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MENTAL HEALTH AWARE YOGA WITH DR LAUREN TOBER
On Sacred Rest and Grief with Octavia Raheem
In a world that constantly pushes us to do more and at greater and greater speeds, prioritising rest can feel impossible. But rest is not only the medicine we need to heal in these times, rest is also a radical act of resistance, a quiet revolution of reclaiming our own humanity and sovereignty....
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Dual Awareness
Can we be present with our own internal experience and with our clients at the same time? Psychotherapist and Yoga Teacher Diane Liska (she/her) says we can! In this video episode, Diane shares the...
Diet Culture in Yoga
Diet culture is so insidious that we often don’t even realise we’re swimming in it. Dr Lauren Tober (she/her) is joined by Fiona Sutherland (she/her) from The Mindful Dietician to talk about how...
Centering Practice
How do we bring ourselves back to our centre when we’re feeling off-balance? Nikki Myers (she/her/we), from Yoga of 12-Step Recovery, is joining Dr Lauren Tober (she/her/hers) today to share a...
Overwhelm, Capitalism, and Mental Health
Why does life feel so difficult and overwhelming at times? Dr Lauren Tober is joined by Ella Noah Bancroft in this latest video episode to talk about overwhelm, capitalism, and mental health. Ella...
Pranayama for Mental Health
The simple practices are often the most effective. Join Dr Lauren Tober and Heather Mason, as Heather shares one of her favourite pranayama practices for mental health. Heather (she/her) is the...
Yoga and ACT
How do the fields of Clinical Psychology and Yoga intersect? This is a topic that Clinical Psychologists and Yoga Teachers, Dr Lauren Tober and Dr Kaitlin Harkess (she/her), will be exploring today,...
It’s Not About the Practices
Yoga has such an amazing wealth of practices to help us to calm our minds and regulate our nervous systems. However, it’s easy to focus on the practices themselves and forget about why we’re doing...
Can I Call Myself a Yogi?
In today’s video episode, Dr Lauren Tober is joined by Sunita Baste Patil (she/her), a Yogini, Wellbeing Coach, Mentor, Speaker, Podcaster, Yoga Meditation & Ayurveda Teacher, and writer based...
Choice, Empowerment and Touch
In today’s video episode, join Dr Lauren Tober to talk about choice, empowerment and touch in yoga. In the past few episodes we’ve talked about why touching your yoga students is not a good idea,...
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