Caroline Wybar, Internal Medicine, Mental Health, Podcast, Rachel Land, Resources, Yoga Medicine® News
169: Yoga for Addiction Recovery: Community Conversations with Caroline Wybar
We all have the instinct to distract ourselves from present-moment discomfort, whether we consider ourselves an addict or not. That insight is a powerful starting point for today’s conversation on the role yoga can play in addiction recovery.
Host Rachel is joined by returning guest Caroline Wybar — yoga teacher and trainer, and 1000hr Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist. Drawing from both lived experience and extensive research, Caroline shares a compassionate and evidence-informed perspective on addiction and recovery.
She explores the many factors that contribute to addiction and shares how yoga can support recovery by helping practitioners develop self-awareness, resilience, distress tolerance, and a healthier relationship with the present moment.
“We all experience pain and distress and loss and disconnection. We just have different solutions for it.” — Caroline Wybar
YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN TO THE PODCAST ON APPLE PODCASTS. AND BE SURE TO LEAVE US A RATING AND REVIEW!
“Yoga gave me a way to be in my body that didn’t feel dangerous.” — Caroline Wybar
Show Notes:
- Defining addiction, clinically versus culturally [2:27]
- Addiction as a solution to pain [4:34]
- Disease or personal choice? Reaching consilience [8:11]
- Secrecy, stigma versus community connection [16:34]
- Caroline’s personal recovery story [20:14]
- Yoga tools for recovery [37:52]
- Yoga asana for simplicity and sense of success [41:50]
- Accessible breath work and mindfulness practices [43:57]
- Yoga Medicine Live Online Addictions Yoga Teacher Training [51:49]
Links Mentioned:
- Watch this episode on YouTube
- Addictions Yoga Teacher Training
- Yoga Nidra Teacher Training
- Transforming Habits Yoga Teacher Training
- Previous Yoga Medicine® Podcast Episodes:
- Connect with Caroline Wybar:
Facebook | Instagram | Caroline Wybar Yoga | Yoga Medicine® Online Guest Teacher
“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection.” — Caroline Wybar
Login