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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...
RU OK?
Today is RU OK? Day in Australia, where we ask people “are you ok?” It's a wonderful mental health initiative to support people to start, what might be considered a difficult, but very important...
Social Prescribing, Medication and Yoga
Today we have a question from Rachel, who asks “I’m interested in social prescribing and people being referred to Yoga Teachers rather than be given drugs, what are your views on social prescribing...
Is Mental Health Aware Yoga Suitable for Psychologists?
In today’s video episode, Dr Lauren Tober is answering a question we get asked all the time about the Mental Health Aware Yoga training. We’ve been waiting until her new studio was finished before...
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