LifeForce Yoga for Depression & Anxiety

About the Teacher        Joy Bennett discovered yoga in 1998, while experiencing a deep depression. She has also suffered from anxiety and panic attacks. Her subsequent healing through the practice of yoga led her to become a yoga teacher. She received her yoga certification in 2004 from the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, in Stockbridge, MA.        Joy is also a certified LifeForce Yoga Practitioner, and continues to study extensively with Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500. Amy is a pioneer in the field of yoga for depression and anxiety, and founder of LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute. Joy will be assisting Amy's training programs for summer 2008 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY and the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, MA. For more information on Amy's work, see Yoga for Depression.        Joy has been offering LifeForce Yoga classes throughout the state of Rhode Island for the past two years. Private instruction is also available at her Providence studio, for students who prefer to work one-on-one, and may not feel ready to participate in a group setting.        Joy's personal recovery from depression and anxiety has resulted in a thorough commitment and compassion for her work as a LifeForce yoga teacher. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, psychiatrist Irwin Bennett, MD.        Feel free to contact her at joy@joyfulbreath.com with any questions or concerns.