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...
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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...
Yoga Nidra and Mental Health
Today we have a question from Jo about Yoga Nidra and mental health. Jo said that she’s really interested in yoga nidra, but would like to find out more about the benefits and precautions of yoga...
Pranayama for Menopause and PMS
In today’s video episode Ana Davis (she/her) from Bliss Baby Yoga is joining Dr Lauren Tober (she/her) to share a pranayama practice for menopause and PMS. Ana has been a keen yoga practitioner...
Yoga for Kindness
In this video episode we’re joined by Mental Health Aware Yoga Mentor Sandra Palmer (she/her). Sandra is a Registered Psychologist, experienced Yoga teacher, and iRest meditation teacher in New...
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...
How Much Yoga Should I Do?
In today’s video episode we’re welcoming researcher Jacinta Brinsley, to share with us what her research tells us about the dosage effect of yoga on our mental health; just how much yoga do we...
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