Amy will be hosting this episode without a guest after evaluating her life deeply these past few weeks as she experienced a health crisis. She also talks about the four aims of life according to Indian philosophy, her background growing up, what she’s learned through this whole experience of realizing that life is short and she needs to have more JOY on a regular basis. Amy talks about the following: · Updates on Amy’s surgery and her plans going forward · The Four Aims of life: Artha, Kama, Dha...
Jun 17, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Today’s show would be a solo show with Amy. Amy Wheeler, the host of Yoga Therapy Hour, shares very important personal news and update on her life. She also talks about her journey with healing and teaching. Amy talks about the spiritual end game of Yoga Therapy, Living life in Alignment, Fear and ways to lessen fear, how to find more spaciousness and much more. Today’s episode is a must listen! Amy talks about the following · Her recent health diagnosis and how she is receiving the news · Her j...
Jun 10, 2022•39 min
Our guest today is Shelly Prosko, Shelly is a Canadian physiotherapist, yoga therapist, author, speaker and educator dedicated to empowering individuals to create and sustain meaningful lives by teaching and advocating for the integration of yoga into modern healthcare. She is a respected pioneer of PhysioYoga, a combination of physiotherapy and yoga. She is a Pain Care Aware Lead Trainer and has authored book chapters in several rehabilitation textbooks and is co-editor and co-author of the tex...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Lee Majewski, MA, DYEd, C-IAYT is an author and founding director of Yoga for Health Institute (www.yogaforhealth.institute), a non-profit organization located in Toronto, Canada. She is also a visiting Senior Yoga Therapist at Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute in India. Her journey through cancer brought home the value of ancient Yogic methods and resulted in creating a unique healing, residential and online, retreat Beyond Cancer which is offered in Australia, North America, and Europe, and is curr...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In today's episode, Amy chats with Anneke Sips (RN) founded Network Yoga Therapy and The Yoga Therapy Conference in Amsterdam and is a bridge-builder in the field of yoga therapy for mental health in The Netherlands internationally. Anneke is a Yoga Teacher and Therapist (C-IAYT) who has been working in the field of Psychiatry since 1998. With her holistic and compassionate approach, she supports many clients in private sessions and group therapy. She is passionate about supporting clients and s...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 3
On today's podcast, Amy chats with Maggie Reagh, Maggie has an MA in Teaching/ Education and conducts Yoga classes as well as her own 1000-hour, Yoga Therapy Trianing Program, accredited with the IAYT, all focused on the therapeutic benefits of Yoga. She regularly teaches Wellness focused Yoga classes at Capilano University where, in addition, she teaches and coordinates the English for Academic Purposes Department. Maggie started her yogic studies in the Krishnamacharya lineage in 1995 in Vanco...
May 13, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 3Ep. 2
On today's podcast, Amy talks with Dr. Sue Carter, Dr. Sue is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia and also a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the former Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute and a Rudy Professor Emerita of Biology. She has held professorships at the University of Maryland (Distinguished University Professor) as well as at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois, College of M...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy talks with Dr. Lisa Kaley-Isley about chanting in the yoga tradition. Dr. Lisa is a Clinical Psychologist and certified Yoga Therapist who integrates the wisdom and techniques of both eastern and western philosophy and psychology to understand the human condition, alleviate suffering and promote holistic growth and transformation. She is a dedicated yoga practitioner and experienced yoga teacher i...
Apr 29, 2022•9 min•Season 2Ep. 15
On today's podcast, Amy talks with Laura Schmalzl, Laura is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Cognitive Neuroscientist, as well as a longtime yoga practitioner and certified yoga instructor. Laura will be a C-IAYT very soon! Laura obtained a BA in Psychology from the University of Padua. She then completed a Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology, a PhD in Cognitive Science, and Post-doctoral training in Cognitive Neuroscience at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. This was followed by furthe...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today's podcast, Amy talks with Professor Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, DPT & C-IAYT. Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, her Master of Applied Science from the University of South Australia and her Bachelor of Science from Boston University. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International As...
