192. Susi Amendola on New Book 'The Centered Heart' and What We Get Wrong About Stress Management

Susi Amendola is a yoga therapist, author and Ornish Lifestyle
Medicine trainer. She has more than 30 years experience in yoga
and stress management. Her studio Yoga Now, where she still
teaches, opened in Benson in 1983. Amendola also directs the
studio’s annual yoga teacher certification program, which begins
this September.


Amendola’s new book is “The Centered Heart: Evidence-Based Mind
Body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac Health.”


The book explores the relationship between stress management and
overall health, and encourages readers to try seven yoga and
other mind-body practices to reduce stress and manage chronic
health problems like heart disease. “The Centered Heart” was
released May 7 and is available where you get books.