#67 NINA ZOLOTOW - AUTHOR OF THE YOGA FOR TIMES OF CHANGE AND THE YOGA FOR HEALTH AGING BLOG
Nina Zolotow, RYT500, MFA, is Editor in Chief of the Yoga for Healthy Aging blog as well as a contributing writer, and is the author of the book Yoga for Times of Change. She is a long-time yoga writer as well as a long-time yoga practitioner and a certified yoga teacher. Her special areas of expertise are yoga for emotional well-being (including yoga for stress, insomnia, depression, and anxiety) and yoga for healthy aging. She completed the three-year teacher training program at The Yoga Room in Berkeley, California, has studied yoga therapy with Shari Ser and Bonnie Maeda, and is especially influenced by the teachings of Donald Moyer. She has studied extensively with Rodney Yee, and is inspired by the teachings of Patricia Walden on yoga for emotional healing. She has taught workshops and series classes on yoga for emotional well-being, yoga for stress, yoga for better sleep, home practice, cultivating equanimity, and yoga for healthy aging.
Nina is also the co-author with Baxter Bell of Yoga for Healthy Aging: A Guide to Lifelong Well-Being and co-author with Rodney Yee of Yoga: The Poetry of the Body and Moving Toward Balance.
WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT
-Writing one-sentence stories
-Making yoga accessible for everyone
-Exploring calming vs stimulating poses
-Yoga as a tool to combat stress and anxiety
-Why meditation isn’t always a good thing
-How yoga poses have an emotional effect
-Not using the word ‘negative’ to describe emotions
-The idea of ‘pre-grief’
-Why humans resist change
-The different degrees of anxiety
-Ways to trigger the relaxation response
QUOTES
‘Yoga felt so right in my body that I fell in love with it straight away.’
‘If it’s not working for you, it’s not working for you. Try something else.’
‘All our emotions play a role in our lives. Self-enquiry is really important.’
REFERENCES
Dr Lynn Somerstein (psychotherapist)
Donald Moyer (yoga teacher)
Iyengar (yoga teacher)
‘The Relaxation Response’, Herbert Benson (book)
‘Breathe’ magazine
Nina’s book and blog (yogafortimesofchange.com)
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THE HOSTS
@adamhusler - Drawing from a variety of lives lived off the mat, Adam Husler brings a unique perspective to those who seek more from yoga than making pretty shapes. He offers creative, effective and clearly-sequenced teachings that focus on balancing flexibility and strength; physically and mentally. Educated by globally renown teachers, including Jason Crandell and Michael Stone, Adam specialises in a signature style of Alignment-Based Vinyasa— fuelled by a fascination with anatomy and a desire to ask ‘why?’.
Based in London, Adam teaches a robust schedule in one of the worlds top yoga studios, Triyoga, and world leading gym, Equinox. On top of this, Adam leads workshops, trainings and teaches festivals continuously around the world, leaving him with thousands of teaching hours under his belt and plenty of appearances in national and international media.
For workshops, trainings, events and retreats, find out more here.
@iamhollyhusler - From belting out original pop tunes at the London O2 stage to 20,000 people, whilst supporting Westlife, to singing healing mantras and playing magical instruments, to seas of sleeping yogis, at events and studios across the globe; Holly’s journey has led to a deep desire to help people find conscious connection and their own inner peace.
For trainings, workshops, music, events and retreats, find out more here.
