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Katie’s Bookshelf: Yoga for Emotional Balance by Bo Forbes

Yoga for Emotional Balance by Bo Forbes is such an incredible book!  This is one of the first books I ever read about the intersection of yoga and mental health and informs so much of what I do as a teacher in the studio and when working with private clients.  Bo Forbes is PsyD asContinue reading “Katie’s Bookshelf: Yoga for Emotional Balance by Bo Forbes”

Katie’s Bookshelf: Yoga for Depression by Amy Weintraub

Yoga for Depression by Amy Weintraub is written by a yoga instructor and trainer for yoga instructors on how she used yoga and yoga techniques to heal her depression as well as manage her ongoing symptoms.  At the end of each chapter, she includes step by step instructors on breathwork, sequences, and meditations.  Weintraub exploresContinue reading “Katie’s Bookshelf: Yoga for Depression by Amy Weintraub”

Katie’s Bookshelf: The Heart Speaks by Mimi Guarneri

The Heart Speaks by Mimi Guarneri is written by a cardiologist who lost several family members to heart disease.  She began her career as a cardiologist inserting stents in her patients to aid in blockages.  She began to notice that the same people continue to return for the same issues.  Simultaneously, a few of her patientsContinue reading “Katie’s Bookshelf: The Heart Speaks by Mimi Guarneri”

Listen: Changing the Face of Yoga Podcast

Stephanie Cunningham of “Changing the Face of Yoga” podcast recently interviewed Katie on how she integrates restorative yoga in her mental health practice to aid in managing symptoms of traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, and self-injury.  Listen here or download in the podcast app on your iphone(Episode “Trauma”).