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Join IAYT Yoga Therapist, Denver Clark, as she discusses Ayurvedic Practices for Spring that keep yoga teachers healthy and build awareness for preparing yoga classes that flow and resonate with the changing energies occurring from Winter to Spring.

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In this episode, Denver Clark, ERYT-500 and IAYT Yoga Therapist, discusses the five Koshas and how they can be integrated into yoga classes and yoga therapy sessions. She offers theory and practice insight as well as exercises that can be integrated with asana to increase a student's awareness and open channels of understanding. 

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Ahimsa means non-violence, which most people familiar with basic yoga philosophy know, at least intellectually.  But becoming a vegetarian and being kind to others only scratches the surface of our interpretation of the teaching. This conversation explores Ahimsa and its relationship to the Gunas and our mindset. Cultivating peace within is pertinent to our ultimately embracing non-harming behaviors, and this demands a continual attempt to remain in the Sattva state mentally. 

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This episode explores the emerging field of yoga therapy and IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapy.) The discussion focuses on how a yoga therapist is trained, how the work differs from advanced yoga teaching and the mission of IAYT to make yoga therapy a recognized, regulated health modality. A newly graduated IAYT therapist, Stephanie Engebretson, joins us to share why she chose this educational path as a yoga teacher and what she found most inspirational and most difficult about the studies and the work of a yoga therapist. 

Learn more about Heartwood Yoga Institute and our yoga programs at www.rytcertification and join our blog at Heartwoodwisdom.com.

This first episode introduces the hosts of Yoga Perspectives, Ginny Shaddock and Denver Clark, and explains the mission of the podcast to serve yoga teachers and advancing practitioners. Listen to learn more about Heartwood Yoga Institute, the staff, and this new audio source of information, inspiration and education designed to support those on the yoga path. 

Learn more about Heartwood Yoga Institute and our yoga programs at www.rytcertification and join our blog at Heartwoodwisdom.com.