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What is Non-Action According to Yogic, Taoist & Tantric Philosophy

May 6, 2025
yoga philosophy of non-action
yoga philosophy of non-action

Welcome to episode 96 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

What does it really mean to do nothing while still taking action according to yoga philosophy?

In this episode, Brandt explores one of the most powerful philosophical concepts from the yoga tradition: action vs non-action as it is presented in the Bhagavad Gita, the Dao De Jing, the Yoga Sutras, and the Spanda Karika.

This teaching invites us to act from a place of presence and spaciousness, rather than striving or attachment.

Non-action is not about avoiding life. It is about being fully engaged, while staying free from ego-driven striving. By surrendering the results and aligning with a deeper sense of self, our actions become liberating rather than binding.

Learn how this foundational concept can support your meditation practice and guide you toward greater clarity, peace, and inner freedom.

In this episode, Brandt covers:

  • Action vs Non-Action in the Tao Te Ching
  • Action vs Non-Action in the Bhagavad Gita
  • Action vs Non-Action in the Yoga Sutras
  • Action vs Non-Action in the Spanda Karika


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Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School founded by lead teacher Brandt Passalacqua in 2014. Breathing Deeply offers two levels of yoga therapy certification including the Foundations of Yoga Therapy and an IAYT Accredited Advanced Program, offering C-IAYT eligibility. With many other courses, including an annual online meditation teacher training certification, Breathing Deeply is an active and thriving community of meditators and 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.

“Yoga Therapy Reversed My Alopecia” with Maeka Wright

April 7, 2025
yoga therapy for alopecia

Welcome to episode 95 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Discover how Breathing Deeply student, Maeka Wright, reversed her alopecia and started growing her hair back with Yoga Therapy!

Alopecia is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss. In Maeka’s case, she lost all of the hair on her body. There are very few treatment options for Alopecia.

Discover how implementing yoga practices informed by the doshic framework that we teach at Breathing Deeply helped Maeka see significant improvements in her health and well-being. After one year, her hair started to grow back.

This inspirational story is a testament to the power of the tools of yoga therapy that we can each access.

In this episode, Brandt & Maeka cover:

  • Maeka’s story with Alopecia
  • Balancing pitta dosha for Alopecia
  • Improvements & hair growth results after yoga therapy
  • Yoga therapy for autoimmune diseases
  • Other treatments for Alopecia

➡️ Discover how to balance your doshas in our free 6-week course, A Radically Balanced Yogi.

➡️ Join our next yoga therapy training to master these tools and kick off a new career helping others

Connect with Maeka 

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School founded by lead teacher Brandt Passalacqua in 2014. Breathing Deeply offers two levels of yoga therapy certification including the Foundations of Yoga Therapy and an IAYT Accredited Advanced Program, offering C-IAYT eligibility. With many other courses, including an annual online meditation teacher training certification, Breathing Deeply is an active and thriving community of meditators and 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.

How to Cue & Sequence a Yoga or Yoga Therapy Class

March 9, 2025
how to cue & sequence a yoga or yoga therapy class
how to cue & sequence a yoga or yoga therapy class

Welcome to episode 94 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Learn about the fundamentals of how to cue and sequence a yoga class. Learn from Brandt, who has decades of experience teaching yoga in a group setting, to clients in 1:1 private yoga therapy classes and training other teachers (like you!).

In this episode, Brandt covers:

  • The 6 basic principles of how to cue a class
  • The fundamental structure of how to sequence a yoga class

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Om Shanthi

This episode covers:

  • Basics of using different language 
  • The 6 Principles of different types of languaging: Volume, tone, speed, pauses & more
  • Introduction to sequencing
  • Basic sequencing template
  • Customising your own sequence
  • Creating space for intention setting

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School founded by lead teacher Brandt Passalacqua in 2014. Breathing Deeply offers two levels of yoga therapy certification including the Foundations of Yoga Therapy and an IAYT Accredited Advanced Program, offering C-IAYT eligibility. With many other courses, including an annual online meditation teacher training certification, Breathing Deeply is an active and thriving community of meditators and 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.

