Nicole Aylwin – Managing Stress through Mindfulness and Yoga Therapy (#29)

We can’t think our way out of stress. The body keeps the score. ~ Nicole Aylwin

Nicole Aylwin (web) is a Canadian leader in access to justice research and the design of modern, flexible, user-focused dispute resolution processes.

Nicole is a part-time Member of Ontario’s Condominium Authority Tribunal where she mediates and adjudicates disputes through the CAT’s online dispute resolution system. She’s also a Senior Research Fellow at the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice, where she supports research on access to justice in civil and family matters.

Nicole also has a foot in another world – as an internationally certified Yoga Therapist who helps people use the mind/body tools of yoga and mindfulness to better manage stress, pain, illness and injury. Her business is called Yoga Therapy & Wellness (www.yogatherapywellness.ca).

In this episode, we cover a range of topics including some of the practices Nicole uses to help people (including legal professionals) manage stress – in both their minds as well as their bodies – through mindfulness and yoga therapy.

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