Amy Weintraub

Temple Dancer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Touchladybirdlucky Studios
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780974738062
• ISBN-10: 0974738069
• Artikelnr.: 59180761

Autorenporträt

Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, YACEP, founder of the LifeForce Yoga(R) Healing Institute, yogafordepression.com, is a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health. She is the author of two non-fiction books; Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books, 2003), Yoga Skills for Therapists (W.W. Norton, 2012) and numerous articles and book chapters. Her evidence-based yoga protocol for managing mood is used in healthcare settings globally, offered in professional trainings, and is featured on eight audio-visual products, including the LifeForce Yoga(R) series, an award-winning library of evidence-based yoga and meditation CDs and DVDs for mood management. Amy holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in literary fiction from Bennington College and graduated summa cum laude from Boston University with a degree in English Literature. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous literary journals. She is the recipient of the Allen Tate Memorial Award for the Short Story and a finalist for the William Faulkner Award for the Novel and for the Heekin Group Foundation Fellowship for the novel-in-progress, and received second place in the Writer's Digest Writing Competition for Literary Fiction. As a prolific television producer and writer in the late 1970s and '80s, Amy was a national Emmy-Award Finalist for a documentary exposé about the shameful de-institutionalization of the mentally ill. She also won the San Francisco State University Broadcast Media Award; the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Television Documentary Presentation; and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists National Award for Community Service, among other honors.