Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler

Pratyāhāra: The Bridge Between the Outer and Inner Limbs of Yoga With Mona Shah

What if one of the most transformative practices in yoga is also one of the least understood? In this episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, Amy Wheeler sits down with yoga t

Pratyāhāra and Therapeutic Yoga Nidra: Turning Inward for Healing

In this solo episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, host Amy Wheeler, Ph.D., explores Pratyāhāra, the fifth limb of Patañjali’s eight-limbed path, and how Yoga Nidra can becom

Exploring Experiential Anatomy in Yoga Therapy Education

In this episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, Amy welcomes two guests whose work intersects at the heart of yoga therapy education: Leila Stuart and Kimberly Searl from the S

Move More, Breathe Less: Rethinking the Breath with Robin Rothenberg

What if much of what we’ve been taught about the breath in yoga is backwards? In this episode, Amy sits down with yoga therapist and author Robin Rothenberg for a frank,

Prāṇāyāma and Modern Breathwork: What's the Difference?

Are prāṇāyāma and modern breathwork the same thing, or do they represent fundamentally different approaches to working with the breath? In this episode of The Yoga Thera

Breath as a Portal: Conscious Connected Breathwork with Laurie Angress

In this episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, Amy Wheeler welcomes yoga therapist, meditation teacher, and breathwork facilitator Laurie Angress for a thoughtful conversation

From Āsana to Lived Experience: Yoga, Tantra, Somatics, and Lived Experience

In this solo episode, Amy Wheeler explores a fascinating question: What happens when we look beneath the physical practice of yoga and return to its deeper purpose? Begin

Finding Your Way Back: Trust, Truth, and Regulation Through the Body

Episode Summary In this episode of The Yoga Therapy Hour, Amy sits down with Danielle Burke, a certified yoga therapist and licensed professional counselor, to explore w

Satyam & Ahiṃsā: Telling the Truth Without Harm

In this solo episode, Amy Wheeler explores the second yama, satyam (truthfulness), and its essential relationship to the first yama, ahiṃsā (non-harming). This conversati

Living the Niyamas: Ethics, Self-Study, and the Practice of Inner Alignment

Episode Overview In this thoughtful and grounded conversation, Amy Wheeler sits down with Marlysa Sullivan, a physical therapist, yoga therapist, and educator working wi

Posture, Presence, and the Language of the Body with Posture Ellie

In this episode, Amy sits down with Posture Ellie, a posture specialist based in the Peak District of England, whose work bridges movement, awareness, and human transform

The Niyamas and the Neuroscience of Inner Regulation: Creating the Conditions for Change

Episode Description In this episode, Dr. Amy Wheeler continues the Season 10 exploration of the Eight Limbs of Yoga as a regulatory framework, turning inward toward the

Santoṣa: Meeting Life Without Resistance

In this conversation, Amy sits down with Colleen Carroll for a thoughtful exploration of Santoṣa—often translated as contentment, but experienced as something much more n

Daily Practice, Inner Guidance, and the Living Experience of Sādhana with Lee Mejewski

Episode Overview In this conversation, Amy sits down with Lee to explore the role of daily practice—sādhana—as a living, evolving process rather than a fixed routine. T

Ahimsa in Action: What Aging Teaches Us About Kindness and Strength

Episode Overview In this conversation, Amy Wheeler sits down with yoga therapist and educator Ashley McKeachie to explore the lived experience of ahimsa—non-harming—as i

The Yamas and the Neuroscience of Trust: From Survival to Steady Ground

What does it mean to trust that life will work out—not as a belief, but as a lived, embodied experience? In this solo episode, Dr. Amy Wheeler explores the intersection

Regulating the Inner Landscape: Mala Cunningham on Anxiety, Awareness, and the Nervous System

In this episode, Amy sits down with Mala Cunningham, a pioneer in integrating yoga therapy with mental health care. The conversation offers a steady and thoughtful explor

Loving the Fire: Reinvention, Inner Power, and Living Your Yoga

In this episode, Amy sits down with Deborah Santana—author, philanthropist, and lifelong spiritual practitioner—for a conversation that explores what it means to live fro

Understanding Human Suffering: The Five Kleśas and the Return to Our True Nature

In this solo episode, Amy Wheeler explores one of the most important psychological teachings in the yoga tradition: the five kleśas, described in Chapter 2 of the Yoga Su

When Theories Are Questioned: Polyvagal Critique, Clinical Wisdom, and the Enduring Map of the Guṇas

In this solo episode, Amy Wheeler brings clarity and steadiness to the recent scientific critique of Polyvagal Theory by Paul Grossman and colleagues. Rather than reactin