Yoga Therapy

Let's get straight into the practice of deep wisdom, beauty and power and re-awaken our inner peace and ability to positively impact our world.

The movement of our mental health and social surroundings, from one extreme to the other, requires pendulation before we discover the middle ground, the healthy path of the new in unknown and unwalked territory.  Sitting with the anxiety, discomfort and uncertainty of this change is the work we need to reclaim peace, wisdom and our human goodness.

So many people feel lost, lonely, isolated and anxious at the moment, partially due to uncertainty, partially due to left hemisphere overdrive, partly due to censorship and extreme abstrations of com-part-mentalising a complex reality. The mind that tries to know, control, manipulate and break apart, greatly distorts the cohesive manifacted whole that at our hearts we know we are, come from, yearn for and strive from to create meaningful relationships. The simple heart exercise of Namaste helps us realign with our true nature, reconnecting to self to relate healthfully. Philosophy and psychology from my book Reclaiming Our Wellbeing

Our loss of joy, pleasure and playfulness has become chronic culturally and seeps into every aspect of our lives. It's time we take back our sense of sacredness and enjoy the beauty of Life, and ourselves as part of the Play. We need to wake up, open our eyes, mouths and stand up for what we know is ours! Reclaiming Our Wellbeing - Shira Cohen Pieter Omtzigt Iain McGilchrist and Dr Schipper

Top-down versus bottom-up is similar to Iain McGilchrist's left and right hemisphere work. We need both but there is a definite imbalance which needs our active attention and action!

Dr Amanda Foo-Ryland, life coach, neural coder and international speaker, shares how her life's incredible experiences led to her strengths, depth, to live life more fully, and help others to rediscover power, passion and mental resilience no matter what life throws at you. And how we have choices. We discuss the neural necessity of context, wholeness and relativity. Resources: Amanda's TEDx talk Find out why you might be stuck - Neural Code report Shira Cohen's book Reclaiming Our Wellbeing Iain McGilchrist - The Matter With Things  

Breakdowns, the crumbling of the old and the tower falling are all frightening moments in our lives but they are also the bringer of newness and fresh connections and experience of self and our world. Books: Fritjof Capra - The Hidden Connections Iain McGilchrist - The Master and His Emissary, The Matter With Things Shira Cohen - Reclaiming Our Wellbeing

Summer holiday full of space, calm and spirituality have me filled with confidence and reserves of joy and freshness! The new is essential to breathing life into the old. Seeing and feeling without bias through meditative and contemplative practices gives us back the space we require to embrace life more fully. Science is a basis for the profound study of the essence of life, but can never reveal more fully what we intuitively already know, that life without devoting some aspect of life to the divine leaves our lives feeling meaningless and without direction or worth, and in that void science can and does lead to dogma. Books: B. Alan Wallace - Embracing Mind Shira Cohen- Reclaiming Our Wellbeing

Dr Lisa Turner shares her incredible journey to how she arrived at, and developed, her CET training- Conscious Emotional Training. Using neuroplasticity to remove trauma, resistence, emotional blockages, it re-CETs us like it never happened so we're a new YOU ME WE. We talk about why some don't heal or move on, and how CET creates expansion and growth in the nervous system removing the maladapative neural wiring that keeps us stuck and creates more channels. Lisa Turner's book CET Yourself Free

This week's podcast Gillian McMichael, Yoga and Ayurveda teacher, transformational coach and educator and trainer, shares how we can Come Home to our true self.  We discuss how through working with the whole person consciously, including physical health, wellbeing and spiritual needs and growth, we come home and feel more connected, not just with self but also our bigger family and self.      

Herbs are potent, rich and powerful because they seek deep in the earth for nourishment, they are intelligent because they find ways to nourish themselves, cooperating with other living species to enhance life for all involved. Hippocratic oath- Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food. Elderflower recipe: 20-50 Elderflowerheads 1 kg organic natrual sugar 1.5 L water 4-5 lemon juice and zest 25mg citric acid Gently shake and wash flower heads removing any bugs. Boil water. In a big pot add sugar and water and stir till all is melted without it coming to a boil. Add zest, flowers, lemon juice and citric acid. Let it cool then place in fridge for 2-4 days. Strain filtering the flowers with sieve and after with muslin cloth

Low self-esteem and confidence often cause us to project our own goodness onto others, while being hyper critical of self. Here's a short meditation for uplifting, inspiring and filling ourselves up with our golden self through other.

