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Join Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher Dr Lauren Tober for intimate conversations on life, gratitude, wellness and spirituality with some of the world's best teachers and thought leaders. Find out...
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Join Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher Dr Lauren Tober for intimate conversations on life, gratitude, wellness and spirituality with some of the world's best teachers and thought leaders.
Find out more about our work over at www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com and www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com.
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Find out more about our work over at www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com and www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com.
A Grateful Life
A Grateful Life
Julie Smerdon - On Yoga Through Adversity
22 JUL. 2024 · Have you ever heard people say that yoga helps them to navigate the ups and downs of life?
I know this is something that I say all the time. But what does it actually mean?
In today’s episode, I’m joined by beloved Brisbane yoga teacher, Julie Smerdon (she/her), where she shares some of the big health and financial challenges of life, and how movement and yoga helped her to navigate them, as well as the one piece of advice she was given fairly early in her career as a yoga teacher that changed everything for her.
Connect with Julie Smerdon at https://juliesmerdon.com/
Order a copy and/or download a free chapter of Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/book
Join the waitlist for the next online Mental Health Aware Yoga training starting in October 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online
Sign up for the Yoga Skills for Health Professionals training starting on the 5th of August 2024 at https://www.yogaskillsforhealthprofessionals.com
Find the dates for all our latest offerings at the Yoga Psychology Institute at https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/calendar
Find out more about our wonderful sponsor, Yoga Australia, at https://yogaaustralia.org.au
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training.
Danni Carr - On a Trauma-informed Quest to Kick the Binge
9 JUL. 2024 · Danni Carr used to wake up some mornings with a feeling of dread, wondering if she’d remembered to put her kids to bed and what alcohol fuelled things she’d said or done the night before.
After years of touring and partying with her husband Ash Grunwald, a much-loved Australian Blues Musician, the excessive binges started to take their toll and the two decided enough was enough, and they both decided to quit drinking for a year.
Fast forward six years, and Danni is now the founder of the How I Quit Alcohol podcast, and is on a trauma-informed quest to kick the binge.
In this episode, we get pretty personal, as Danni talks about the toll that alcohol took on her life and her kids’ lives, what was helpful in quitting alcohol, and how yoga, meditation and gratitude played a big part in quitting alcohol and staying sober. She also shares some great advice for anyone thinking about quitting alcohol or supporting someone who is.
There’s a bit of swearing in it, so if you have kids around, you might like to put the headphones in!
As you’ll hear in the episode, Danni and I met when she attended an Embodied Yoga for Nervous System Regulation workshop with me a few months back, and she was also one of the very first people to jump online and sign up for the Yoga Skills for Health Professionals Training that’s starting in August.
Connect with Danni Carr at https://www.iquitalcohol.com.au
Ash Grunwald and Lissie Turner on the Gratitude Bench in 2016 https://www.facebook.com/drlaurentober/videos/759071430893547
Join the Yoga Skills for Health Professionals training at https://www.yogaskillsforhealthprofessionals.com
Find out more about my new book Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/book
Join the waitlist for the next online Mental Health Aware Yoga training, starting in October 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online
Join the waitlist for the next hybrid Mental Health Aware Yoga Training in Byron Bay in March 2025 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid
Find the dates for all our latest offerings at the Yoga Psychology Institute at https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/calendar
Find out more about our wonderful sponsor, Yoga Australia, at https://yogaaustralia.org.au
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training.
Merridy Woodroffe - On Celebrating Yoga
24 JUN. 2024 · I like to think I'm a feminist, but my guest on today's podcast episode really called me out on something important!
Today’s episode is to celebrate our sponsor, Yoga Australia’s 25th year anniversary. And joining us is their Vice President, Merridy Woodroffe. Merridy is a wife, a dog mum, a lawyer, an ashtanga yoga practitioner and a yoga therapist, as well as being the vice president of Yoga Australia.
Right at the beginning of the episode, Merridy calls me Dr Lauren, and when I tell her she can just call me Lauren, she very gently calls me out on it and points out how important it is to honour our titles and the hard work that comes behind them, especially for women who often underplay their achievements! So it made me rethink how I might be undermining myself by asking people to drop the doctor title!
