Stress Reduction Tools That Work and Heal Heart Disease with Susi Amendola

I am so thrilled to talk with Susi Amendola, certified yoga therapist, founder of Yoga Now, and author of The Centered Heart, an incredible book of evidence based mind body practices that reduce stress and improve cardiac health. Susi's shares with us her wisdom from decades of work supporting people to reverse heart disease in this breakthrough, multidimensional approach to healing that utilizes diet, yoga, mindfulness, and moderate exercise.

Referenced in the Show

• The Centered Heart book

• HEAL Episode: “Turning the Table: Heart disease, cholesterol myth, and eating fat, butter and red meat with Curt Hill”

• Dean Ornish program

• Ayurveda

• Swami Satyananda's technique 

• Indigenous medicine

• Ancestral healing

• Brené Brown

• HEAL Episode: “Healing After Cancer Treatment with Dr. Amy Rothenberg”

• CNN: ‘A study to give us hope’: Lifestyle changes improve Alzheimer’s symptoms for some

• Christiane Northrop, MD

• Andrew Weil, MD

• Mark Hyman, MD

• Paleo Diet

Meet Susi Amendola C-IAYT , ERYT 500

Susi Amendola, author of “The Centered Heart: Evidence-Based Mind Body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac Health” is an Internationally Certified Yoga Therapist who brings over 40 years of experience utilizing Yoga and lifestyle practices to help others heal.

In 1983 she founded Yoga Now in Omaha, Nebraska where she currently teaches classes and directs the annual 200-Hour Yoga Certification program.

Presently, Susi is a National Senior Trainer of Stress Management for the prestigious Ornish Lifestyle Medicine program for reversing heart disease. The program includes Yoga as part of a multi-dimensional approach to healing, and is covered by Medicare under the guidelines of Intensive Cardiac Rehab. Susi has contributed over 150 articles to Ornish Living Magazine , an online publication to support those who are making lifestyle changes to improve their health and well-being, with an audience of over a million subscribers.

With her expertise in both the ancient practices of Yoga and the medical world, Susi’s teachings and classes are unlike anything else you will find. Her teaching style is heart-centered, nurturing, practical, and empowering. She continues to practice, teach and inspire others to listen deeply to the healer within.

Learn More about Susi at:

YourCenteredHeart.com

Instagram: @thecenteredheart

Facebook: The Centered Heart / Your Centered Heart Community