How can yoga help us to dissolve our addictive patterns? In this podcast episode, Dr Lauren Tober (she/her) is joined by Lissie Turner (she/her), CEO of the The Prana Project, to talk about...
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Finding Meaning in Yoga and Mental Health
I was drawn to the practice of hatha yoga early in 1999, as a means of nourishing and supporting my physical well-being whilst pregnant with my first child. I expected yoga would benefit me...
How to Diagnose Mental Illness
We know that nearly 80% of yoga students report practicing yoga for the mental health benefits, but only a small proportion of students will actually disclose that they’re experiencing mental health...
The Intersection of Yoga Psychology and Mental Health
How do yoga psychology and contemporary western psychology fit together? Are they complementary or do they have totally different ideas about mental health? Join Dr Lauren Tober to learn about one...
The Effects of Yoga on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Every single person on this planet has been impacted in some way or another by the COVID-19 pandemic, and people are still feeling effects at a physical, mental, spiritual, social and economic...
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...
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,...
How Yoga Helps with Mental Health
How does yoga improve mental health? Join Dr Lauren Tober for this week’s video episode to answer this question from Tara, a member of the Mental Health Aware Yoga Facebook group. The mechanisms...
Yoga and Eating Disorders
Nikola Ellis (she/her) is joining us today to talk to us today about yoga and eating disorders. The good news, and the bad news. Nikola is a certified yoga therapist, psychotherapist and online...
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