I would describe Merridy as a multi-passionate individual, and in the interview, we explore how she brings the many facets of herself and her varied interests into her life and work, including yoga teaching, lawyering and being a tailor.
We also explore what yogic wisdom and practices she draws on to help her to manage the stress of being a lawyer, the ‘meditation flight’ she was part of organising for Virgin Australia, how the landscape of yoga in Australia has changed over the past 25 years and what to look out for if you’re thinking of taking a yoga teacher training course.
We had such a fun time in this episode!
Find out more about Yoga Australia, and all the wonderful work Merridy and the team are doing at https://www.yogaaustralia.org.au
Pre-order a copy of my new book Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/book
Join the 2024 Yoga Skills for Health Professionals training at https://www.yogaskillsforhealthprofessionals.com
Join the waitlist for the next online Mental Health Aware Yoga training, starting in October 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online
Join the waitlist for the next hybrid Mental Health Aware Yoga Training in Byron Bay in March 2025 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid
Check out the Yoga Psychology Institute calendar at https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/calendar
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training.
Stephanie Lopez - On Time and Spaciousness for Burnout Recovery
17 JUN. 2024 · With so many of you reaching out to me to share your stories of deep fatigue and burnout, I’m delighted to share another episode on this very important topic.
In today’s episode, you’ll hear a very personal conversation with a dear teacher, mentor and friend Stephanie Lopez. I met Stephanie around 10 years ago when she first came to Australia to teach an iRest meditation training, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this training with Stephanie and Richard Miller changed my life, both personally and in the way I work. Ten years later, it still infuses my understanding of yoga, psychology and how to be a human in the world.
Stephanie (she/her) is the Senior Advisor of Philosophy and Learning, and a Senior Trainer at the iRest Institute. She’s also a Gestalt psychotherapist, certified yoga therapist, and world-leading meditation teacher who has presented meditation at Google, Spotify, UC Berkeley and more, and is a contributing author of Yoga Nidra Meditations.
In our conversation today, Stephanie shares with us her own journey with burnout and recovery, and how surprising this was as a therapist and meditation teacher, and what really helped her to navigate these difficult times.
Connect with Stephanie at https://www.irest.org
Find the dates for all our latest offerings at the Yoga Psychology Institute at https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com
Find out more about my new book Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/book
Join the 2024 Yoga Skills for Health Professionals training at https://www.yogaskillsforhealthprofessionals.com
Join the waitlist for the next online Mental Health Aware Yoga training, starting in October 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online
Join the waitlist for the next hybrid Mental Health Aware Yoga Training in Byron Bay in March 2025 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid
Get started on the Meditation, Pure + Simple online course with Dr Lauren Tober at https://www.meditationpuresimple.com
Find out more about our wonderful sponsor, Yoga Australia, at https://yogaaustralia.org.au
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training.
Leila Stuart - On Midlife Burnout and Recovery
4 JUN. 2024 · With so much information at our fingertips these days, you would think that we would know a thing or two about self-care. But so many women I know are experiencing burnout in midlife.
When I shared my own experience about coming a little too close to burnout for comfort last year, Leila Stuart reached out to me and shared about her own experience with burnout, chronic fatigue and recovery. So of course I invited her to come and share her wisdom with us all on the podcast!
Leila is a clinical massage therapist, yoga teacher and yoga therapist, and as the co-author of the book Pathways to a Centered Body with Donna Farhi, and the author of a new book Experiential Anatomy: Therapeutic Applications of Embodied Movement and Awareness, she is really a pioneer in the field of embodied movement education.
Listen in to this enlightening episode to hear Leila share about her personal experience of burnout in her 40s, an experience that took her around 15 years to recover from, and also about the big mindset shift that made all the difference in her healing journey. She also shares some hard-won recommendations for identifying and recovering from burnout, that you really don’t want to miss!
