Therapeutic Yoga with Amanda Baker

Service Description

Engage in integrative yoga psychology methods to reduce stress and promote vitality and restoration . Join Amanda Baker, LCSW-C RYT 500, for a deep dive in how yoga, mental health, and healing are all inter-related. Stress resides in your body and managing your stress response, negative beliefs, or thought patterns involves movement, present mindfulness, and a willingness to expand your tolerance to difficult circumstances. Learn about the impact of trauma, stress, depression, and anxiety on your body and authentic living—with specific poses and interventions to reduce your stress and release built up emotions in a therapeutic space! Expect guided breathwork, stretches, yoga postures and flow (asana), along with specific therapeutic techniques designed to support you in gaining an awareness of self and building comfort with discomfort before ending with a restorative relaxation. Amanda is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with speciality in Yoga Psychology. She has training experience in Trauma-Informed Yoga, Emotional Freedom Technique, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, Somatic Experiencing, and Radiant Child Yoga. (The therapeutic aspect of this workshop is not in place of therapy with a licensed clinician.)