Can Yoga Help You?

Yoga, like meditation, is one of the ways you can keep your physical and mental health active. Many don’t realize the connection of yoga to mental health benefits and that is what today’s show is about.

Our guest today,Valerie Knopik PHD, is the Department Head of Human Development and Family Studies at Purdue University. She is also a Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist and teaches at the Yoga Medicine Online teaching platform which we’re going to talk about today.

Valerie is interested in all things mental health specifically how the environment and our biology interact to affect our mental health. She’s always been a believer in staying active and yoga is the perfect marriage of her work and mental health and her love of movement and anatomy.

Episode Highlights

Valerie tells us about herself.
Merging her academic and social life.
What is the Yoga Medicine Online platform?
The reason why they used Yoga Medicine.
Recommendations for starting home practice.
Changing the physiology of your body.

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About the show:

Welcome to the Happy Hour Podcast! I’m Shannon Jamail, the host of this show, along with my friends Stefanie and Angie. I’m a therapist turned performance coach and an author. Here in Happy Hour, we talk about life, relationships, business and other stuff with the intention to help each other connect, grow and thrive.

About Stefanie – She is a yoga instructor and brings a passionate healing touch to all that she does. She’s also a certified birth and postpartum doula and a nurse. She lives in Newport Beach California with her husband and two beautiful kiddos.

About Angie – She is an incredible lawyer that brings her determined and feisty attitude to everything she does. She’s the momma of two cute-as-hell dogs and an adorable cranky cat. She lives in Savannah Georgia with her fiancé. She’s also starting her training as a yoga teacher.

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