Archive for November, 2008

Off the Couch and Onto the Mat

Yoga Psychotherapy
published in Conscious Enlightenment Media’s magazines, Nov 08; click here

A few blogs picked this up including the Utne Reader.

IN EARLY August 2008, Margot Andersen’s newly-married, 29-year-old son was hit and killed by a car while crossing a busy highway in Chicago. For Margot, a social worker in Chicago schools for more than 13 years, the pain of the sudden, tragic loss was overwhelming. Enrolled in a yoga teacher-training program, and recently trained in LifeForce Yoga, a type of yoga focused on mood management, Andersen turned to methods she knew would have an immediate affect on her emotional stamina — yogic breathing, visualizations and mantras. Continue reading ‘Off the Couch and Onto the Mat’