Ep. 44 | Beyond Asanas: The Holistic Nature of Yoga Therapy with Dr. Amy Wheeler

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Dr. Amy Wheeler has studied Yoga and Yoga Therapy in India, Europe, and the United States, has helped develop dozens of Yoga Therapy research protocols, and is at the forefront of the field of Yoga Therapy globally. Today, Amy shares her journey of discovering yoga in her 20s, and her personal crisis that led her to India multiple times for intensive yoga training. She talks about how Yoga Therapy is the 2,000-year-old science of joy, yet in the West, we’ve commodified it in a way that can lead to more suffering. This is a beautiful conversation on how we can regain our joy and find deep healing through Yoga Therapy.

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Today on The Healing Catalyst:

  • Coming to yoga for the physical movement to discover it’s so much more

  • How we begin changing the commodification of yoga in the West

  • The various tools of yoga that are used in Yoga Therapy

  • What Dr. Amy learned in India about our illusion of control

  • Regaining our joy through Yoga Therapy

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Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh is an Ayurveda Wellness Expert on a mission to show how Ayurveda can be a health catalyst for achieving optimal wellness in modern life.

Over the two decades of her training, study, and research, Dr. Kumar-Singh has shared her expertise with Fortune 500 companies at elite undergraduate and graduate institutions and prestigious industry and medical conferences. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, goop, Thrive Global and mindbodygreen, and served as the co-lead facilitator of the Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Healthcare at the OSHER Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Kumar-Singh is also the author of The Longevity Formula and The Health Catalyst.

The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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