The Healing Power of Yoga with Amanda Myers

Good is What Makes You Feel Well

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In today’s episode, I’m talking to my amazing yoga teacher Amanda Meyers. Amanda is a certified Bikram Yoga Teacher by Bikram Choudhury himself. She also holds a 200-hour Vinyasa Teacher Certification and a 200-hour Cancer and Cardiac Care Yoga Certification. She has continued her studies under several great Yogis in numerous workshops and retreats. She has a BS in Family and Consumer Sciences focusing on Nutrition from the University of Georgia. She holds a Massage Therapy license, and 500-hour Ayurvedic Practioner Certification and is a Board-Certified Health Coach. What makes Amanda’s classes so special is not only her over 25 years of experience teaching Yoga, but also her passion for the practice. She believes in the healing power of yoga with all her heart and has seen results in herself and many others. In our heart-to-heart conversation, Amanda shares her journey and how Yoga has helped her overcome various challenges in her life. Check it out!

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Amanda teaches Hot Hatha Yoga on Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 8:45 am and a Slow Flow Vinyasa on Fridays @ 10:30 am

at The Yoga Mix Studio - 363 Sanderson St – Alcoa TN

Inspiration & Resources:
Real Man Do Yoga by John Capouya
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda

Bikram Hot Hatha Yoga Poses by Bikram Choudhury

Key Takeaways:

Bikram Yoga’s 26 poses offer a transformative journey through intense heat and disciplined postures, challenging both body and mind to reach new levels of strength and clarity;
Yoga can heal you from the inside out;
The practice helps you find peace and strength to go through all kinds of physical and emotional challenges in life;
Elite athletes from all modalities have benefited from doing all kinds of yoga practices;
Hot Hatha was designed to heal common issues faced by Western cultures - the poses are designed to exercise the internal organs as much as the muscle-skeletal system;
The heat makes you sweat, helping detoxification of the body;
Find your practice doing what you can;
Don’t get discouraged by not having a studio or even a good teacher;
If you haven’t tried yoga yet, we highly recommend it!
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Intro Music "Levitar" credits to Ricardo Ulpiano, Thiago Peixoto, Marcelo Luciano Menino, and Anderson Rodrigo de Oliveira.
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