In recent years, a great deal of research attention has focused on how yoga can help enhance well-being and support a healthy mental and emotional balance.
In this online course, Senior Iyengar yoga teacher Marla Apt shares the principles used in recent successful studies on yoga for depression to show how yoga asanas and other yogic practices can help balance our thoughts and emotions.
The course draws on a yoga research intervention for depression and generalized anxiety disorder, which Marla designed under the guidance of BKS Iyengar. She will highlight the principles that were used in these studies to select the tools to enhance and elevate our mood.
The ancient yogis understood the intimate connection between posture, breath, and emotions. The emotional sheath is part of our body and through yoga asana, we can reach and transform that sheath.
Learn how various aspects of the yoga practice affect our mental state and how a targeted yoga practice can address the symptoms of distress, moodiness, or mild depression that manifest in the body.
What You Will Learn
- The three different types of asana practice that can support a healthy mental and emotional balance.
- How we can understand our mood and emotions through the lens of yoga’s goal of liberation.
- How the ancient texts refer to our moods as well as to the symptoms of challenging emotions in the body and mind and offer ways to free ourselves from oppressive thought patterns
- Results of research studies using these principles
This is a course with deep insights and self-care techniques using the tools of yoga that can help foster greater self-empowerment. Whether a novice or seasoned practitioner, you will learn to apply the principles as appropriate for your level of practice.
This Course Also Includes:
- Yoga Practice Video: Enjoy a yoga practice video that accompanies this course designed by Marla Apt.
- Recordings of All Webinar Sessions: It’s generally acknowledged that many people only retain 10-20 percent of what they learn in a workshop. You will get access to the recordings of all webinar sessions – both MP3 (downloadable) and MP4 (streaming online), enabling you to go back and listen to the workshop as many times as you like.
- Transcripts of All Sessions: Ever wanted to refer to a certain part of a course? Even the best note takers miss a point every so often. With the transcripts of the webinar sessions, you can go back and refer to particularly important passages or clarify sections you were in doubt about.
This course qualifies for 3.5 CEs with Yoga Alliance.