How important is self-expression to our wellbeing? How does it affect our creativity, emotional and mental as well as physical health?  How can self-expression refine through communication? What can we do to enhance it? Resources: Reclaiming Our Wellbeing by Shira Cohen https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp

Potatoes, rhubarb and eating seasonally can be fun and luscious and bring back the balance to hormonal health as well as wellbeing!! Shira Cohen, Reclaiming Our Wellbeing Burnout podcast Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Link to understanding thyroid health with Dr. Izabella Weltz  

"It's not survival of the fittest but survival of the most nurtured."    - Evolutionaty psychologist Casalino. The basis of life is love. Simple practices to reconnect with our self love don't need to be difficult.  What could be more essential than loving the self for our world? Why is it so hard and what can we do to break the limiting habit and beliefs?  Order Reclaiming Our Wellbeing here for more of these quick yet deep delicious Yogic tools!

A solo on what comes up when we're at the threshold of a breakthrough and why it's so hard even when we know it's better for us seen through the biopsychosocial and spiritual lens.

Soraya Saraswati shares her Awakening Hearts, a culmination of her life work of yoga, trauma work, somatics, chakras, aromatherapy, Ayurveda and Advaita philosophy, and her love for Greece! We talk about after effects of covid regulations and vaccinations; injuries and deaths from the vaccine, the consequences of refusing vaccines such as job loss, persecution, ridicule, smearing and belittling those who are more critical about health measurements. Work With Us: Soraya Saraswati https://sorayasaraswati.com Shira Cohen https://shiracohen.yoga Questioning Covid vaccine links: Dr John Campbell Senetor Rennick Aseem Malhotra Dr Jay Bhattacharya realnotrare.org

Change emotional currents, ride their waves and find out how that affect body through hormonal changes   Take a look inside the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axbc8Y4zjzs&t=51s   Order book here: https://shiracohen.yoga   Much Love, Shira

Sharon L. Coggan, former clinical associate professor of Harvard Universtity of Colorado, Denever, director of Religious Studies programme and author of Sacred Disobiedence, takes us on a wonderful journey through she-story, myth and the collective consciousness of transformation. We discuss the importance of meaning, the difference of the Hero and Hera journey. By discovering courage, fighting our demons, the tasks, trials and tribulations of decapitation of the ego by following our heart to find our gems and gifts to offer the world. Sharon tells Odysseus' journey of breaking down hubris and takes us on a beautiful story of wisdom and insight with Psyche and Eros to illustrate all the trials we need to go through to grow and live fully. Ian Stevenson 27 cases of reincarnation- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242424836_Ian_Stevenson_and_Cases_of_the_Reincarnation_Type https://harperandharley.org/pdf/sacred-disobedience  

Sharon L. Coggan, former clinical associate professor of Harvard Universtity of Colorado, Denever, director of Religious Studies programme and author of Sacred Disobiedence, takes us on a wonderful journey through history, mystery and the collective consciousness of now. And how Hera, the Greek goddess of power and fertility became degraded to a jealous bitch, as an expression of supressed energy of our present collective amina and her sons, the animus, which we see back in emotional and psychological repression, frustration, repulsion, and denial of sex, humanity and divinity causing gender and identity issues, radicalisation and division. Resources: Carolin Myss- Invisible Acts of Power Carl Jung's book Memories, Dreams, Reflections Karen Armstrong- A History of God Sharon's course Gabor Maté- When the Body Says No Jules Cashford and Anne Barring- The Myth of the Goddess Ian Stevenson's books on reincarnation  

This solo is full of inspiration, wisdom and love from Tama J. Kieves, Sharon L. Coggan, Diana Tokaji, and a little from me, Shira Cohen!! A quick review of the ways we can quickly co-regulate and co-create through coherence and cohesion!  

