Shaura Hall is a Yoga Therapist who specializes in Addiction Recovery, drawing on a wide range of tools and practices. She is the Founder of The Yogologist and also created the ground-breaking Yoga Therapy for Addictions Continuing Professional Development training at The Minded Institute. As a certified Senior Yoga Teacher and Teacher Trainer with Yoga Alliance professionals, she also teaches and works with Hatha, Kundalini, and Yin Yoga, as well as mindfulness, meditation and Yoga Nidra practices.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Trauma and the root causes of addiction
- Healing in community
- The architecture of our society and how conditioning leads to addiction
- Heather’s personal addiction recovery journey
- The role of ceremony in her healing
- The teacher student relationship
- Buddhism’s six realms of existence including the realm of the Hungry Ghost
- Spirituality in recovery