Connect with Leila Stuart at https://leilastuart.com
Check out the dates for all our latest offerings at the Yoga Psychology Institute at https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com
Find out more about my new book Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/book
Join the waitlist for the 2024 Yoga Skills for Health Professionals training at https://www.yogaskillsforhealthprofessionals.com
Join the waitlist for the next online Mental Health Aware Yoga training, starting in October 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online
Join the waitlist for the next hybrid Mental Health Aware Yoga Training in Byron Bay in March 2025 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/hybrid
Find out more about our wonderful sponsor, Yoga Australia, at https://yogaaustralia.org.au
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training.
Susanna Barkataki - On Cultural Appropriation and Yoga
8 ABR. 2024 · Am I contributing to the cultural appropriation of yoga? As a white yoga student and teacher, how can I do better?
These are questions that I’ve been wrestling with over the past two decades of practicing and teaching yoga, and so I’m delighted to be speaking to Susanna Barkataki about them in this podcast episode.
Susanna (she/her) is a teacher, coach, inclusivity promoter, yoga culture advocate, the founder of the Ignite Yoga and Wellness Institute and the author of Embrace Yoga’s Roots.
In our conversation Susanna and I talk about where yoga actually comes from, the colonisation of yoga, cultural appropriation and its antidote, how we can honour the roots or lineage of yoga in our practice and teaching, even when there has been abuse in our lineage, and if it is ever appropriate to use the word namaste when teaching and practicing yoga (hint: it’s not a simple answer!).
It’s such a great episode, and one that I would love all yoga practitioners and teachers to listen to, so I’m glad that you’re here!
Connect with Susanna Barkataki at https://www.susannabarkataki.com
Download the free Patañjali's Eight Limbs and Mental Health Aware Yoga ebook by Dr Lauren Tober at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/8limbs/
Visit the Yoga Psychology Institute at https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/
Find the Yoga Psychology Institute on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/yogapsychologyinstitute/
Find the Yoga Psychology Institute on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/yogapsychologyinstitute
Find out more about our wonderful sponsor, Yoga Australia, at https://yogaaustralia.org.au/
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training.
Jivana Heyman - On Making Yoga Accessible
17 MAR. 2024 · What does it mean to truly make yoga accessible?
Accessible yoga is more than simply using yoga props in your classes or reminding your students that Child’s Pose is always an option.
In today’s podcast episode, I’m joined by yoga teacher Jivana Heyman (he/him) from Accessible Yoga and we talk about how we can truly make our yoga classes accessible.
Listen in as we explore accessible yoga as seeing ourselves and our students as whole and not in need of fixing, as diversity and representation in yoga teachers and imagery online, as teaching in a trauma-sensitive and mental health aware way, and about continuing to engage in thoughtful discussions with peers on the ethics of being a human and a teacher, in the world.
Jivana also shares about the challenges that he faced as a young gay man in the midst of the AIDS epidemic, and the ways in which yoga was such a refuge for him during this time.
We also unpack the ways in which yoga is taught, both traditionally with the guru system and more recently in the west in drop-in yoga studios, and the pros and cons of both.
This is an episode not to be missed!
Connect with Jivana Heyman at http://www.jivanaheyman.com
Join the online Mental Health Aware Yoga training starting 25th March 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online/
Visit our Yoga Psychology Institute workshop and training calendar https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/calendar
Download the free Patañjali's Eight Limbs and Mental Health Aware Yoga ebook by Dr Lauren Tober at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/8limbs/
Find out more about our wonderful sponsor, Yoga Australia, at https://yogaaustralia.org.au/
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training.
Ann Swanson - On Meditation for the Real World
11 MAR. 2024 · Want to meditate, but don’t have the time? This episode is for you!
In today’s podcast episode, I sat down with Ann Swanson (she/her) to talk about all things meditation. Ann is a yoga therapist and the author of the internationally bestselling book the Science of Yoga and the brand new book Meditation for the Real World.
Listen in to hear us talk about the science of meditation, how Ann’s own mental health struggles led her to the physical aspect of yoga, and then eventually to meditation, why long formal meditation practices aren’t necessarily better than frequent shorter meditations and how to practice meditation in accordance with the seasons of your life and your menstrual cycle.
As someone who has tried loads of different meditation styles, I love the way that Ann makes meditation so accessible, and really understands the science behind the why and the how of meditation.