What do we need to do to co-create a world that gives us back our meaning, values, humanity and dignity? Which beliefs make us feel and seem stuck in these societies that have lost all moral values? How can we move torward a global society that gives us back our sense of meaning, feelings of belonging and significance? How can we begin to dismantle the systems, structures, dynamic and relationships, is being shut down on every level of freedom of expression and living fully? What steps will bring back the trust and belief of our human family, in our inherent incredibleness, deep integrity, our immense love, power and caring compassion? Resources:  David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything Anand Giridharadas, Winners Take All Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke Inc. Stem cells study

Alina Calinescu, who was on in May '22 talking about functional aging, came to talk about how to choose a good quality yoga therapy training. The fast pace evergreen and modern consumerism mindset is affecting the quality of all institutions, including educational programmes, negatively impacting the quality of trainings; from prior education requirements for entry, to foregoing recommendations and actual depth of a training. We disscus how to research and find authentic, ethical schools, online training pros and cons, price, follow-up mentoring, investment, traditions and yoga therapy business model. Work With Us: Alina Calinescu Shira Cohen

Andres Gonzalez, yoga teacher, author and mindfulness instructor, share his, and his friends, journey of creating their project and programes of the Holistic Life Foundation. We talk about the 7 essential steps of set up supportive projects, services and programes for community upliftment and helping children to greater opportunities and success. Andres talks about the book Let Your Light Shine. Work with Shira Resources: PATH SEL - Social Emotional Learning Shepard Pratt Mark Greenberg Johns Hopskins randomized stress reduction & mindfulness research Vipassana from the S. N. Goenka tradition Doing Time, Doing Vipassana  

Anodea Judith, Yoga teacher, clinical psychologist and author of 10 books, has a passion for chakras and manifesting. She shares how we can work with the charge of the energy body, for anxiety, depression, trauma by understanding the deficient or excessive energy in each chakra. We discuss manifesting and bringing light into the world through work and women leaders. "Manifestation requires an acceptance of limitations. A boundary allows us to contain, and thus collect and build." - Anodea in Eastern Body Western Mind Judtith Anodeas's books - Easter Body Western Mind - Charge, and the Energy Body - Wheels of Life - The Global Heart Awakens Anodeas's Women Leader Cards Work With Us Anodea Judith's Creating On Purpose Course - The Art of Masterful Manifestation Shira Cohen Yoga Therapy 1 to 1

Harpinder Mann, yoga teacher, mindfulness educator and co-founder of the social justice programme Women of Colour shares the power of storytelling. We talk about uplifting others without righteousness, cognitive dissonance and trying to find who we truly are past identity and conditioning, systems of oppression and repression, and how can WE move forward through co-creating communities by looking at the dirty truth and do our dharma; duty. Vipassana with S.N. Goenka Love & Rage Lama Rod Owens Astrology with Pam Gregory & Molly McCord  

Professor of Religious Studies Sharon L. Coggan shares her womanhood wisdom and extensive knowledge of the Goddess and matriarchal societies, myths and religions. Looking at the different types of the goddess within us through the lens of relational poles, independent; amazonian and crone and the dependents; mother and lover. And how we can develop them by seeing them in our lives. We discuss daily experiences of women with patriarchy, male gyneacologists and the consequences of masculine frustration from fear of the unpredictable. Christiane Northrup - Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom Christine Downing - The Goddess  Marija Gimbutas  Merlin Stone - When God was a Woman  

Jeanette Seally and Shira speak about women's health from the Ayurvedic and Yogic perspective, the Kayalpa window, the Great Transformation or the Rock.  The importance of the special care for healing postpartum and the impact the care from family, community and culture can mean to mother and child, and our future. Work With Us: Jeanette Seally Shira Cohen Sarva Blackwell Isha Oaks Dr Vasant Lad Pancha Kola Ghee Ysha Oakes Sacred Window Care   Sarva Blackwell   Indu Arora Sukshma Sharira  

