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Sequencing, stretching safely, and keeping it simple as yoga therapists

Welcome to episode 5 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and meditation podcast.

This episode has been taken from a live Q&A session with Brandt and his yoga therapy students.

One of the biggest challenges that new yoga teachers and therapists face is how to properly sequence warm-ups and classes that are safe, effective, and tailored to their students’ needs.

In this episode, Brandt helps demystify these questions for his yoga therapy students.

Brandt covers how to sequence different aspects and styles of practice, guiding students to stretch safely, whether or not teachers should always follow prescribed rules and formats and also the importance of keeping it simple as a yoga therapist.

Timestamps:

00:35 – How important is it to format a yoga therapy sequence with moving, breathing, strengthening & stretching in a prescribed order?

02:18 – Should yin-style stretches come before standing and vinyasa-style sequences as a rule? 

05:32 – Keeping yoga therapy practices & warm-ups simple

08:07 – How can I guide clients to do static stretches safely & effectively?

11:20 – Should we do joint warm-ups in a prescribed order?

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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How to Help Yoga Therapy Clients Change Their Habits

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Welcome to episode 4 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and meditation podcast.

This episode has been taken from a live Q&A session with Brandt and his yoga therapy students.

If our clients don’t implement the practices we give them as yoga therapists into their daily lives, the tools we provide simply won’t work.

As yoga therapists, it can be a challenge to help our clients change their habits and stick to the practices offered to them.

In this episode Brandt discusses this issue with his students, offering them advice on how to approach clients who are non-compliant and how we can help people to trust themselves to actually make changes and see results. Brandt also discusses taking baby steps and whether or not we can use practices for the manomaya kosha to help clients shift.

Timestamps:

00:34 – How do you approach clients who aren’t doing the practices you offer them? 

06:54 – How do I deal with non-compliance as a yoga therapist? 

10:40 – How can I help people trust themselves to be able to change their habits?

13:36 – Motivating people to regularly incorporate yoga into their lives by taking baby steps

15:56 – Can we use practices for the manomaya kosha to help clients shift their state of mind?

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, meditation mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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Reality re-examined through the path of non-duality

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reality re-examined

​​Welcome to episode 3 of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation Podcast!

In this episode, Breathing Deeply Founder & Lead Teacher, Brandt Passalacqua shares a lecture on reality re-examined as part of the Breathing Deeply Online Meditation Retreat.

The reality that we can perceive with our senses is incomplete, there is more to this reality and through philosophical study and meditation, we can expand our awareness to encompass more aspects of reality.

Brandt boils down our perception of reality by examining reality through the lens of non-dual yogic traditions and why we feel there is a void to be filled when we can’t perceive the totality of our reality.

This episode covers the view of reality according to dual and non-dual traditions, the goal of reaching expanded states of awareness, how experiencing reality more fully can help us feel free, and why it is useful to understand these philosophical concepts.

We hope that you enjoy it!

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Topics covered:

  • Why yogic philosophical texts don’t make sense
  • The reality most of us perceive is incomplete
  • How our misidentification of reality causes suffering
  • The path of seeing everything as an illusion (Maya)
  • The Tantrik non-dual understanding of the nature of reality
  • Seeking expanded states of awareness
  • The importance of meditation for accessing the fullness of reality
  • Why we study philosophical concepts

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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Visualizations in Yoga Nidra & finding faith in yoga therapy

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yoga therapy

​​Welcome to episode 2 of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation Podcast!

At Breathing Deeply we offer Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT Advanced teacher training programs. Inside these programs, we have weekly Q&A sessions with students and Breathing Deeply founder & lead teacher. Brandt Passalacqua.

This episode has been taken from a live Q&A session with Brandt and his yoga therapy students.

Brandt covers a number of questions, including tips for mastering pranayama, Yoga Nidra, dealing with serious health conditions, and more. Brandt offers practical advice, tips, and valuable information about yoga therapy and practicing as a yoga therapist

Enjoy!

Timestamps:

0:00 – Intro

0:34 – Do you have tips for breathing exercises with extended exhales?  

05:15 – Why don’t we use visualizations when learning Yoga Nidra for yoga therapy (versus iRest Yoga Nidra)?

11:05 – Should I give my clients a variety of yoga therapy practices? – 11.28

13:15 – How to work with clients struggling with serious health conditions such as Lupus – 13.29

16:13 – Why people struggle to have faith that yoga therapy is effective

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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Specializing as a Yoga Therapist: Yoga Therapy Q&A

Today’s episode is a recording taken directly from a live Q&A session with Breathy Deeply founder, Brant Passalacqua and students of our Yoga therapy foundations program. 

Brandt covers how a yoga therapy session usually flows, whether you need to specialize as a yoga therapist, the difference between depression and anxiety and how to approach mental health conditions through the lens of yoga therapy.

Enjoy!

This episode covers:

0:00 – Intro

0:33 – What does a yoga therapy session look like?

06:42 – Is it important to specialize as a yoga therapist?

12:20 – Approaching depression & anxiety from a yoga therapy perspective

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brandt Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weight loss with Being At Peace with Food.

Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.

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