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Using Yoga in Therapy

Session #: 710-416
Presenter(s): Amy Weintraub
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Mindfulness can be a powerful aid to therapy and has deservedly become a popular clinical tool. But if your client's mind is spiraling into depression or anxiety, accompanied by a constant roar of negative self-talk, trying to watch the breath or observe the mind may be impossible, and the failed attempt to do so may make him/her feel even worse. In this workshop, we'll discuss an evidence-based, medication-free yogic approach for clinical settings that uses breathing techniques to clear the mind, calm anxiety, elevate mood, and help focus the brain for ready access to feeling states. You'll learn yogic breathing, mudras (hand gestures), and visual imagery that heighten the ability of the parasympathetic nervous system to soothe body and mind and regulate the stress response. We'll focus on techniques specifically oriented toward depression, anxiety, and anxiety disorders like obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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