Sharon L. Coggan, previously professor of religious studies, and author of Sacred Disobedience, discusses the importance of goddess to our modern culture with Shira. Why has modern culture has lost its sense of the sacred? How did our present common fear of mystery and divinity come about? What has caused are we starved for the profound experience? What is the difference between religion and mysticism? What are the effects of purposeful suppression of the goddess, the feminine aspect in every being and repressed sexuality? We look at the triple goddess Uma/Parvati, Durga and Kali,  women archetypes, symbolism, etymlogy and how to use it for self-development and shadow work.   Work with Sharon   October 11 - Nov. 1: Chinese Philosophy, Religion and Beyond.  University of Denver Enrichment Program 4 Tues. evenings, 7:00-9:00 p.m. in person, on campus, Sturm Hall 479. November 2: Dream Analysis Through the Ages: Gods, Indigestion, Freud and Jung. Denver Women's Press Club, 1325 Logan St. Denver, Co.   Carl Jung Mircea Eliade - The Sacred and the Profane Tony Wolff's Feminine Archetypes  

"Horizontal humans cause less harm and become portals of healings." Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, yoga therapist, author of Yoni Shakti and Yoga Nidra Made Easy, eco-feminist, shares her very early journey into yoga for health and passion for womens health the power of rest, Yoga Nidra, with Shira. Uma explains how and why starting yoga therapy with yoga nidra  enhances healing, awareness and growth. She talks about Devi, the Goddess, Shakti as the power of creativity, preservation and destruction, as rest. We touch on politics, patriarchy, capitalistic life as the cornerstone preventing deep rest, honouring the seasons and feminine cycles of sleep, social connection and celebration for enhancing health.  Free Yoga Nidra Cyclical Wisdom   Work With Us: Uma Dinsmore-Tuli Shira Cohen    Other Resources: Yoga for Health with Richard Hittleman Emma Cannon - The Baby-Making Bible Tricia Hersey - The Nap Ministry Yoga Nidra Network

This, the fifth part of five, a series on self-development to the fullest through elements, emotions and chakras. Using the teachings and tools of Yoga as therapy for dealing with difficult emotions in uncertain times and re-connecting with Self more fully, authentically and autonomously. Much Love, Shira

This, the fourth part of five, a series on self-development to the fullest through elements, emotions and chakras. Using the teachings and tools of Yoga as therapy for dealing with difficult emotions in uncertain times and re-connecting with Self more fully, authentically and autonomously. Much Love, Shira

This, the third part of five, a series on self-development to the fullest through elements, emotions and chakras. Using the teachings and tools of Yoga as therapy for dealing with difficult emotions in uncertain times and re-connecting with Self more fully, authentically and autonomously. Much Love, Shira

This, the second part of five, a series on self-development to the fullest through elements, emotions and chakras. Using the teachings and tools of Yoga as therapy for dealing with difficult emotions in uncertain times and re-connecting with Self more fully, authentically and autonomously. Much Love, Shira

In this solo conversation I discuss the importance of having difficult conversations. We look at what creates trust and how self-knowledge and the yamas and niyamas are key to building trust to self and therefore others. We do a short practice to reclaim trust, safety and grouding in times of uncertainty. We use the earth element to re-build new pathways of trust in our body and mind. Work with Me:  Yoga therapy 1 to 1

Libby Hinsley, DPT, C-IAYT and author of her new book Yoga For Bendy People, shares with Shira how yoga was so easy for her because she was hypermobile. We talk about all the different styles of yoga and finding the right style for your body's needs, abilities or goals, which change as we age or realise what exacerbates or relieves our issues.  Libby shares how hypermobility can be the underlying cause to reproductive, nerve and digestive health issues as well as anxiety, depression, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and autoimmune issues, through collagen. Work with Us: Libby Hinsley www.LibbyHinsley.com | IG @libbyhinsleypt  Shira Cohen Resources: Lee Kajewski Podcast Beth Spindler and Vagal Tone Georgetown University Iyengar Yoga Ashtange Yoga Desikachar Viniyoga Ganesh Mohan  