How to Access Bliss Spontaneously with One Tantric Meditation Technique

February 10, 2025
access bliss meditation
access bliss meditation

Welcome to episode 93 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In this talk learn about a specific tantric meditation technique to train our minds to experience bliss states more often.

To try this meditation technique, sign up for our Meditation Community and watch the replay of the Bliss Before Wisdom meditation retreat – it’s free!


🙏🏼 Become a Meditation Teacher! Our Meditation Mentor Certification begins on 8 March 2025.

This episode covers:

  • What does bliss before wisdom mean?
  • A trick to access bliss from tantric teachers
  • Bliss is your birthright
  • How to experience more bliss
  • The definition of bliss isn’t fixed

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School founded by lead teacher Brandt Passalacqua in 2014. Breathing Deeply offers two levels of yoga therapy certification including the Foundations of Yoga Therapy and an IAYT Accredited Advanced Program, offering C-IAYT eligibility. With many other courses, including an annual online meditation teacher training certification, Breathing Deeply is an active and thriving community of meditators and 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.

Yoga Therapy for Children with ADHD with Dan Greene, C-IAYT

January 22, 2025
yoga therapy for children with adhd
yoga therapy for children with adhd

Welcome to episode 92 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate and C-IAYT, Dan Greene for this conversation on the work Dan has done with an 8 year old girl with behavioral management issues including ADHD, anxiety and slow cognitive development. 

Learn different techniques that were given to the child to help her regulate her emotions and reactivity along with the incredible results that were achieved in just 6 months.

Connect with Dan!

Website: https://www.yogatherapy-dangreene.com/

Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

This episode covers:

  • Breathing practices prescribed for emotional regulation
  • What happens in a typical yoga therapy session with a child
  • At-home yoga therapy techniques
  • The results reported after 6 months
  • Dan’s experience as a student at Breathing Deeply

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School founded by lead teacher Brandt Passalacqua in 2014. Breathing Deeply offers two levels of yoga therapy certification including the Foundations of Yoga Therapy and an IAYT Accredited Advanced Program, offering C-IAYT eligibility. With many other courses, including an annual online meditation teacher training certification, Breathing Deeply is an active and thriving community of meditators and 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.

Proven Yoga Therapy Techniques for Depression + Full Sequence!

December 2, 2024
Proven Yoga Therapy Techniques for Depression

Welcome to episode 91 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Learn about a variety of yoga therapy techniques specifically for depression from the Breathing Deeply yoga therapy framework. 

Our framework has a proven track record for success with depression clients! Learn about the doshas, pranic practices, meditation practices and more. We have also included an example of a full yoga therapy asana and pranayama sequence for depression.

Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

This episode covers:

  • Vata Balancing for depression
  • How to influence movement of prana for depression
  • Chakra mantras, metta meditation & yoga nidra
  • Group classes & boost self-esteem
  • The importance of commitment to take on depressed clients
  • An example yoga asana practice for depression
  • An example of a breathing pranayama practice for depression

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School founded by lead teacher Brandt Passalacqua in 2014. Breathing Deeply offers two levels of yoga therapy certification including the Foundations of Yoga Therapy and an IAYT Accredited Advanced Program, offering C-IAYT eligibility. With many other courses, including an annual online meditation teacher training certification, Breathing Deeply is an active and thriving community of meditators and 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.

Yoga Therapy for Depression: Stats, Symptoms & Strategies

November 5, 2024
yoga therapy for depression

Welcome to episode 90 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Learn about yoga therapy and depression from the Breathing Deeply yoga therapy framework. Brand discusses interesting statistics about depression, Western medicine, and how we use the koshas and doshas to treat depression.

Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

This episode covers:

  • Depression is ‘normal’ – interesting statistics
  • Symptoms of depression & medication
  • Depression & the Koshas 
  • Challenges of working with depression
  • Brandt’s Strategy for depression: the doshas & koshas

Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School founded by lead teacher Brandt Passalacqua in 2014. Breathing Deeply offers two levels of yoga therapy certification including the Foundations of Yoga Therapy and an IAYT Accredited Advanced Program, offering C-IAYT eligibility. With many other courses, including an annual online meditation teacher training certification, Breathing Deeply is an active and thriving community of meditators and 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.

