Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy & Meditation
by Breathing Deeply
Welcome to the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation Podcast. Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weightloss with Being At Peace with Food.Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.In this podcast, we answer our student's questions and share information about yoga therapy and meditation with the intention of creating a new paradigm in wellness.Om ShantiWebsite: https://bit.ly/37tGSnrInsight Timer: https://bit.ly/3ifkrs2Instagram: https://bit.ly/3xnBaxzFacebook: https://bit.ly/3xlSCmhBlog: https://bit.ly/3rMo77TBreathing Deep
Episodes
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Why Being a Good Yoga Teacher Doesn't Make You a Good Yoga Therapist
This episode explains the fundamental difference between yoga teaching and yoga therapy, including why experienced yoga teachers can still feel completely lost with complex clients, what clinical reasoning actually is, and why having a structured framework is what separates confident yoga...
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How Long Does it Take to Become a Yoga Therapist | Realistic Timeline
This episode explains how long it actually takes to become a yoga therapist, including the three stages most students move through, what each level of training involves, and how the timeline varies depending on your background, schedule, and professional goals. 🔗 Pathway Assessment:...
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Yoga Therapy Q&A: Meniere's Disease & Vagus Nerve Tone
Get an inside look into what it is like to be a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy student in this mentoring session with Breathing Deeply Director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalacqua. Questions covered in this episode cover how to heal Meniere’s Disease with yoga therapy and proven techniques to...
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How Much Does a Yoga Therapist Make (Realistic Income Expectation)
BDYT Clinical Method: https://breathingdeeply.net/home--breathing-deeply-yoga-therapy/?utm_source=youtube This episode gives an honest answer to one of the most common questions prospective yoga therapy students ask: how much does a yoga therapist actually make. In this conversation, Breathing...
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Severe Depression Resolved in One Summer | Yoga Therapy Case Study
In this episode, Breathing Deeply founder Brandt Passalacqua speaks with Shelby Caffery, Breathing Deeply graduate about a 79 year old client who came in presenting knee & hip pain but revealed her real concern was severe depression that left her housebound and isolated. After 21 sessions over…
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Yoga Therapy Restored Severe Balance Issues: A Real Client Case Study
This epsiode explains how yoga therapy approaches balance dysfunction and neurological symptoms through a real client case study, including the specific practices used, how quickly results appeared, and what made this approach different from everything Bill had already tried. In this…
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When Physical Therapy Isn't Enough: What Yoga Therapy Does Differently
This episode explains the difference between yoga therapy and physical therapy, including what each does exceptionally well, where they overlap, when to choose one over the other, and why some of the best healing outcomes happen when both approaches work together. 🔗 Learn more about becoming a...
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What Actually Happens in a Yoga Therapy Session- Complete Walkthrough
This episode explains what actually happens inside a yoga therapy session, including the intake process, how assessment works, how a practice is built for an individual, why yoga therapy is fundamentally different from private yoga, restorative yoga, or modified group classes and the type of...
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Yoga Therapy for POTS: From Bed Ridden to Boarding Passes
In this conversation, Breathing Deeply Founder and Lead Teacher Brandt Passalacqua speaks with Jen Herndon, C-IAYT and Breathing Deeply Advanced Program graduate, about a client navigating multiple complex diagnoses including POTS, fibromyalgia, Hashimoto's disease, IBS, and EDS. Jen shares how…
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Yoga Nidra for Trauma & PTSD- Shocking Results from Lying Down
In this conversation, Breathing Deeply founder Brandt Passalacqua speaks with Melissa Russell, C-IAYT and Breathing Deeply graduate, about her yoga nidra for trauma. This episode explains how yoga nidra supports trauma recovery and PTSD, including what the practice actually involves, why it works...
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Inside Yoga Therapy Training: Clinical Practice Roadmap
This video explains what yoga therapy training actually looks like from the inside, including how students develop real clinical skill, what the supervised practicum involves, and why the structure of clinical training matters more than hours or curriculum lists alone. 🔗 The BDYT Method:...
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The Yoga Therapy Method That Cut Anxiety by 90%
This episode explains how yoga therapy treats anxiety, including the specific methods used, why they work on a physiological level, and how a structured yoga therapy practice produced a 90% reduction in anxiety symptoms in one client with a 20-year anxiety history. 🔗Join us on Breathing Deeply...