Lee Mejewski, C-IAYT, author of Yoga Therapy as a Whole Person Approach to Health, founding director Yoga for Health Institute, Senior Yoga therapist at Kaivalyadhama Institute, she runs her retreats, Beyond Cancer. She shares her story of yoga, cancer and how life led her to her candid wisdom, insights and experience as a cancer expert and working with chronic psychosomatics conditions. We talk about how yoga therapy is a complementary practice that heals deeply, regardless of beliefs or cultural/spiritual background, because it helps us connect us to something bigger. And trusting the process. Work with Us: Shira Cohen  Lee Majewski Rupert Spira George Washington University for Spirituality in Health Care Jiddu Krishnamurti Research funding by pharma: - Illusion of Evidence-based Medicine - entangled with pharma, - big pharma under the spotlight, - pharma sponserhip of research favors product bias  

Dr Nivedita Pingle, certified Yoga therapist and allopathic doctor, shares with Shira her passion and story of going from her masters as a physician to becoming a yoga therapist with her teacher and mentor. We discuss how yoga therapy can help prevent chronic metabolic conditions and how mindful movement helps us live with the complications of dis-ease and injury that's irriversable. We talk about the HPA axis as the intermediate of hormones, immunity and enzymes, and much more juicy physiological processes. Work With Us: Dr Nivedita Pingle Shira Cohen one to one Dr. Karandikhar Osho- Rajneej

Kaitlyn Holsapple, Yoga therapist and somatic therapist, shares her story of being born a yogini, thanks to her dad, with Shira. We talk about healing complex trauma, anxiety, depression and disassociation through embodied experiences that yoga and somatic work facilitate, for the creative and sensitive ones. Kaitlyn explains how sensory and psychological perception influence vagus activity and processing. She shares the importance of wonderful practices to self-regulate vagal tone. Work with Us: Kaitlyn Holsapple  Shira Cohen Resources: Ashley Turner Gabor Maté, When the Body Says No

Keirin Brown, yoga therapist and somatic life coach, and Shira talk about yoga therapy enabling the ability to connect with the emotions through the body and movement. We talk about feelings and emotions as chemical waves we can ride to radical acceptence by slowing down, have visceral awareness, connecting to our inner child and freeing the shadows.  We discuss how somatic work naturally releases coping mechanisms, maladaptive patterns, drives and old emotions. Work with Us: Keirin Brown Services Shira Cohen One to One Resources: Nurturing Our Humanity JBrown Podcast Yoga Talks Pema Chodron Matt Kahn Anodea Judith- Eastern Body, Western Mind

Jessica Hirani, Yoga wellness therapist, shares her story of burnout and reclaiming wholeness and meaning with Shira. We discuss emotions and the associated stigma of burnout and chronic fatigue, and the resulting depression if we don't act on the deeper intuitions of our bodymind seeking healing and wholeness. Looking at the process of undoing limiting patterns and moving into our greater selves, and superpowers. Work with Us Shira Cohen Yoga therapy One to One Jessica Hirani Yoga therapy session Resources Gabor Maté- When the Body Says No Yoga Campus Charlotte Watts Leah Barnett

Lauren Mason, yoga therapist and educator specialising in prenatal, postpartum and infant loss, shares her story with Shira. We discuss how yoga helps emotional and mental wellbeing, and yoga therapy is about bodymind inquiry and asking the kind of questions to help self-agency and empowerment. We talk about pedagogy, teaching teachers, creating pelvic and reproductive health. Work with Us: Lauren Mason Yoga therapy Shira Cohen Yoga therapy One to One Resources Libby Cox  Douglas Brooks Gary Kraftsow Leslie Kaminoff

Alina Calinescu, like a good pitta person, shares her journey of many loved trainings, mentors and teachers, with Shira. We discuss the pricelessness of learning for many years under the mentorship of knowledgable teachers and the importance of trust for healing.  We talk about pain care, functional aging, the importance of   languauge, understanding the body, anatomy, fascia, kinesiology and movement for different bodies. Judith Hanson Lasater Articles about Alzheimer's naps & Taking Longer Naps with Age Work with Us: Alina Calinescu - Fb IG Shira Cohen Yoga therapy

Jill Manos, Yoga and art therapist, case manager and therapuetic mentor, courageously shares her alchemical story with Shira. She talks about addictions, high functioning, shame, battling with control and not feeling good enough, and how Yoga therapy is a way out of being stuck and self-esteem. We discuss the importance of social connections, feeling the presence of another, regulating emotional states and finding the window of tolerance. Work with Us: Jil Manos - Yoga Therapy Shira Cohen - Yoga Therapy Phoenix Rising Michael Lee Kahlil Gibran- The Prophet  Brene Brown- Daring Greatly  HeartMath

