Worrier to Warrior Yoga Therapy
soothe an anxious body and mind and cultivate authentic confidence, strength, resilience and presence with countless evidence-based practices and practical skills. guided with compassion by your personal Certified yoga therapist, Lisa Dumas
“Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.” Tao Te Ching
Welcome to a resource intended to empower you with skills to befriend your body and mind and reconnect to authentic confidence and purpose. Please enjoy this robust selection of therapeutic experiences in varying lengths and themes. Explore movement, meditations, breath practices and much more to encourage increased presence, strength, balance and self-compassion.
November Live Practice:
Thursday, Nov 20th: 5:15-6:30pm PST- Metaphorical Movement
All Class Codes:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7774149357?pwd=OUNMT3U5NEJqbHNFZVdRVGVnT0NlUT09
Meeting ID: 777 414 9357
Passcode: 102313
*By choosing to practice online, you are acknowledging that you are making an informed choice that the activity is appropriate for you, assume all risk that may be associated and will take care of your body and mind throughout. There is never any demand in my guidance, only invitations and suggestions. Take what you need.
Browse or choose the class that is right for you, right now:
Length
15 Minutes | 30 Minutes | 45 minutes | 75 minutes
Attention
Full Body | Arms | Core | Hips | Legs | Upper Back
Intention
Calm | Balance | Invigorate
Letting Go of Old Stories
It takes strength and courage to face the outdated stories we have about ourselves. This sequence engages the core muscles as a means of strengthening not only our physical center but our sense of Self- inspiring the resilience to stay with ourselves, even when we are confronted by an old wound and are habituated to avoidance.
Knee Love!
A mini practice to warm up the knees before offering stabilizing and strengthening movements for knee health! A perfect practice if you are recovering from an injury or simply want to support your knees through the years
Yoga Therapy for a Winter Mood
Energizing movement, uplifting breath skills and relaxation techniques to support a winter mood.
Flow and Restore
Representing refreshment, possibility and potential with a dynamic sequence followed by introspective restorative shapes for rest. Expect balancing postures, twists and flows. Playlist: "Inspired" from my Spotify account- Lisa Dumas
Energizing 30 Minute Flow
Add more light, playfulness and joy to your practice in the darker months!
Warm Up, Power Down
A warming core-centered practice intended to invigorate from the inside out. Strengthening prepares for deeper stretches for hips and plenty of time for guided rest.
Yang Yin for Spring
Explore the transitioning seasons with the breath and a "letting go" visualization, flow through an invigorating sequence that plays with planting roots and blooming, then balance increased energy and light with a selection of yin hip stretches and a gentle inversion.
Warming Reset
A standing, enlivening warm up prepares for a full body flow with a focal point to assist the mind. Restorative posture to close.
Centered, Stable and Restored
Utilise a focusing technique throughout this practice that encourages presence and awareness of the spaces around the body as you engage in a sequence featuring twists, core work and balance. A yang-yin practice that warms up, challenges and closes with a long stay in hip stretches and a restorative, gentle inversion.
Keep Your Spark in the Dark
A standing warm up to enliven followed by a strengthening sequence to cultivate a quality of inner brightness and vitality in darker days.
Lighter and Brighter
Meeting shorter, darker days with a practice offering several invitations to cultivate warmth and light. We begin with a "warming" breath technique, lightness in attitude and imagery, a complete "warm up" and a dynamic practice to strengthen and enliven.
Slow, Strong Flow
A mindful rhythmic warm up anchors the mind and prepares the body for strong postures for the legs and core with optional twists. Ideal for cooler weather. Sustainable stress for the body while you de-stress the mind!
Grounded Slow Flow and Restore
A supine warm up through joint range of motion, a grounding selection of core-centric movements and standing postures, closes with three restorative shapes. What do you need to ground into today?
Mindful Slow Flow with Rest
A mindful check in, a full body warm up, a sequence that invites your gaze within… yin and relaxation to close. From my evolving new space in Juneau!
Summer Stillness
A standing warm up, leisurely sun salutes and a pause in a collection of standing postures make up this well rounded practice to encourage stillness for the mind and gratitude in the heart.
30 Minute Sunrise Flow
Wake up with warming joint mobility, core and glute strengthening, then flow through a sequence to open the front line of the body, free shoulders and hips and cultivate a more centered state of mind with a brief meditation on the breath.
Sunrise Movement and Meditation
A sequence that offers a full body warm up, strengthen and stretch to prepare for a balancing breath meditation. Intended to support the body through earlier wake ups with an earlier sunrise.
Sustainable Strength and Productive Rest
Expect an effective warm up to ready your body for a dynamic full body strengthen preparing you for a few restorative shapes and added breath techniques to energize, restore and balance.
Strong to Calm
60 minutes of practice with the intention to strengthen often weak areas like core, glutes and upper back and to work our muscles enough so they can relax deeply in preparation for a 15 minute meditation to strengthen presence and focus.
A Peaceful Morning Movement & Meditation
Enjoy 45 minutes of gentle mobility and accessible strengthening preparing you for a calming breath technique and a "peaceful place" meditation.