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Is Yoga Therapy Certification Worth It? Honest Answer
This episode gives an honest answer to one of the most common questions prospective students ask: “is yoga therapy certification actually worth it?”, including who it is and isn't right for, what it realistically prepares you to do, and what determines whether the investment pays off. 🔗Free...
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How to Choose the Right Yoga Therapy Training Program
This episode explains how to evaluate yoga therapy training programs, including the different educational models used across the field, what supervised clinical practice actually looks like, and how the Breathing Deeply clinical method develops real therapeutic competence. 🔗Free training video:...
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Yoga Therapy for Chronic Back Pain with C-IAYT, SarahLyn McConahay
This episode explains how yoga therapy approaches chronic low back pain, including the assessment process, the practices prescribed, and the real client results achieved over nine months of one-on-one work. In this case study, Breathing Deeply founder Brandt Passalacqua speaks with SarahLyn...
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Yoga Therapy Certification- What Actually Matters
This episode explains the difference between yoga therapy credentials and clinical competence, including what actually makes an effective yoga therapist, how to evaluate certification programs, and the clinical framework that determines real outcomes with real clients. Timestamps: 00:00 -...
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How to Become a Yoga Therapist (Complete Career Guide)
This episode explains how to become a certified yoga therapist in the United States and Canada, including what yoga therapy training requires, what IAYT certification means, and what a professional yoga therapy career realistically looks like. Pathway Assessment:...
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How Yoga Therapy Helps Children with Anxiety: Tools for Self-Regulation with Meg Vyas
This episode explores how yoga therapy supports children aged 8–12 with anxiety and self-regulation, including the specific practices, and the effective approach behind Meg Vyas’s course on the Breathing Deeply Wellness platform. In this conversation with certified yoga therapist Meg Voss, who…
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Yoga Therapy for Transgender Embodiment: Finding Safety in Your Body
This episode explores how yoga therapy supports transgender and gender diverse people through embodiment, body awareness, and nervous system regulation. Learn about C-IAYT Yoga Therapist & Breathing Deeply Gradutate, Maeka Wright’s, new course on transgender embodiment, available on the Breathing...
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Yoga Therapy for Osteoporosis with Marta Shedletsky: Strengthen Bones Naturally
🔹Join the Breathing Deeply Wellness Program to access Marta’s Yoga Therapy Course for Osteoporosis: https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness In this conversation, Breathing Deeply founder, Brandt Passalcqua, sits down with Marta Shedletsky to talk about the proven benefits of yoga therapy for...
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Yoga Therapy for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction with Maeka Wright | Beyond Kegels & PT
🤍 Yoga therapy for the Pelvic Floor online course waitlist: https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness/ Discover how yoga therapy goes beyond traditional physical therapy by addressing the physical, emotional, and mental impacts of pelvic floor dysfunction through awareness-based practices. In this...
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Yoga Therapy for Grief and Loss with Beth Christiano | Tools for Emotional Healing
🤍 Yoga therapy for Grief & Loss online course waitlist: https://breathingdeeply.com/wellness/ Yoga therapy addresses grief and loss from a whole-person approach, which conventional therapy often misses. In this video, clinical psychologist and yoga therapist Beth Christiano explains what grief…
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Fix that Fatigue with Yoga Therapy | Jen’s Recovery with Yoga Nidra
Yoga therapy offers effective relief for chronic fatigue syndrome through evidence-based nervous system regulation techniques. Learn how Jen recovered from debilitating post-COVID fatigue using yoga nidra and therapeutic practices from the Breathing Deeply yoga therapy protocols. In this episode…
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Fix that Low Back Pain! With Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy
Work with a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist to fix your back pain: https://breathingdeeply.com/work-with-a-yoga-therapist/ Struggling with chronic low back or SI joint pain? You are far from alone - up to 30% of all cases of back pain can be attributed to SI Joint dysfunction. Having low back…
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Fix those Migraines! With Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy
Struggling with chronic migraines? In this episode, Brandt Passalacqua, founder of Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy, interviews Janine, a long-time migraine sufferer, about her journey using yoga therapy to reduce 22 migraines a month to just 2. We’ll explore: • How yoga therapy targets migraine...
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Yoga Therapy For Autoimmune Disease: Proven Healing Protocol
💙Join our next yoga therapy training to master these tools and kick off a new career helping others: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Discover the proven healing power of yoga nidra for autoimmune disease with IAYT certified yoga therapist & Breathing Deeply co-founder, Brandt Passalacqua. Learn how this...
