psychotherapy is the gold standard treatment, many people are turning to yoga to help them...
Why Mental Health Awareness in Yoga Matters
Yoga is often called a healing practice. For many people (but not always), it can be a place to slow down, come back into your body, and let the nervous system settle. That's part of why it can be...
On Lowering Your Threshold for Joy with Kelly McGonigal
Before I spoke with Dr Kelly McGonigal (she/her) on the podcast, I spent a day reading her new book on joy. That evening, when I walked into a yoga class and the teacher asked how I was, I heard...
What Mental Health Aware Yoga Taught Me About My Own Burnout
Completing the Mental Health Aware Yoga training was a deeply meaningful experience for me. I had already experienced yoga during my own recovery from burnout, and this training helped me understand...
On Turning Inward, Mental Health and Yoga with Dr Lauren Tober
Think of the last time you were so absorbed in something that the world fell away. A good book. Hands in the garden. Watching the ocean. For a little while there was no to-do list, no worry, no...
On Asana, Pranayama, Mental Health and Yoga with Dr Lauren Tober
Ask most people what yoga is, and they'll picture the postures. Maybe the breathing. And fair enough, it's what we mostly teach, and what most people think we're doing. But in Patanjali's Yoga...
On the Niyamas, Mental Health and Yoga with Dr Lauren Tober
In this third episode on Patanjali's eight limbs of yoga, we’re exploring the niyamas and how they can support mental health in our yoga teaching. While the last two episodes were on the yamas, on...
On the Yamas, Mental Health and Yoga with Dr Lauren Tober
Welcome to the second episode in a special five-part pop-up series on Patanjali's eight limbs of yoga, exploring what each limb means for us as yoga teachers supporting our students' mental health....
On Ahimsa, Mental Health and Yoga with Dr Lauren Tober
Welcome to the first episode in a special five part pop-up series on Patanjali's eight limbs of yoga, exploring what each limb means for us as yoga teachers supporting our students' mental health....
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Hi, I'm Dr Lauren Tober!
As a Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher of nearly two decades and the author of Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers, I'm passionate about integrating yoga and psychology on the mat, in the counselling room and in the world.
With the growing interest in mental health and yoga, yoga students are attending yoga classes for the mental health benefits in unprecedented numbers.
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