Apr 15, 2022•11 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today's podcast, Amy talks with Stephanie Sohl, Ph.D. Stephanie is a health psychologist and an Assistant Professor at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the mind-body relationship and cancer survivorship. Specifically, she aims to strengthen the evidence base for scalable mind-body approaches such as yoga and integrative health coaching that aims to empower patients with s...
Apr 08, 2022•11 min•Season 2Ep. 12
On today's podcast, Amy talks with Arun Deva, DASc, AYT, E-RYT(500). Arun is the founder of Arunachala Yoga & Ayurveda. Arun has the pleasure of serving both the National & State Ayurvedic Associations: NAMA & CAAM. Currently, he heads NAMA’s Committee on creating Standards for Ayurvedic Yoga Therapists. Arun teaches internationally, lectures at conferences, writes articles for different publications, has been featured on both radio and television, and has a clinic for consultations ...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Amy discusses Life and Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges on today’s podcast. Stephen Porges, Ph.D. is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding Director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammal...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today's podcast, Amy talks with Janet Lowndes. Janet is a therapist with over 25 years of experience providing counseling, training, and consultation. Her professional practice includes psychological counseling, meditation training, and yoga therapy. She formed Mind Body Well in 2012, as Director and Principal Psychologist (formerly 'Janet Lowndes & Associates'). Following university studies in...
Mar 18, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 9
On the podcast today, Amy talks with Shawnee Thornton Hardy. Shawnee is an Educational/Behavior Specialist and the founder of Asanas for Autism and Special Needs and Founder/Director of Yoga Therapy for Youth. She is also the author of “Asanas for Autism and Special Needs: Yoga to Help Children with their Emotions, Self-Regulation and Body Awareness”, and the creator of the C.A.L.M.M Yoga Toolkit. With over 20 years of experience Shawnee has worked with children with Autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome,...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today’s podcast, Amy talks with Rachel Krentzman. Rachel was the founder of Embody Physical Therapy & Yoga in San Diego, CA, and is now the Co-Director of Wisdom-Body Yoga Therapy Professional Training in Israel. Rachel has extensive training in Purna Yoga and Iyengar Yoga, and over twenty years of experience in the field of physical therapy and rehabilitation. Rachel shares a deeper perspectiv...
Mar 04, 2022•9 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Heather Mason. Heather is the Founder of The Minded Institute in the UK, and is leading a yoga therapy training organization known for its focus on mental health, neuroscience, and empowering yoga and health professionals to integrate yoga therapy into healthcare. She also studied in India and shared her yoga teaching with nuns in various Buddhist Monasteries in Sout...
Feb 25, 2022•9 min•Season 2Ep. 6
On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Robyn Tiger, MD, C-IAYT, RYT-500. She is a life coach for Physicians & trauma-informed self-care coach. She founded StressFreeMD, a wellness practice that provides freedom through self-care education. Dr. Robyn utilizes her unique combination of trainings in medicine, yoga therapy, meditation, and life coaching to educate others in stress management, burnout prevention, and relief. Dr. Robyn is a Western Carolina Medical Society Healthy Healer Partner, Surg...
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour On today’s podcast, Amy Chats with Helene Couvrette. The Founder of H~OM Yoga Health & Wellness Center and Co-founder MISTY - Montreal International Symposium on Therapeutic Yoga (MISTY). She Specializes & is Certified in Pain Care Yoga & Trauma Sensitive Yoga. Helene began her journey in 1999 and has acquired over 10,000 hours of teachings since 2002, and has over 1300 hours of education,...
Feb 11, 2022•11 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy talks to Anne Pitman from Ottowa, Canada about yoga therapy, death and dying. This is a spacious discussion that will leave you exploring the wonder of transitions. It may even make you feel lighter inside. Anne Pitman has been studying death and dying for 12 years and has some gems to share with us yoga teachers and yoga therapists. Anne says we will never master the fear of death, but we can be ...