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Yoga Therapy for Weight Loss- Holistic Approach to Obesity
💙Join our next yoga therapy training to master these tools and kick off a new career helping others: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Learn about yoga therapy for sustainable weight loss with Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School founder & experienced C-AYT, Yoga Therapist Brandt Passalacqua . Learn…
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Yoga Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease- This Practice Changed His Life
💙Join our next yoga therapy training to master these tools and kick off a new career helping others: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Tune into this real case study with a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy student, Nancy Clough, that shows how therapeutic yoga and pranayama dramatically improved symptoms in a...
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Yoga therapy + Ozempic for Weight Loss - Expert IAYT Q&A
💙Join our next yoga therapy training to master these tools and kick off a new career helping others: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Yoga therapy for weight loss and GLP-1 medications with IAYT certified instructor Brandt Passalacqua. Learn evidence-based therapeutic approaches for sustainable weight...
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From 'Least Flexible Ever’ to Floor Freedom - How Joe Taft, C-IAYT, Transformed 83-Year-Old's Life
💙Join our next yoga therapy training to master these tools and kick off a new career helping others: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc In this conversation, Joe Taft, C-IAYT and graduate of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy Advanced Program, shares the incredible story of his work with Henry - a client who...
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What is Non-Action According to Yogic, Taoist & Tantric Philosophy
🩵 Join our FREE meditation program & community: https://breathingdeeply.com/courses/meditation/ What does it really mean to do nothing while still taking action? In this episode, Brandt explores one of the most powerful philosophical concepts from the yoga tradition: action vs non-action as it…
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Yoga Therapy Reversed My Alopecia with Maeka Wright
Discover how Breathing Deeply student, Maeka Wright, reversed their alopecia and started growing their hair back with Yoga Therapy! ➡️ Alopecia is an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss. In Maeka’s case, they lost all of the hair on their body. There are very few treatment options for...
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6 Basic Principles of How to Cue & Sequence a Yoga Class
📣 NEW YOGA TEACHERS (or want to be new teachers) - this is for you! Learn about the fundamentals of how to cue and sequence a yoga class. Learn from Brandt, who has decades of experience teaching yoga in a group setting, to clients in 1:1 private yoga therapy classes and training other teachers...
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How to Access Bliss Spontaneously with One Tantric Meditation Technique
In this talk learn about a specific tantric meditation technique to train our minds to experience bliss states more often. To try this meditation technique, sign up for our Meditation Community and watch the replay of the Bliss Before Wisdom meditation retreat - it’s free!...
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Yoga Therapy for Children with ADHD with Dan Greene, C-IAYT
Our next training starts soon! Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate and C-IAYT, Dan Greene for this conversation on the work Dan has done with an 8 year old girl with behavioral management issues...
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Proven Yoga Therapy Techniques For Depression + Full Sequence!
Our next Yoga Therapy class starts on the 11th of Feb 2025: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Learn about a variety of yoga therapy techniques specifically for depression from the Breathing Deeply yoga therapy framework. Our framework has a proven track record for success with depression clients! Learn…
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Yoga Therapy For Depression- Stats, Symptoms & Strategies
Our next Yoga Therapy class starts on the 19th of November 2024: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Learn about yoga therapy and depression from the Breathing Deeply yoga therapy framework. Brand discusses interesting stats around depression, Western medicine, and how we use the koshas and doshas to treat...
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Healing Acute Trauma Through Yoga Therapy With Deb Selm, C - IAYT
Warning: This episode discusses topics relating to violence, substance use and mental health. Viewer discretion is advised. Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Healing of our deepest traumas is possible with yoga therapy. Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing...
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Yoga Therapy For Chronic Depression With Steve Bader, C - IAYT
Discover what is truly possible through yoga therapy! Apply to become a Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapist: https://bit.ly/40Tyxmc Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate Steve Bader for this conversation about how Steve’s client successfully started to ween herself off one of...
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How Yoga Therapy Put Lupus Disease Into Remission With Steve Bader, C - IAYT
Discover what is truly possible through yoga therapy! Join Brandt Passalacqua and Breathing Deeply Advanced Graduate Steve Bader for this conversation about how Steve helped his client with Lupus go into remission. This is a remarkable case of the healing powers of yoga therapy and how we can…
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How A Meditation Practice Can Help Us Open To Challenging Emotions
Join our free meditation community: https://breathingdeeply.com/courses/meditation/ Managing our emotions, is one of the main reasons people choose to meditate. And it is a very good reason indeed! Through a meditation practice, we can open to relax into challenging emotions and through this...
