Ep. 147: Author Amy Weintraub on Yoga for Your Mood
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Show Notes:
Amy Weintraub: [00:05:15] And according to the current research I've read on Kaiser Health, whereas before there was one in 10 folks suffering from mood disorders, there are now four in 10 suffering.
Amy Weintraub: [00:07:59] I can pick a card from the Red Series, which are more energizing practices, or the Blue Series, which are more calming practices. Or if I'm feeling really good right now and I maybe have done one or two from both, that I can actually pick one from the Green series, which is balancing and keeping me in that state of calm, alert presence.
Amy Weintraub: [00:08:45] We talk about meeting the mood, because if you're feeling really agitated, you may not wish to simply take a deep breath or do the kinds of things that are soothing, because it just when someone tells you when you're agitated or nervous to take a deep breath, you often feel even more agitation.
Amy Weintraub: [00:12:58]. The body is always present, the mind's a time traveler.
Amy Weintraub: [00:14:42] now that we're spending so much time online, so much time sitting in front of computers to just be able to get up, I mean, some of the practices are done standing to be able to get out of your chair for two to three minute and do something to energize and create a state of presence and alertness.
Amy Weintraub: [00:17:09] we're learning more and more about dementia and Alzheimer's and how much lifestyle can mitigate even a predisposition for dementia. So these kinds of practices are really good as we age. They're good for our kids. They're good for our grandkids.
Amy Weintraub: [00:17:44] establishing a practice every day can bring us into a state of homeostasis, a state of balance more easily. So we're less likely to be agitated at that time.
Amy Weintraub: [00:21:36] if we want a more energized state, we're going to do a faster, rapid breath, maybe pumping the belly a little bit. If we want to calm down, we're going to do a slower breath, like what we've just done.
Amy Weintraub: [00:24:24]You need a practice that meets you right where you are.
Amy Weintraub: [00:30:45] it's imagery that it's all about empowering you. Not giving you something, handing you something,
Amy Weintraub: [00:33:36] So in working with people with rheumatoid arthritis, using ear plugs, using wax earplugs, so they have that sense of withdrawal of the senses, even if they can't cover their eyes and their hands won't allow the use of that particular mudra, there's adaptions for everybody.
Quotes:
I become passionate about sharing what transformed my life with others, so I became a yoga teacher. I collaborated with researchers and wrote a pivotal article for Yoga Journal called “Yoga the Natural Prozac”.
We’re learning more and more about dementia and alzheimers and how much lifestyle can mitigate even a predisposition for dementia. These practices are really good as we age.
Many people have been able to reduce medication because of their daily yoga practice. We don’t take medication once a week and we don’t go to a yoga class once a week. We do it daily.
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