Healing Acute Trauma Through Yoga Therapy with Deb Selm, C-IAYT

October 15, 2024
Yoga therapy for acute trauma

Welcome to episode 89 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Healing of our deepest traumas is possible with yoga therapy.

Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate and C-IAYT, Deb Selm for this conversation on the work Deb is doing with trauma and more specifically victims of violence and abuse in some way. 

Learn about the trauma recovery programs that Deb works with, how yoga therapy can be applied to victims of acute traumas and discover some incredible success stories of healing and recovery through yoga therapy.

Connect with Deb: Website

Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

This episode covers:

  • The work that Deb is doing with acute trauma
  • How yoga therapy can be applied to victims of acute trauma
  • The trauma recovery programs that Deb works with in Milwaukee 
  • The stigma around mental health and trauma
  • The integration of yoga therapy and traditional therapy with trauma
  • What yoga therapy for acute trauma really looks like – real-world examples
  • Celebrating the difference Breathing Deeply graduates make

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Yoga Therapy For Depression & Getting off Anti-Depressants with Steve Bader, C-IAYT

September 17, 2024
yoga therapy for depression
yoga therapy for depression

Welcome to episode 88 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate Steve Bader for this conversation about how Steve’s client successfully started to ween herself off one of the medications for depression after a long battle with the mental illness.

Learn about the serious and enduring symptoms Steve’s client suffered from, the yoga therapy practices he gave to her and the incredible results she experienced in just a matter of months!

Connect with Steve: 

Website: https://badermovement.com/

Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

This episode covers:

  • Symptoms of Steve’s client’s depression
  • Yoga therapy practices prescribed for depression
  • How we use mantra to heal the mind
  • Yoga therapy results for depression
  • How to work with Steve and Breathing Deeply

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Yoga Therapy for Lupus Disease with Steve Bader, C-IAYT

September 3, 2024
yoga therapy for lupus
yoga therapy for lupus

Welcome to episode 87 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Discover what is truly possible through yoga therapy!

Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate Steve Bader for this conversation about how Steve helped his client with Lupus go into remission. This is a remarkable case of the healing powers of yoga therapy and how we can take our health into our own hands!

Lupus is an autoimmune disease and affects people in many different ways. Symptoms include (but aren’t limited to) flares of face rashes, joint pain, stiffness, swelling, fatigue, fever and many more. 

Connect with Steve: 

Website: https://badermovement.com/

This episode covers:

  • What is Lupus?
  • Steves lupus client’s symptoms
  • Yoga therapy practices for Lupus: Joints, yoga asana, pranayama & yoga nidra
  • The yoga therapy results for Lupus
  • Ways to work with Steve and Breathing Deeply

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

How a Meditation Practice Can Help Us Open to Challenging Emotions

August 19, 2024
emotions and meditation
emotions and meditation

Welcome to episode 86 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Managing our emotions is one of the main reasons people choose to meditate. And it is a very good reason indeed!

Through a meditation practice, we can open to relax into challenging emotions and through this process, we can obtain valuable insight into ourselves and the root of our suffering. In this episode, learn why this is so important for living a joyful and happy life for ourselves and in our relationships.

Brandt shares how we can relax into challenging emotions by practicing felt-sense embodiment meditations and the benefits of opening up to all of our emotions, especially the more difficult ones.

This dharma talk is a clip taken from our 2.5-hour meditation retreat “Feelings and Feelings”. To receive the replay of the full retreat (including the 3 meditations) plus access to all future meditation retreats, join our free meditation community!

Join our free meditation community.

This episode covers:

  • Meditating to manage our emotions
  • Opening up to challenging feelings through practice
  • The importance of having a felt sense of embodiment
  • How understanding our emotions can improve our relationships
  • The benefits that Brandt has experienced with his emotional states since meditating

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Menopause & The Medical System, Unexpected Symptoms and Yoga Therapy

July 18, 2024
menopause
menopause

Welcome to episode 84 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In this episode, Brandt sits down with Fiona Janiloos, C-IAYT therapist and Breathing Deeply graduate to talk about yoga therapy and menopause.

Menopause will affect all women at some stage in their life and so this subject is very important! There isn’t a massive amount of research going into menopause in traditional medicine and so it is really exciting to see the field of yoga therapy and menopause expand and start to help more women.