Keri Marino, IAYT certified Yoga therapist, spiritual life coach and speaker, shares her journey with Shira, of eating disorders to a new relationship with herself and body through Yogic chanting, helping her to choose another path of eating and living. We talk about the importance of relationships, universe of emotions and how yoga facilitates being with every part of ourselves, we discuss shame, autonomy and self-worth, and being a beginner again Tapas Work with Us: Keri Marino - Befriend Your Body course Shira Cohen Yoga therapy sessions

Tara Mitra, yogini and yoga therapist in the Krishnamacharya tradition, a vedic mantra and rituals sadhaka and teacher sharees her passion for chanting with Shira. We speak about our unconscious programming to keep going without rest and how complexity kills the power of pause, and how chanting can undo these unconscious patterns. Improving listening skills, the power of focus, sharpening and clearing the mind, as well as affecting our breath, physiology and nerves. Work with Shira Work with Tara Upcoming  2 day Santi Mantra Course April 23 & 24  Panchmaya kosha ~ exploration & chanting April 30 & May 1 4 week Introduction to Chanting ~ 4 weeks (June & July) Instagram, Facebook Brahma Sthana  Ayur Mantra JBrown Yoga Talks Ramana Maharishi Amma

A deep and questioning talk about fear, the underlying principles of domination; supressing the unknown; the feminine, emotions, and anything that can cause unpredictible outcomes. How can we move forward together in honesty and authentically? Work with Me Free Resources Book a podcast call Humankind - Rutger Bregman Child Labour of Cobalt in Conga  

Leslie Kaminoff, Yoga educator, co-author of Yoga Anatomy, founder of the Breathing Project and soon to be launched platform for yoga therapists and 1 to 1 yoga, shares his yoga journey with Shira. We talk dissection, yoga going online, vagal tone, yoga therapy or yoga education, power and assymetric responsibility, healing, student-teacher relationships Larry Payne PhD Desikachar T.Krishnamacharya's Makaranda Light on Yoga - BKS Iyegnar Amy Matthews Beatrice Beebe Liby Hinsley David Frawley Gary Kraftsow  

Shira talks about how women are the reason there is Life, and not honouring that in our systems is the underlying factor to dis-ease, dysfunction and dis-organ-I-sation. We're free to work for our money, drive cars, live alone, take any professional path and even become leaders. But the path for a woman is always a battle field that encroaches upon our self-esteem and self-worth. In religious texts, media and medical instituitions we're bombarded with messages of being inferior, or objectified as some thing to be had by another. Add the fact that we have 4 phases each month and 4 extra cycles over a life time then men, and you understand why women are 30% more likely to burnout. Article with Womens four phases FLOWING WITH OUR CYCLE Free PDF Donate with Stripe  

Rob Lamport shares with Shira Cohen, how he turned to yoga for back issues and it enhanced his work, mental health and slowly change his career. We talk about how spinal alignment equals physical and physiological health, and movement is key to our health on every level, affecting every system, vessel and cell. We touch on the power of being present in the body, and body awareness as the basis to the safest way to create healthy movement first and correct foundation. Work with Us: Rob's Courses  Therapy with Shira   Resources: T. Krishnamarcharya Heart formed first; Yoga, Fascia, Anatomy & Movement- Joanne Sarah Avison  Judith Lasater - Experiential Anatomy Invisible Women- Caroline Criado Perez TKV Desikachar  

Joline Lenz is an entrepreneur, recruiter and co-author of Inspiration at Work, she helps others elevate, envision and empower courage, connection and creativity and shares her personal story with Shira. We talk about accepting ourselves fully, flaws and all, as we go through  the process of self-realisation, following our energy and bliss, as well as unraveling our shadows and the habits of hard knocks. Work with us: Joline Lenz Shira Cohen Books: Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your Life Anita Morjani - Dying to be Me Jiddu Krishnamurti  Documentary: Thrive On