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An Integrative Approach to Healing From A Car Accident With Yoga Therapy W Meena Ananth, C - IAYT
Yoga therapy heals ❤️🩹 Today Brandt sits down with Breathing Deeply Advanced Program graduate and C-IAYT, Meena to talk about how yoga therapy helped one of her clients recover from a serious car accident. In this discussion, Meena shares how she helped her clients see significant results in...
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Menopause & The Medical System, Unexpected Symptoms And Yoga Therapy With Fiona Jalinoos
In this episode, Brandt sits down with Fiona Janiloos, C-IAYT therapist and Breathing Deeply graduate to talk about yoga therapy and menopause. Menopause will affect all women at some stage in their life and so this subject is very important! There isn’t a massive amount of research going into...
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Floating Towards Clarity Through Meditation
In this dharma talk, Brandt shares how we can use meditation to find clarity. Brandt discusses what clarity is and how through practice we can find a sense of lightness in our body and use this as a way to float towards these states of tranquility. Brandt also shares some tips and advice on how…
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Yoga Therapy And Medication Resistant Depression With Christine Saari, C - IAYT
In this episode, our director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalcqua sits down with C-IAYT accredited yoga therapist and Advanced Program Graduate, Christine Saari to discuss her case study with medication resistant depression. Christine shares with us the different types of pranayama, asana and...
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How To Treat Anxiety Through The Koshas In Yoga Therapy
Anxiety is the most common complaint we work with as yoga therapists! Therefore, this area of mental health is crucial for us to understand and help our students and clients with. In this epsiode, Brand discusses anxiety and how it can arise in different ways through each of the 5 koshas. Learn...
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Yoga Therapy For Crohn’s Disease With Sara Merrick - Albano, C - IATY
In this episode, our director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalcqua sits down with C-IAYT accredited yoga therapist and Advanced Program Graduate, Sara Merrick-Albano to discuss her work with a client with Crohn’s Disease as a yoga therapist. Learn what practices were prescribed to ease the…
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Duality And Non-Duality In Yoga Philosophy
JOIN OUR FREE MEDITATION COMMUNITY: https://breathingdeeply.com/courses/meditation/ In today’s episode, Breathing Deeply Lead teacher, Brandt, discusses duality and non-duality in the yoga tradition. Learn the conceptual difference between non-duality and duality in yoga philosophy and how to can...
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Q&A- Memorizing Muscle Names, Energetic Effects Of The Breath & The Use Of Chakras Therapeutically
In today’s Q&A, Breathing Deeply founder and lead teacher, Brandt Passalacqua sits down with his students to ask their yoga therapy questions. Brandt offers tips on how to memorize the muscles, the various energetic effects of breathing in different directions, the doshas in relation to the...
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Yoga Therapy For Menopause With Fiona Jalinoos, C - IAYT
In this episode, our director and lead teacher, Brandt Passalcqua its down with C-IAYT accredited yoga therapist and Advanced Program Graduate, Fiona Jalinoos to discuss her work on dealing with menopause symptoms with yoga therapy. Fiona shares with us her project as part of her studies which…
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About this show
Welcome to the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation Podcast. Breathing Deeply is a Yoga Therapy and Meditation School, founded by lead teacher Brand Passalacqua in 2014. We hold online and in-person Yoga Therapy Foundations and IAYT accredited Advanced Programs and retreats along with Meditation Programs, mentor certifications and holistic weightloss with Being At Peace with Food.Breathing Deeply is made up of an active and thriving community of yogis, caregivers, therapists, teachers, medical professionals, parents & children with the same intention—to serve others, lessen suffering, and co-create a new paradigm in wellness.In this podcast, we answer our student's questions and share information about yoga therapy and meditation with the intention of creating a new paradigm in wellness.Om ShantiWebsite: https://bit.ly/37tGSnrInsight Timer: https://bit.ly/3ifkrs2Instagram: https://bit.ly/3xnBaxzFacebook: https://bit.ly/3xlSCmhBlog: https://bit.ly/3rMo77TBreathing Deep
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