The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
Living with bipolar disorder sucks! Each week Michelle Reittinger and her guests explore tools and resources that help you learn how to live well with your bipolar. If you are tired of suffering and want to live a healthy, balanced, productive life with your bipolar, this podcast was designed with you in mind.
The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
EP 27: The Healing Power of Yoga with Dr. Ghada Osman
In this illuminating conversation Dr. Ghada Osman shares:
- Her discovery of the healing power of yoga for mental health,
- The fundamental purpose of yoga,
- How tuning into the feelings in your body helps you process and release emotions,
- How to understand the different aspects of yoga practice and how they can serve you in emotional regulation,
- Her three-pronged model and how it can help you move towards emotional and mental healing,
- How yoga can help enhance the effectiveness of therapy,
- How connecting with your body helps connect you to the present which is grounding,
- The difference between general population yoga and a trauma informed yoga class,
- How yoga practice can translate into your daily life to help you meet and handle difficulty, and
- How to recognize what aspects of yoga serve you best.
Website: www.ghadaosman.com
Book on Routledge: Mental and Emotional Healing Through Yoga: A Guiding Framework for Therapists and their Clients
Book on Amazon: Mental and Emotional Healing Through Yoga: A Guiding Framework for Therapists and their Clients
Check out Ghada's 2024 online training on using yoga to work with mental health here: Yoga for Mental Health Certification Course
Bio:
Ghada Osman, PhD, LMFT, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, is a licensed psychotherapist, yoga teacher, yoga therapist and AFAA-certified aerobics instructor who has worked with a wide range of populations, from college students to hospice patients to private practice clients. She currently oversees the mental health counseling program at a community college district, where her specialties include supervising counselor trainees, providing workshops and trainings, and helping her own clients work with anxiety and depressive disorders, eating disorders, trauma, grief and loss, and chronic/ serious physical illness. Ghada is certified as a yoga therapist by the International Association of Yoga Therapy, and completed her 500-hour yoga teacher training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. A Professor Emerita at San Diego State University, she holds a doctorate degree from Harvard University and a Master’s in psychology from Chapman University. Dr. Osman is the author of Mental and Emotional Healing for Yoga: A Guiding Framework for Therapists and Their Clients, available on Amazon.
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