The Therapeutic Alliance + the Inflammatory Effects of Projective Identification

Projective Identification is a psychological defense mechanism in which sensations and emotions so intense as to unravel someone- think rage, shame, despair, envy, or self-hatred- are forced into someone else (a therapist, teacher, healer, or loved one) without warning or awareness. Unprocessed, it can leave us metabolizing other people’s most difficult feelings and sensations- often […]

Seasonal Affective Disorder: Emerging Research and Treatment

Novel and integrative approaches to depression, inflammation, and light-dark cycles reveal an interactive effect with startling implications for health, well-being, and longevity. We have biological clocks in our brains and bodies. Knowing how these clocks function and how they impact our health points us to powerful methods for healing. This class examines: This Masterclass focuses […]

Neurodiversity + Neurodivergence: Science, Psychology, Social Context, & Practical Tools

Neurodiversity + Neurodivergence: Science, Psychology, Social Context, & Practical Tools

This course provides yoga therapists with key information from emerging areas of biomedical research to help determine additional techniques for working with people who have neurodivergent body-mind orientations, and for understanding the social context of neurodivergence. The course also offers practical tools for yoga therapists who also have this orientation, to support their own health, […]

ADHD: Science, Psychology, Social Context, and Practical Tools

ADHD: Science, Psychology, Social Context, and Practical Tools

ADHD is a developmental disorder seen children and adults. It spans challenges in multiple domains of self-regulation, including inhibition and impulsivity, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and sustained attention and distraction control. At the same time, ADHD also includes anomalies of embodied experience. This workshop draws from emerging research in the science, psychology, and embodied experience of […]

Getting Under Our Own Skin: Fascia, Interoception, and Emotional Health

Getting Under Our Own Skin: Fascia, Interoception, and Emotional Health

Interoception refers to the ability to pay attention to bodily sensation. Also known as our eighth sensory system, interoception is a valuable training ground for self-regulation. This inner sense can be developed through mindfulness of body sensation, breathing, and other nodes of focus. In addition,novel studies point to fascia as a substrate for interoception and […]

Yoga Therapeutics + the Productivity Paradox

This Masterclass focuses on the pressure to produce, to do more, faster, better. It examines the social context of this pressure and several ways in which the drive to produce impacts knowledge and healing practices like yoga, psychotherapy, and the wellness space. The class explores implications for our work as teachers, healers, parents, and people. […]

Inflammation, Emotional Balance, and Embodiment

Neuroscience has increasingly demonstrated the inextricable link between inflammation, physical health, and emotional well-being. This Masterclass explores what inflammation is and where it occurs in the mind, brain, and body. It examines: Learning Objective: Participants will understand what inflammation is, how it impacts emotional health, and be able to discuss several ways to alleviate it.

Mindful Movement: Immunity, Mood, and Well-Being

Why do yoga and exercise have such beneficial effects on health and well-being? And what can we do to boost these effects? This Masterclass explores mindful movement, a special category in emerging research. We’ll examine: You’ll learn powerful ways to enhance your current meditation, movement, and exercise practices. Learning Objective: Participants will be able to […]

Yoga for Emotional Balance

Course Description Do you have a mental grasp of your problems, yet find it difficult to change? A Grand Canyon-sized gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it, between mental insight and the real-life experience of change. What causes this gap, and what can we do to narrow it? Anxiety and depression (and […]