Welcome to part 3 of 4 in Breathing Basics with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will use the inhale to open the ribcage and upper body. Amanda Green co-leads Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads weekly classes through Yoga Well: Yoga for Vitality and Strength, Gentle Yoga, and Teaching Gentle Yoga. You can also find her at Innermost Yoga.

This bonus episode is a shared production with Small Things Brought Together. In this episode, Yoga Therapist and artist Robyn Love speaks with jess demshar, the Offerings and Business Director of the Yoga Well Institute. In 2023, Yoga Well began hosting STBT creator Robyn Love to teach a class series on yoga and creativity. Robyn and jess talk about how Yoga and creativity intersect and, in many ways, are the same thing. jess shares what it is like to experience the class as a student, and they both explore the role of creativity in our lives, whether we call ourselves artists or not. Find Robyn Love at https://www.athayoga.ca/ and https://www.robynlove.com/ Visit her podcast at https://www.youtube.com/@smallthingsbroughttogether The next session of Yoga and Creativity will start at Yoga Well on Sunday, October 20, 2024. You can find out more at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-and-creativity-with-robyn-love/

Laura Jane C-IYAT, E-RYT 500, MA, Certified Yoga Therapist has been changing people’s lives for 3 decades. She has led classes, seminars, and workshops throughout the world for leading organizations and individuals.  Laura is known for her depth of knowledge, practical wisdom, and unique ability to transmit yogic teachings and practices to students from all walks of life. She enjoys blending her clinical and counseling training in psychology with her yoga therapy certification to provide her clients with a holistic approach to psychological and emotional imbalances that affect the immune system. https://www.yogaamongfriends.com/

Welcome to part 2 of 4 in Breathing Basics with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will practice intentionally engaging the low abdomen as you breathe out. Amanda Green co-leads the California cohort of Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads weekly classes through Yoga Well: Yoga for Vitality and Strength, Gentle Yoga, and Teaching Gentle Yoga. You can also find her at Innermost Yoga.

James Kairos is a long-time Viniyoga student, artist, food industry executive, and start-up CEO. He began his yoga practice in 2007 due to ongoing pain. Chase and James have a conversation rich in the unfolding realizations of a committed Yoga practitioner: the purpose of practice, Yoga in different stages of life, the importance of context for our practice, and the role of one-to-one Yoga mentoring. Find Yoga Well's variety of offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/

Welcome to part 1 of 4 in experientially exploring the fundamentals of breathing with Yoga Therapist Amanda Green. We encourage you to move intentionally through this series, staying with each step for as many repeated practices as it feels appropriate for you before progressing. In this experience, you will relax the abdomen and pelvic floor through attention to the breath's movement in the lower body. Amanda Green co-leads the California cohort of Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training and leads weekly classes through Yoga Well: Yoga for Vitality and Strength, Gentle Yoga, and Teaching Gentle Yoga. You can also find her at Innermost Yoga.

The Yoga Well Institute has seen the business of Yoga Therapist Training change over the years. Join a conversation with Executive Director and Faculty Chase Bossart, Business Manager Jess Demshar, and Admissions Coordinator Meg Bratt. They discuss how they have witnessed the evolution of yoga training and education over their decades of experience. Highlighting the values of personal growth, integrated information, educational relationships, and tradition, they outline how these influence the structure of Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training Program. Learn about our Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

Jenny Orona is a Yoga Therapist working with in-patient and out-patient clients recovering from trauma, substance abuse, and mental illness. In this practice, she explores the utility of agni and digestion through twists and meditation. Find JennyO at https://corazonyoga.com/ Learn more about iRest at https://www.irest.org/ and explore Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

What does it experientially mean to be a part of a Yoga lineage? Chase talks with Aimee Forsberg Ottosen, Yoga Therapist, Certified Holistic Ayurvedic Counselor, and Certified Health & Wellness Coach about studying at the Kṛṣṇamacarya Yoga Mandarim (KYM) in Chennai, where Chase has also studdied. They discuss classes, clinical studies, Vedic chanting, and the gift of a tradition handed down through generations of teachers. Learn more about KYM at https://www.kym.org/. Reach out to Aimee at bridgeyog12@gmail.com. Explore Yoga Well's offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Yoga Therapist Melissa Shah guides a 15-minute practice with gentle arm movement, mantra, and phases of the moon. Use this practice to support yourself in times of transition or uncertainty. Connect with Melissa at https://www.findyourbreath.net. Take more short practices with our weekly class, 15 Minute Breathing and Meditation. Class includes a monthly discussion and a collection of class recordings. Learn more at https://www.yogawell.com/15-minute-breathing-and-meditation/

