Yoga Therapy for SPIRITUAL and PERSONAL GROWTH – Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler
On today’s episode, Amy chats with Becky Deano. Becky was introduced to yoga in 2000 and her life has never been the same. Her interest in yoga, mental health and spirituality was strengthened while completing her studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She holds a license as a professional counselor (LPC), and she also is certified as a Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT).
In 2006 after returning from study in India at the Krishnamacharaya Yoga Mandiram Becky and several fellow yoga teachers formed Yoga Sanga, a studio in Mandeville, La. The majority of her work life is with private clients, enjoying mentoring other yoga students and yoga therapists, as well as working with those presenting with mental health concerns or exploring spiritual connection.
Becky and Amy have a lively conversation about Yoga Therapy for Spiritual and Personal Growth. Becky’s journey to working with people seeking a spiritual connection, Patanjali’s interpretation of Yoga and meditation, Religion and Spirituality and how it applies to yoga, Importance of Yoga tools and what to expect from Yoga therapy and much more.
Get a cup of tea and enjoy the conversation!
They talk about the following:
• Becky’s niche of yoga therapy for spiritual growth and development and how she got started
• Should Yoga therapy be about religion or spirituality? Both? Neither?
• Difference between religion and spirituality
• What is Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra and Raja Yoga and meditation
• Difference between Psychotherapy and Yoga therapy
• What to expect from Yoga therapy and talk therapy
• Learning to trust ourselves deeply
• Self-connection as the key to spirituality
• How important Yoga tools are to finding self-connection
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