In this interview, Brandt and Fiona discuss how the medical system and research lets women down, some unexpected side effects of menopause

Connect with Fiona!

Website: www.fionajalinoosyoga.com

Instagram: @fionajalinoosyogatherapy

This episode covers:

  • The lack of research on menopause in the past
  • A breakdown of who is affected by menopause
  • Fiona’s journey with menopause and yoga therapy
  • The results of group work with yoga therapy
  • How medicine sees men vs women
  • The struggle women face with the medical system
  • Unexpected symptoms of menopause
  • Yoga therapy practices for menopause
  • Accepting change through menopause and ageing
  • How long does it take to see results with yoga therapy?

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Floating Towards Clarity Through Meditation

July 3, 2024
clarity
clarity

Welcome to episode 83 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In this dharma talk, Brandt shares how we can use meditation to find clarity. Brandt discusses what clarity is and how through practice we can find a sense of lightness in our body and use this as a way to float towards these states of tranquility.

Brandt also shares some tips and advice on how to prepare your body and mind to sit for extended periods of time in meditation.

This dharma talk is a clip taken from our 2.5 hour meditation retreat “Floating Towards Clarity”. To receive the replay of the full retreat (including the 3 meditations) plus access to all future meditation retreat, join our free meditation community!

Join our free meditation community: https://breathingdeeply.com/courses/meditation/

You can also find the 3 meditation mentioned in this video on our Insight Timer:

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

How to Treat Anxiety Through the Koshas in Yoga Therapy

June 4, 2024
yoga therapy for anxiety
yoga therapy for anxiety

Welcome to episode 81 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Anxiety is the most common complaint we work with as yoga therapists! Therefore, this area of mental health is crucial for us to understand and help our students and clients with.

In this epsiode, Brand discusses anxiety and how it can arise in different ways through each of the 5 koshas. Learn about the two different types of anxiety people experience and different tools and techniques that can be used for each as a yoga therapist.

Brandt also goes over an example of a yoga practice for anxiety that has been very effective for his clients.

Here is the link to the grounding Om Aim Hreem Kreem Namaha meditation for anxiety mentioned in the video.

This was a clip taken from inside our Yoga Therapy Foundations Program.

Our next class starts on the 27th of June 2024: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

Om Shanthi

This episode covers the following questions:

  • How anxiety arises
  • Looking at anxiety through the lens of the Koshas
  • Two categories of anxiety that yoga therapists work with 
  • Techniques to work with external event anxiety
  • Techniques to work with generalized anxiety
  • An example yoga therapy practice for anxiety
  • The difference between a practice for anxiety & a general yoga practice

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Duality and Non-Duality in Yoga Philosophy

May 1, 2024
non-duality
non-duality

Welcome to episode 79 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In today’s episode, Breathing Deeply Lead teachers discusses duality and non-duality in the yoga tradition. Learn the conceptual difference between non-duality and duality in yoga philosophy and how to can be applied to guide our practice and meditators and meditation teachers. 

This was a clip taken from our Meditation Mentor Certification Program. 

Our next training begins soon, join the waitlist: https://bit.ly/3YqrqAh

Om Shanthi, Om Peace 

This episode covers the following questions:

  • The opposition of duality and non-duality
  • The goal of meditation from a dualistic perspective
  • Duality and the Yoga Sutras
  • Non-duality and the Spandakarika
  • How duality and non-duality work together
  • Orientation of reality through the Tao
  • Stanzas from the Tao Ti Ching
  • Contemplating duality vs non-duality as part of our practice

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Q&A: Memorizing Muscles, Energetic Effects of the Breath & the Use of Chakras Therapeutically

April 15, 2024

Welcome to episode 78 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In today’s Q&A, Breathing Deeply founder and lead teacher, Brandt Passalacqua sits down with his students to ask their yoga therapy questions. 

Brandt offers tips on how to memorize the muscles, the various energetic effects of breathing in different directions, the doshas in relation to the Anandamaya kosha, and the therapeutic application of the chakra system in yoga therapy.

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

We hope you enjoy this Q&A. Let us know in the comments any key takeaways you had and share it with someone you think it may benefit!