In this episode Chase sits down with Jennifer Vasquez, PhD, LCSW-S, SEP, NARM Therapist, EMDR Certified Therapist, ISP Practitioner, IAYT-C, and RYT-500. They discuss her Yoga journey and experinces in social work integrating Viniyoga and Yoga Therapy into research. You can find Dr. Vasquez at YogaJena.com & InspiredPractice.com.

This practice with Yoga Therapist Esther Bogatova helps us to reconnect with feelings of gratitude, allowing us to view life differently and see blessings all around us. Find Esther at https://www.sweeterfoodyoga.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/sweeterfoodyoga/ Take more āsana and meditation classes with Yoga Well at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Elizabeth Cunningham Bossart holds a Masters in Āyurveda and is a Certified Āyurvedic Practitioner. She sits down with her husband, Chase Bossart, to discuss the rich scientific perspective of Āyurveda, its synergy with Yoga, and how she supports students to make sustainable change. Learn more about Mt. Madonna at https://www.mountmadonnainstitute.org/ Find Elizabeth at https://www.sukhawellness.com/ and her online classes at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Yoga Therapist Whitney Arvin guides a soothing practice that invites a gentle introduction to ujjāyī with āsana and the visualization of water so you can engage with ease through the rest of your day. Find Whitney at https://www.liferenewalyoga.com/ Take more āsana and meditation classes with Yoga Well at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Amanda Wentworth, a Yoga Therapist at the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Vanderbilt for 13 years, explores how practicing Yoga is a practice for living. She and Chase discusses Viniyoga's focus on function instead of form, patterning and personal development, individualization in groups, and her work with Ehler-Danos Syndrome patients. Amanda defines Yoga Therapy personally as well as what it looks like for an institution. You can find Amanda at https://amandasana.blogspot.com/ You can learn more about Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

Yoga Therapist Celeste Greene leads us through an example class from the Gentle Yoga for Healing class that she teache  s at Osher Center for Integrative Health at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Celeste sees private clients in Nashville. Find her at https://livingyogawellness.com/ and learn more about Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

Dr. Birdee is an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Health. He practices Integrative Health at Vanderbilt University and also performs clinical research on integrative health and modalities. He is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and pediatrics. More information about Vanderbilt's Integrative Health Center can be found at https://www.vanderbilthealth.com/service-line/osher-center-integrative-health Learn more about Yoga Well's Yoga Therapist Training at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-therapist-training/

This practice, led by Yoga Therapist and Artist, Robyn Love, is an invitation to make yourself the object of meditation. Using inspiration from Yogasūtra III.44, she guides a practice of physical self-study and ponders, "What am I?" This practice is an adaptation from part of her Yoga and Creativity offering where Robyn uses yoga to support the creative process. Find Robyn at https://www.athayoga.ca/ and find Yoga Well's class offerings at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/

Yoga Therapist and long-time teacher Grazia Jaroff describes her introduction to Yoga Therapy in the '80s and potent comments from her interactions with Mr. Deśikachar. She and Chase dive into meditation: the importance of relationship to meditative objects and how it can open up new potentials. Grazia teaches in Davis, CA. Contact her at gjaroff@comcast.net. Download a free copy of Carrie Heeter's book, An Inside Look at Meditation, at https://www.yogawell.com/viniyoga-resources/ Join Yoga Well's Yoga for Meditation at https://www.yogawell.com/yoga-for-meditation/

Yoga Therapist Chris Armstrong guides a practice of gentle āsana and reflection on someone you miss. With the intention os supporting different types of grieving, this practice can be done standing or seated. You can find Chris Armstrong at https://www.chrisarmstrongyoga.com/ and find Yoga Well's online practice classes at https://www.yogawell.com/our-offerings/