Abundant Yoga Teacher Podcast Amy McDonald

This week I’m speaking with the insightful and inspiring Heather Mason. Heather is the founder of both The Minded Institute and the Yoga in Health Care Alliance. She holds master’s degrees in Buddhist Studies, in Psychotherapy, Medical Physiology, and has extensive training in Neuroscience. Heather has been teaching yoga since 2001 and has specialized in the use of yoga therapy for mental health populations since 2007. Actively focused on the integration of yoga into healthcare, in 2018 Heather helped create an All-Party Parliamentary Group, “Yoga in Society”. Heather has also co-authored “Yoga and Mental Health” and “Yoga on Prescription”. In 2023 Heather and co-director Elaine Collins developed the first yoga therapy psychotherapy course in the world.

Learn more about Heather’s work here: https://themindedinstitute.com/ and here: https://www.yogainhealthcarealliance.com/

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There’s no new episode on the main feed this week, but I’ve got a long listen over on Patreon for you! It features an interview I did with an author back in 2017. And I need your feedback to formulate Part 2… Which camp are you in when it comes to this text? I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

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Patanjali lists 9 disturbances or Antarayas that can take us out of practice and Yoga. Today I’m addressing the 3 I think can be most problematic for Yoga Teachers when it comes to the business part of what it is that we do and suggesting my. own personal strategy for overcoming them.

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I’ve been experimenting with filming my own practice over the past few months and I’ve got some really useful insights to share. NOTE: filming your practice must not come at the expense of you being present and doing your Yoga for YOU. This is not about changing, modifying or performing for the camera. It IS about using something you’re already doing in 4 new ways. Enjoy!

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This week I’m trying something new: I’m unpacking an email exchange from my own Yoga business and drawing 2 tips out for you on how to better handle snarky customer service requests. Let me know what you think about this, and whether case studies should be a repeat event. Also diversions into Jay Shetty, becoming a monk and me accidentally hitting Ana Forrest in the face. Enjoy!

The Abundant Yoga Teacher Retreat 2025 is now open for registrations! And this will be THE VERY LAST ONE. Learn more here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/retreats

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After teaching my Retreat for 15 years I’ve learned A LOT. This week I’m sharing 5 of the top lessons (spoiler: I only got through 3…) along with some stories and wild tangents. I know, shocker!

The Abundant Yoga Teacher Retreat 2025 is now open for registrations! And this will be THE VERY LAST ONE. Learn more here: https://www.amymcdonald.com.au/retreats

Support the show by making a monthly $5 contribution here: www.patreon.com/AmyMcDonald