Our next Yoga Therapy Course starts soon. Find out more information here: https://bit.ly/3lxc0KK

Om Shanthi, Om Peace 

This episode covers the following questions:

  • Do you have tips for memorizing the muscles for yoga anatomy?
  • What are the different effects of breathing up on the inhale/down on the exhale and down on the inhale and up on the exhale in spine breath?
  • How do the three doshas express themselves when balanced & imbalanced in the Anandamaya kosha?
  • How do we use the chakra system with the Manomaya kosha?

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

How To Evaluate Imbalances In The Unconscious Mind With Ayurveda

March 18, 2024
ayurveda
ayurveda

Welcome to episode 76 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

This episode is about the framework of Ayurveda and how it relates to the Vijnanamaya Kosha, which is the wisdom body or the unconscious mind.

One way to balance this kosha is with different meditation techniques. We use these meditation techniques differently based on imbalanced doshas from the Ayurvedic system.

Imbalances in the doshas, will cause imbalances in the vijnanamaya kosha in different ways and in today’s episode that is what we will be diving into.

You will learn different practices and meditation techniques to balance the vijnanamaya and how to tell whether someone has a vata, pitta or kapha imbalance in this kosha. 

This was a clip taken from inside the Vijnanamaya Kosha Module of our Yoga Therapy Foundations Program.

Our next class starts on the 16th of April 2024: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

Om Shanthi

This episode covers:

  • Balancing the vijnanamaya kosha with the doshas in yoga therapy
  • Different meditation techniques for each dosha
  • How can you tell when vata is imbalanced in the vijnanamaya kosha?
  • How can you tell when pitta is imbalanced in the vijnanamaya kosha?
  • How can you tell when kappa is imbalanced in the vijnanamaya kosha?
  • The knock-on effect of these imbalances in the vijnanamaya kosha

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

3 Key Yoga Texts To Contemplate on the Path as a Meditator

March 4, 2024
3 key yoga texts
3 key yoga texts

Welcome to episode 75 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In this episode, learn about 3 very important spiritual texts that can help to propel us forward on our journey of spiritual evolution as meditators and meditation teachers. 

Learn the key differences between the texts and how we can use them together to get out of our own way, find our orientation on the path and effectively progress to where we want to be for ourselves and our students.

Join our FREE Meditation Course and Community: https://bit.ly/3jbO6lo

This was a clip taken from our Meditation Mentor Certification Program. 

Our next training begins soon, join the waitlist: https://bit.ly/3YqrqAh

Om Shanthi, Om Peace 

This episode covers:

  • Yogic texts as a guide on the path
  • The 3 yoga texts that have brought the most clarity to Brandt
  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
  • The Yoga Spandakarika 
  • The Tai Te Ching
  • How we can combine these texts together

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Q&A: Trauma release, Somatic Work, Shoulder Pain and Pricing Advice

February 19, 2024
trauma release

Welcome to episode 74 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In today’s Q&A, Breathing Deeply founder and lead teacher, Brandt Passalacqua, sits down with his students to ask their yoga therapy questions. 

In today’s session, Brandt addresses questions that cover ways to help a client process and release trauma in a safe way, what somatic experience work is and it is helpful for trauma and tips and advice on strengthening the shoulders. Brandt also discusses the important connection between the nervous system and strength training (it’s a yogi’s superpower!) as well as different ways to think about pricing yourself as a yoga therapist.

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

Our next Yoga Therapy Course starts on April 16 2024. Find out more information here: https://bit.ly/3lxc0KK

Om Shanthi, Om Peace 

This episode covers:

  • How can I help my client release trauma with practices safely?
  • What is somatic experience work?
  • How can I help my client with shoulder pain?
  • The connection between the nervous system and pain
  • Can you help me figure out my yoga therapy pricing?

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

The Deeper Meaning of the Mantra Om Asato Maa Sad-Gamaya

February 6, 2024
mantra
mantra

Welcome to episode 73 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Today, Brandt talks about a popular yet very powerful mantra which is a great addition to your meditation practice. 

This is a short mantra that has been chanted in the yoga tradition for a very long time. It is a lovely chant that is easy to learn and practice, we love to refer to it as a ‘greatest hit’. 

