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MENTAL HEALTH AWARE YOGA WITH DR LAUREN TOBER
On Practice, Partnership and Coming Home to Yourself with Sarah and Ty Powers
In today’s podcast episode, I’m joined by Sarah and Ty Powers, long-time partners in life and practice, and two teachers whose work has quietly shaped how yoga, meditation, and psychological inquiry are woven together in the West. This is a gentle, spacious conversation, and a beautiful one to...
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Stop Touching Me
In today’s video episode, Dr Lauren Tober shares her recent experiences of being touched inappropriately in yoga classes. After sharing a series of video episodes earlier in the year on touch and...
The Most Important Yoga Practice for Home
There are so many different postures and practices to bring into a home yoga practice. Sometimes it can be overwhelming! But whether you’re developing a personal yoga practice for yourself or your...
The Benefits of Taking your Yoga Practice Outside
Imagine the warmth of sunlight on your face, a gentle breeze caressing your skin, and a sense of expansion from looking into the vastness of the sky as you gaze up towards your extended hand in...
From Subtle Abuse to Personal Agency: One Teacher’s Journey
A LETTER FROM A MENTAL HEALTH AWARE YOGA GRADUATE I spent the weekend in Mullumbimby learning about mental health and how to be a responsible yoga teacher to my students. I had no idea so much would...
Finding Quiet
The world is a busy and noisy place. How do we find peace, quiet, and stillness amongst this busyness? Join Saraswathi Vasudevan (she/her) in a short meditative practice to discover a quiet location...
Five Pranayama Tips for Anxiety
Join us for this Mental Health Aware Yoga episode to learn five simple ways to reduce anxiety with Ann Swanson (she/her), the author of the Science of Yoga Book. Ann is a certified yoga therapist...
Yielding
When we’re stressed or anxious or have experienced trauma, we often clench our jaw, lift our shoulders and hold tension in our body. Given the last few years of navigating the pandemic, and now...
Kindness Meditation
Neal Ghoshal exudes kindness. If you’ve met him, you’ll know what we mean! In today’s video episode, Neal (he/him) is joining Dr Lauren Tober (she/her) to share a gentle kindness meditation...
Accessible Yoga
How can we make our yoga classes accessible to everyone? Is it just about chairs and props? In today’s video episode, Dr Lauren Tober (she/her) is joined by Jivana Heyman (he/him) to talk about how,...
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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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