— “Authentic yoga is just listening to the heart and acting from that truth.”
Valeria Teles interviews Fiona Agombar — the author of “Yoga Therapy for Stress, Burnout and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.”
Fiona Agombar is a yoga therapist and teacher in the Krishnamacharya Tradition. She originally trained with the Yoga for Health Foundation in 2001 then qualified as a KHYF teacher in 2011 and is accredited as an advanced teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY). She has studied under Bill Feeney, Gill Lloyd, Sarah Ryan, TKV Desikachar, his son Dr Kausthub Desikachar and also the Zen teacher Adyashanti.
She specializes in teaching yoga for fatigue conditions, including CFS/ME, burnout, stress and long-Covid. Fiona was a Trustee of Action for ME (major UK charity) for eight years. She has set up teaching modules on stress and fatigue for Yoga Campus, which she ran for several years together with CPD days for the BWY, before she took five years out to nurse her husband who was terminally ill.
She was one of the key speakers for Global Yoga Therapy Day in August 2020 on exhaustion, overwhelm and burnout. In March 2021 she contributed to an advisory meeting for the British Council of Yoga Therapy on guidelines for teaching those with long-Covid. She has recently delivered a successful introductory course for teachers on Burnout, CFS and Long-Covid with Sarah Ryan. She currently runs classes online for those with fatigue and has referrals for long-Covid from a major teaching hospital in the UK. Fiona is the author of the book and DVD Beat Fatigue with Yoga (Cherry Red Books) and her most recent book which was recently published, sold out after three months. She regularly contributes to UK journals Spectrum and OM. Fiona has Lyme disease which she manages with yoga. She is passionate about campaigning to change attitudes to those with fatigue conditions and describes herself as a Feminine Rest Activist.
To learn more about Fiona Agombar and her work please visit: https://www.fionaagombar.co.uk/
— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.
