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MENTAL HEALTH AWARE YOGA WITH DR LAUREN TOBER
On Interoception and the Wisdom of the Body with Dr Lauren Tober
Your throat tightens in a conversation, a few seconds before you've worked out why. You feel a flutter of anxiety in your belly before your mind catches on to what’s happening. Your body is always talking to you, sending signals from the inside, all day long. That inward-facing sense has a name,...
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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,...
What To Do When a Student Tells You About Their Cancer Diagnosis
One in every two people will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. But how do we respond when a student, friend, or family member tells us that they have been diagnosed with cancer? In...
Banking Confidence Meditation
Running a viable yoga business can be tough and requires a level of confidence to step up and back yourself. In this video episode, Dr Lauren Tober (she/her) is joined by Yoga Teacher and Business...
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...
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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.
In fact, 79.4% of yoga students report practicing yoga for the mental health benefits.
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