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At The Heart of Yoga with Julie Smerdon
Julie Smerdon has spent more than two decades on the front lines of the yoga world, earning a reputation as a world-class educator and community builder. After years of working with some of the world's most inspiring teachers, creative thinkers, and heroic students, Julie brings these incredible humans to the table for an intimate look at their thoughts about life, about yoga, and about what lies at the heart of it all.
At The Heart of Yoga with Julie Smerdon
Dr. Lauren Tober | Yoga Teachers on the Front Lines
There’s so much to say about Dr. Lauren! In addition to being a Clinical Psychologist, Life Coach, Author, and Yoga Teacher; she is the founder of The Yoga Psychology Institute, an organisation that offers programs that explore the intersection between yoga and psychology. Lauren and I first connected back when I had the studio, and we planned on offering her well-known course for yoga teachers “Mental Health Aware Yoga” in Brisbane in 2020, but then…COVID.
This is Lauren’s second visit to the show, and this time we discuss her new book “Mental Health Aware Yoga, A Guide for Yoga ‘Teachers.” Lauren takes the premise (and I agree) that yoga teachers are often the first port of call on the Mental Health front, yet most of us have no training in the most basic aspects of Mental Health. I was touched to receive one of the first copies of her book and I can tell you that it is a down-to-earth, user-friendly guide to the basics of Mental Health, broken down into what she calls “The Six Pillars.” I highly recommend you grab a copy, it will be available here in Australia soon! You’ll find a link to pre-order below.
FIND LAUREN:
Pre-order her book: www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/book
Website: https://www.laurentober.com/ & https://www.laurentober.com/
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