LifeForce Yoga® for Anxiety and Depression

LifeForce Yoga® for anxiety and depression is a treatment method that can help people learn to manage difficult mood symptoms. LifeForce Yoga® methods can be very beneficial for people struggling with:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Insomnia
• Grief and Loss
• Trauma
• Self-Limiting Thoughts
• Addictions
• Other mental, emotional, or physical problems

LifeForce Yoga® for anxiety and depression is used by a variety of practitioners, including psychotherapists, yoga therapists, yoga teachers, and others who work in the healing arts.

I am a Level 1 graduate of the LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner Training process with Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500. I use LifeForce Yoga® practices with many different clients for a variety of issues, integrating them into our regular talk therapy sessions as appropriate. In 2015 I completed my 200-hour yoga teacher training with Amy Petty, MA, E-RYT500 through Noah Mazé’s methods (Yogamazé), and am now a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance.

What Can I Expect From Therapy That Includes LifeForce Yoga®?

LifeForce Yoga® practitioners use a variety of methods to help people move toward greater health and healing.  These methods may include:

• Breathing practices
• Simple meditation techniques
• Vibrational tones (mantras)
• Simple yoga postures and movement
• Hand gestures (mudras)
• Visual imagery  (bhavana)
• Yoga nidra (the “yoga of sleep”)

These practices, when learned in a trusting therapeutic relationship, help to create a “safe container” for healing.  LifeForce Yoga® for anxiety and depression can help you release blockages in your mind and body where tension, grief, pain, trauma or self-limiting beliefs are stored. Best of all, you can learn to do most of the LifeForce Yoga® practices on your own, in your day-to-day life!

LifeForce Yoga® was founded by Amy Weintraub, author of Yoga for Depression. It is an evidence-based practice. Research shows that participation in LifeForce Yoga® led to a decrease in depression symptoms, as well as other related physical or mood states. These changes were maintained over time (see the article “Initial Evaluation of the LifeForce Yoga Program as a Therapeutic Intervention for Depression,” International Journal of Yoga Therapy-No. 18 (2008), pp 49-57).