Connect with Ann Swanson at https://www.meditationfortherealworld.com
Sign up to the free How to Teach Yoga for Nervous System Regulation workshop on the 15th March 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/workshop
Join the online Mental Health Aware Yoga training starting 25th March 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online/
Visit our Yoga Psychology Institute workshop and training calendar https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/calendar
Find out more about our wonderful sponsor, Yoga Australia, at https://yogaaustralia.org.au/
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training.
J. Brown - On God and Navigating Abuse in Spiritual Communities
4 MAR. 2024 · In today’s podcast episode, I had intended to ask J. Brown about topics that I know him for, like ‘gentle is the new advanced’ and ‘slower is stronger’.
But in this interview we ended up talking about how as a 16 year old he grappled with his mother’s cancer diagnosis, the promise he made to her before she died, what it means to receive a message or a download that guides your life, and where that message actually comes from.
We talk about God, Christianity, the abuse in both Christianity and in yoga communities, if it’s possible to separate the teachings from the teacher when there’s been abuse in our lineage, and how important it is to engage in a non-hierarchical way as a teacher and with your teacher.
We ask a lot of questions, and don’t necessarily have all the answers, but it’s this asking and exploring that I find so important, and so interesting.
Connect with J. Brown at https://www.jbrownyoga.com
Listen to Dr Lauren Tober speak on J. Brown’s Yoga Talks podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-lauren-tober-the-frontline-of-mental-health-care/id1029751323?i=1000646835424
Sign up to the free How to Teach Yoga for Nervous System Regulation workshop on the 15th March 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/workshop
Join the online Mental Health Aware Yoga training starting 25th March 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online/
Visit our Yoga Psychology Institute workshop and training at https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/calendar
Find out more about our wonderful sponsor, Yoga Australia at https://yogaaustralia.org.au/
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice or training. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance or come and join one of our programs at the Yoga Psychology Institute for professional training.
Sandra Palmer - On Living with Stage Four Cancer
19 FEB. 2024 · Sixteen months ago, one of our beloved Mental Health Aware Yoga mentors, Sandra Palmer (she/her) was diagnosed with stage four cancer, and was told that it was likely that she had less than two years to live.
In today’s episode, Sandra talks about what it was like when she was first given this diagnosis totally out of the blue, how she has navigated the landscape of grieving, treatment, the medical system, communicating to others about her diagnosis, learning to listen to her own needs, and how yoga has helped.
Sandra told me that when she was first diagnosed she was seeking other people’s stories about living and thriving with cancer, and part of her reason for coming on the podcast was to share her own story to help others who are traversing similar terrain.
As a psychologist and yoga teacher, Sandra also shares ways in which teachers and therapists can support their clients and students who are living with cancer through yoga.
We are delighted that Sandra is feeling vibrant and well and has returned to mentoring with us for the online Mental Health Aware Yoga training, and currently supports our students in New Zealand, USA and Canada.
Connect with Sandra Palmer at https://www.integrativetherapy.co.nz
Sign up to the online Mental Health Aware Yoga training starting on March 25th 2024 at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online/
Join our Mental Health Aware Yoga Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/mentalhealthawareyoga
Visit the Yoga Psychology Institute at https://www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com/
Find the Yoga Psychology Institute on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/yogapsychologyinstitute/
Download the free Patañjali's Eight Limbs of Mental Health Aware Yoga ebook by Dr Lauren Tober at https://www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/8limbs/
Find out more about our wonderful sponsor, Yoga Australia, at https://yogaaustralia.org.au/
This podcast is for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional for personalised guidance.
Join Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher Dr Lauren Tober for intimate conversations on life, gratitude, wellness and spirituality with some of the world's best teachers and thought leaders. Find out...
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Join Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher Dr Lauren Tober for intimate conversations on life, gratitude, wellness and spirituality with some of the world's best teachers and thought leaders.
Find out more about our work over at www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com and www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com.
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Find out more about our work over at www.yogapsychologyinstitute.com and www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com.
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| Autor | Dr Lauren Tober |
| Organización | Dr Lauren Tober |
| Categorías | Salud mental |
| Página web | www.laurentober.com |
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