This chant is an ask, a prayer and instructional. 

Discover a contemplation of the deeper meaning of this ancient mantra and how we can apply it in the modern world.

This episode covers:

  • The translation of the chant
  • The deeper meaning of the mantra: fear
  • How to move away from fear that isn’t useful = unreal to real
  • Grounding & tranquility practices to move into realtime
  • Moving from darkness to light
  • Faith surrender and our mortality

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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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

How to form a new habit that actually works!

January 16, 2024
new habit
new habit

Welcome to episode 72 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Do you struggle with getting your clients to form a new habit and actually do the yoga therapy practices you give to them at home? Maybe you yourself struggle to implement new habits that you KNOW will bring you so many benefits.

You’re not alone and it’s also not your fault. Forming new habits is HARD – it has been proven. However, there is one habit-forming hack that has been proven to be effective in helping people form new habits and stick to them.

In this episode, discover the best thing you can do to help yourself and your yoga therapy clients stick to a new habit or routine. 

Use this simple hack to help yourself and your clients form new habits so we can all reap the full rewards of yoga therapy tools and practices and reach our goals.

Our next yoga therapy class starts on the 13th of February 2024: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

Om Shanthi

This episode covers:

  • The relationship between habit and motivation
  • Why people struggle to implement a new practice
  • Habit change research proves this hack works!

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

How to balance the Vijnanamaya Kosha with meditation in yoga therapy

January 3, 2024
the vijnanamaya kosha

Welcome to episode 71 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In this episode, learn about the 4th kosha, the Vijnanamaya in the 5 kosha system. This layer of ourselves is usually referred to as our body of wisdom.

This is the layer of our consciousness that sits underneath what we think of as our conscious mind. Often this kosha is associated with our intuition because the wisdom that we receive comes from a deeper place within ourselves which is in connection to the universe. 

When we do practices to balance this kosha, we are doing practices to remove barriers that shield us from the truth of who we are. The primary practice for this is meditation. 

In this episode, you will learn about the Vijnanamaya kosha, what happens when it is out of balance and how we can use meditation practices as yoga therapists to help our clients bring their Vijnanamaya kosha into harmony.

This was a clip taken from inside the Manomaya Kosha Module of our Yoga Therapy Foundations Program.

Our next class starts on the 13th of February 2024: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

Om Shanthi

This episode covers:

  • What is the vijnanamaya kosha
  • What happens with this kosha is unbalanced?
  • Meditation as a practice to balance the Vijnanamaya kosha
  • The process of meditation from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
  • The benefits of reaching tranquility states
  • How do we teach meditation as yoga therapists?
  • What we see when this kosha is balanced

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Yoga Therapy Q&A: Grief, Depression & Surgeries

December 12, 2023
grief and yoga therapy
grief and yoga therapy

Welcome to episode 70 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In today’s Q&A, Breathing Deeply founder and lead teacher, Brandt Passalacqua sits down with his students to ask their yoga therapy questions. 

This Q&A has a special emphasis on working with grief, depression and women who have had major surgeries. 

Brandt answers questions covering breathing techniques to support grief, and tips on how to help clients who are grieving including rituals and cultural influences. 

 Brandt also offers advice on approaching someone who has had a double mastectomy and advice on how to help someone struggling with core strength and balance after a hysterectomy.

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

We hope you enjoy this Q&A. Let us know in the comments any key takeaways you had and share it with someone you think it may benefit!

Our next Yoga Therapy Course starts on February 13, 2024. Find out more information here: https://bit.ly/3lxc0KK

Om Shanthi, Om Peace

This episode covers:

  • How do I teach Brahmana breath for grief?
  • Tips on how to support clients with depression
  • Helping people from different cultures with grief as a yoga therapist
  • The purpose of creating a ritual for grief & what is out of scope for yoga therapists
  • What is the definition of the early stages of grief
  • How to do muscle testing on someone with a double mastectomy?
  • How do I work with someone with core & balance issues from a hysterectomy?

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

The Birth of Spiritual Desire: Why We Start Meditating

November 28, 2023
why we start meditating
why we start meditating

Welcome to episode 69 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

Before we look into meditation techniques and philosophy, it can be beneficial to get an understanding of why we meditate at all.

