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 and author and she makes the tools of mindful movement and meditation non-intimidating and accessible worldwide, especially to people who feel like they can’t do yoga or their mind is too busy to meditate. She specializes in helping people safely and effectively manage stress and relieve chronic pain.
Ann will be joining us for the next Mental Health and Yoga Summit, starting on the 29th of August 2022, talking more about the science of yoga, including the neurological and hormonal mechanisms at play when practicing yoga, the vagus nerve, samskaras and neuroplasticity! It’s an interview you don’t want to miss!
The Summit is for Yoga Teachers who are interested in mental health and Mental Health professionals who are interested in yoga, and we do hope you can join us.
Sign up for this free online five-day Summit at www.mentalhealthandyogasummit.com.
FOR THE SEEKERS
COMMUNITY
HYBRID MENTAL HEALTH AWARE YOGA
Ready to support your students' mental health with confidence, compassion and skill?
Join Dr Lauren Tober for the hybrid Mental Health Aware Yoga training in Mullumbimby, Australia.
Start the online component today.
Join us in Mullumbimby on 17-18th October 2026.
MORE BLOG POSTS
The Hero’s Journey
Joseph Campbell, mythology expert and philosopher, studied many of the great myths of the world and found that there...
On the Stories Behind the Poses with Dr Raj Balkaran
Pull up a cushion, pour yourself a chai and join Dr Raj Balkaran and I around the virtual fire for storytime. Raj is a...
My Strongholds for Mental Health
I’m a mother with two teenage boys who have autism. In the early days of their diagnoses and succeeding years of...
BLOG CATEGORIES
Western Psychology
Yoga Psychology
Safe Container
Therapeutic Skills
Yoga Practices
Mental Health Crisis
JOIN OUR ONLINE SANGA
Are you on Facebook?
Awesome, so are we!
Come and join our brilliant community of like-mind Yoga Teachers and tune into (mostly) weekly video episodes with our founder Dr Lauren Tober.
It's all happening over in our FREE Facebook group.
MEET OUR FOUNDER
Hi, I'm Dr Lauren Tober!
As a Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher of nearly two decades and the author of Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers, I'm passionate about integrating yoga and psychology on the mat, in the counselling room and in the world.
With the growing interest in mental health and yoga, yoga students are attending yoga classes for the mental health benefits in unprecedented numbers.
In fact, 79.4% of yoga students report practicing yoga for the mental health benefits.
It's important that Yoga Teachers know how to support them.
I'm glad you're here.
LET'S STAY CONNECTED
Be the first to hear about online and world wide in-person trainings BEFORE registration opens
Receive your invitation to join our closed Mental Health Aware Yoga Facebook group for teachers
Download the Patañjali's Eight Limbs of Mental Health Aware Yoga ebook by Dr Lauren Tober
