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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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