In today’s episode, Brandt will be sharing the different reasons we might start a meditation practice through the birth of spiritual desire. Listen to this episode to orientate to this reasoning as a practitioner or a meditation teacher. 

This was a clip taken from our Meditation Mentor Certification Program. 

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Om Shanthi

This episode covers:

  • Why we meditate according to Yogic Texts
  • The birth of spiritual desire
  • The different reasons people meditate
  • What it means to be ‘on the path’
  • An inquiry: why do you practice?

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Studying Philosophy, Student Questions & Working as a Meditation Mentor

November 16, 2023
philosophy
philosophy

Welcome to episode 67 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In today’s episode, we are sharing a clip from a live Q&A that Brandt facilitated with students inside the Breathing Deeply Meditation Mentor Certification Program.

In this episode, Brandt’s discussion covers how philosophical texts and personal practice work together, studying meditation philosophy, advice on approaching students’ questions, how to deal with a student who is very restless and the intake process for new mentees.

This episode is full of golden nuggets for anyone wanting to guide others through their personal evolution using meditation as a tool!

Brandt facilitates live Q&A sessions for all members of our meditation certification program!

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Om Shanthi

This episode covers:

  • How much personal practice vs study of philosophical texts is needed as a meditation mentor?
  • Will we ever fully understand all of the meditation philosophy?
  • What should I do if I don’t know the answer to a student’s question?
  • What feedback can I give a student who wants to move a lot during meditation?
  • What is the intake process for meditation mentorship?

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

The Conscious Mind & The Application of The Yoga Sutras to Yoga Therapy

October 17, 2023
yoga sutras
yoga sutras

Welcome to episode 67 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

The Manomaya kosha is the layer of our being that represents the intellect and the conscious mind. This is the level of our conscious thoughts.

The Manomaya kosha is one of the most important koshas, because of the huge effect it has on us. Because the mind is so powerful, it can affect all the other 4 koshas dramatically. We can think of the Manomaya kosha as the pivotal centerpiece in the 5 kosha model. 

This is why, as yoga therapists, it is important to ensure the Manomaya kosha is healthy and balanced through specific practices. 

In this episode, Brandt shares the role the Manomaya Kosha plays in our mental and physical health and the two ways we work with the Manomaya Kosha as yoga therapists. Brandt then takes us on an exploration of chapter one of the yoga sutras and how we can apply the teachings in the yoga sutras to the Manomaya kosha personally and in a therapeutic context.

This was a clip taken from inside the Manomaya Kosha Module of our Yoga Therapy Foundations Program.

Our next class starts on the 16th of November 2023: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc

Om Shanthi

This episode covers:

  • The role the Manomaya kosha plays
  • How we can take our health back in our hands
  • The placebo effect & the power of the mind and disease
  • The two ways we work with the Manomaya kosha
  • The shame people feel around mental health
  • Chapter one of The Yoga Sutras Chapter One: Higher Samadhi 
  • The yoga sutras from a therapeutic point of view

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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.

Q&A: Body Dysmorphia, Hormonal Imbalances & Dosha Assessments

October 4, 2023
body dismorphia
body dismorphia

Welcome to episode 66 of The Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation podcast.

In today’s Q&A, Breathing Deeply founder and lead teacher, Brandt Passalacqua sits down with his students to ask their yoga therapy questions. 

Brandt answers questions covering advice on how to work with teenagers struggling with body image issues and body dysmorphia, ways to approach hormone imbalances in women and dosha assessments in yoga therapy and our advanced program.

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

We hope you enjoy this Q&A. Let us know in the comments any key takeaways you had and share it with someone you think it may benefit!

Our next Yoga Therapy Course starts on November 16 2023. Find out more information here: https://bit.ly/3lxc0KK

Om Shanthi, Om Peace

This episode covers:

  • How can I help a young client struggling with body image and mental health? 
  • How would you approach working with hormonal imbalances as a yoga therapist?
  • Will I be able to assess someone based on their doshas after this course?
  • Is doshic assessment covered in the advanced program?

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, including online meditation teacher training and certification 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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