Yoga, Belonging, and Resilience

How can the inherent wholeness and belonging of yoga help us to bounce back when we meet the challenges of life? Yoga therapist Amy Wheeler, Ph.D., discusses how through yoga, we can develop resiliency while having compassion for ourselves and for others.

Amy Wheeler’s life purpose has been to change the way people view mental and physical health by educating them about the inter-relationship between Yoga, Psychology and Public Health.  She has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and her B.A. and M.A. in Health Promotion. She has studied Yoga and Yoga Therapy in India, Europe and the United States.  During the past 25 years, Amy studied extensively in the T. Krishnamacharya Tradition.  Amy served as the President of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).   Additionally, she helped to develop and define standards for Ayurvedic Yoga Therapists in the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA). Amy has also conducted many yoga research studies at California State University, San Bernardino, where she has been an active Professor of Kinesiology for 25 years. Amy teaches many courses pertaining to Yoga, Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy of Sport and Exercise. 

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Amy’s website is https://amywheeler.com.