Feb 04, 2022•8 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Amy talks to Geetha Shankar about the teacher and student relationship. Ms. Shankar was the Head of Yoga Studies at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India for decades. She was a senior student of TKV Desikachar, and named one of the 100 Most Inspirational Yoga Teachers in India in 2018. Amy and Ms. Shankar talk about what it was like to be a student of Sir Desikachar and to sit in consultations with him, what her relationship with him was like, and how we can maintain the student and te...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Amy and Nrithya talk about the most popular model for assessment and therapeutic planning in the field of Yoga Therapy, the Pancha Maya Model, which is also called the Bird Model. What most people do not realize is that there are 5 points of interest for each of the 5 layers. There is a head, a tail, 2 wings and the core or body. The physical layer has 5 parts. The breath or prana layer has 5 parts. The mental layer has 5 parts. The personality layer has 5 parts. The emotions or spiritual layer ...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Amy wraps up the first season of Yoga Therapy Hour and gives the 2021 year review of the podcast. Amy talks about the mission of the podcast, our successes, breaks down who our listeners are and more! Amy talks about the many countries that our listeners come from and how they are contributing to changing the world together through yoga therapy. Amy takes a moment to thank each guest from season one and gives a one or two sentence review of what each guest talked about. You might wonder if you m...
Dec 24, 2021•41 min
Amy Chats with Amit Garg, Vedic Astrologer. They discuss Jyotish, the difference in the way its practiced in India vs. the West, the potential benefits of using Vedic Astrology paired with Yoga Therapy, popular misconceptions about Jyotish and so much more. They talk about the following: · The meaning of Jyotish and how its practiced in India · Jyotish been used for many different life events in India · Misconceptions or myths about Jyotish · Difference in the practice of Jyotish in India and in...
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Amy and Kristine Kaoverii-Weber, creator of Subtle Yoga talk about the future of healthcare and how yoga therapy fits into what is emerging because of the Covid19 crisis. While Amy and Kristine had originally set out to talk about how to work with clients who are experiencing Covid long-haulers syndrome, they never really got to that point and Amy will be bringing in a world-renown expert very soon to address working with clients. This discussion centered on “What does yoga therapy bring to the ...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy Chats with Indu Arora on today’s podcast. Indu is an Ayurveda Practitioner and Yoga Therapist, author and she considers herself a Yoga and Ayurveda student for a lifetime. Acknowledged as a strong, clear, and authentic voice in the Yoga and Ayurveda community, she has spent the last 2 decades of her life studying, thinking and sharing Yoga and Ayurveda. In 2019 Indu released her most recent book, ...
Dec 03, 2021•8 min
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Heidi is the new IAYT Accreditation Manager and the Lead on the Certification Exam. She was recently hired by IAYT and has extensive experience in Higher Education. Amy and Heidi have a heady discussion about this emerging Allied Healthcare Field, on credentialling of individuals, accreditation of programs/ schools, the upcoming certification exam that all graduates will have to take before becoming c...
Nov 26, 2021•7 min
Amy Chats with Shri V Srinivasan, who is one of the senior faculty of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) and the Executive Director. He had the rare blessings of learning under Yogacharya Shri T.K.V. Desikachar as a student of Teacher Training Program at KYM. He holds a Master’s Degree in Yoga from Tamilnadu Sports and Physical Education University Chennai. He also learnt Vedic Chanting and functions as a Healing Chant Teacher also. His teaching career includes Consultations and Classes of ...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy Chats with Marcie Evans who has been working with her own chronic illness since 1999. Marcie has been working to heal her symptoms using mindset changes, relationship shifts, lifestyle modification, yoga, meditation, nutrition, supplements and herbs, Ayurveda, and several other healing methods. She has a Masters degree through the University of Iowa. She is a Certified Yoga Therapist with IAYT, a ...
Nov 12, 2021•8 min
Listen to the full episode by supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yogatherapyhour Amy Chats with Sweta Vikram in today’s podcast. Sweta is an International Speaker, Best-selling Author, and Ayurveda-based Health & Mindset Coach in New York City. terms. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and other publications across nine countries on three continents. Sweta is a trained yogi and is on the board of Fly Female Founders, and holds a Master’s in Strategic Communications fr...
Nov 05, 2021•6 min
