Speaker Bio

Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500 Amy is the author of Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books), founding director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute, a senior Kripalu teacher and mentor, and a leader in the field of yoga and mental health.

She offers professional certification trainings in LifeForce Yoga® for Mood Management and speaks at medical and psychological conferences internationally. Amy is involved in ongoing research on the affects of Yoga on mood. Her evidence-based Yoga protocol for managing mood is featured on the LifeForce Yoga® CD Series, and the first DVD home Yoga practice series for mood management, the award-winning LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues.

She edits a free bi-monthly newsletter that includes current research, news and media reviews on Yoga and mental health. Amy’s recovery from depression began more than twenty years ago on her Yoga mat. Joy continues to unfold through the compassionate self-awareness that is the foundation of her Yoga practice and her teaching style.

She leads workshops and professional trainings internationally at such venues as the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, the Integrative Mental Health Conference, the Cape Cod Institute, Kripalu Center, Omega Institute, Sivananda Ashram, Yogaville, and Mount Madonna Center. She was a 2007 Colloquium Speaker at the Boston University Graduate School of Psychology and is a frequent contributor to national magazines. 

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