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...
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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,...
What are Consent Tokens?
In today’s video episode, Dr Lauren Tober is talking about all things Consent Tokens. Consent Tokens are a simple and effective way to communicate consent about touch in your yoga classes or private...
Touch and Consent in Yoga
Let’s talk about touch! In the last few episodes, Dr Lauren Tober explored why some yoga students might not want to be touched, and how we can offer assists in our yoga classes without using touch....
Verbal and Visual Assists
In the last episode, Dr Lauren Tober talked about why your students might not want to be touched. In today’s episode, she’s sharing two alternate ways that you can offer support, guidance, or...
Why Students Don’t Want to Be Touched In Yoga Classes
Touch is a controversial subject in the yoga world. Is it nourishing and healing? Or is it triggering and re-traumatising? Actually, it’s not that simple. Join Dr Lauren Tober for this latest video...
How To Help Anxious Students Feel Comfortable
In today’s video episode Dr Lauren Tober answers a question from Nikola: “How can we make people with anxiety feel as comfortable as possible in our group classes?” Given that anxiety is a common...
How to get Referrals from Psychologists
Many psychologists see the benefit of yoga for mental health, but they don’t always know which styles or teachers to recommend to their clients interested in yoga. In today’s video episode, Dr...
Let’s Talk About the Pelvis
Introducing Yoga Teacher and Physiotherapist Lisa Fitzpatrick (she/her)! In today’s video episode Lisa is going to talk about something that’s a little controversial in the mental health / trauma...
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