Dear John,

Depression rates are reaching an all-time high, and given the past year's events, understandably so. Depression and anxiety affect people of all ages, and in fact, research shows a strong relationship between depression and Alzheimer's disease. Luckily, yoga has been proven to be a highly effective lifestyle modality to manage depressive symptoms– and we want to share these amazing tools with you.

Please join our next webinar: Yoga for Depression as Alzheimer's Prevention with Amy Weintraub, MFA, C-IAYT. She will talk about ways in which yoga can protect our brains and shift our moods. Participants will practice a number of brief and accessible yoga mood-shifters from Amy’s new card deck, Yoga For Your Mood, just released from Sounds True. No mat or previous experience is required.

Please join us on Tuesday, September 28th for this outstanding webinar. It will be recorded and sent out after.

Title: Yoga for Depression as Alzheimer's Prevention

Date: Tuesday, September 28th, 2021

Time: 4 pm PT / 5 pm MT / 6 pm CT / 7 pm ET

During this webinar you will discover:

A yoga breathing exercise that activates ventral vagal activity, regulates the autonomic nervous system and leaves the practitioner feeling calm and alert.
A short evidence-based yoga meditation that includes a hand gesture, visual imagery, and a mantra tone that builds confidence, clarity, and self-efficacy.
The evidence-based biochemical changes in the brain as a result of yoga and meditation so as to explain to patients/clients.
Principles of Yoga that pertain to emotional balance and mood regulation.

Our esteemed guest speaker is Amy Weintraub. Amy is the founder of the LifeForce Yoga® Healing Institute, an acclaimed yoga therapist, and a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health. Author of the best-selling "Yoga for Depression," the new card deck from Sounds True, "Yoga for Your Mood: 52 Ways to Shift Depression and Anxiety," and "Yoga Skills for Therapists," she teaches and guides thousands of practitioners and therapists around the world. Her Silver Nautilus Award winning novel "Temple Dancer" was released in 2020. She thrives in Tucson, Arizona where she mountain bikes, dances, writes, and creates. In 1999, Amy wrote "The Natural Prozac," Yoga Journal's first article addressing yoga and mental health.

We are very excited to bring this program to you. If you can't attend the webinar, we will send you the recording as soon as it's available. From all of us at ARPF, we thank you for your continued support.

Yours in Brain Health,

Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D.

President / Medical Director

Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation (ARPF)

www.alzheimersprevention.org

[email protected]

Prevention Editor, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease