In December's workshop we explored several therapeutic skills for connecting with qualities of the heart. Expect philosophy, meditation and use of mantra. You are also invited to offer your practice to someone you appreciate and to deeply rest in a 20 minute guided Yoga Nidra.
Start your day with this 20 minute practice that invites the mind to focus on the breath and an empowering mantra rather than the habitual thoughts we wake up with. Expect movement to ready the body and the core for a day of confidence followed by a mudra and short meditation. A reminder of the power within.
A 60 minute practice designed to help you shift gears from the workday to the evening hours. A mudra and breath technique is offered to support the wind down, the intention of letting go of the day is held throughout and the practice closes with deep relaxation to help you shift into nighttime activities feeling refreshed, present and at ease.
A 75-minute practice using focused observation of the senses to drop into the present moment. Expect some strong, sustained postures to learn to observe sensation rather than judge it, a useful skill to to cultivate for managing reactivity off the mat.
This is one of my favorite classes ever. You’ll learn how to relax quickly, 2 breath techniques to calm the body and rest the mind, movement that helps the breath and mind to regulate, a tool that may create a feeling of connection to others and a deeply restoring yoga nidra practice to close. 75 minutes of bliss!
A deluxe practice beginning with a breath technique to center and focus and a softening skill to become intentional with our attention. A stress relieving, yet uplifting and dynamic sequence is followed by a meditation to cultivate openness then, enjoy a yoga nidra to welcome inner knowing. Journal suggested
Yoga teaches us we are much more than a physical body. We also have a mental body, a wisdom body, a bliss body and a pranic body that are effected by everything we do. Our pranic body is our energy body, prana is our life force. Breath practices along with many other things affect our vitality. This 60 min practice utilizes the breath in several ways to help harmonize our energy while the physical practice is a balance of more warming, followed by cooling postures. Enjoy!!
A morning practice designed to support your body in elimination and digestion. Start by sipping hot water and continue with a breath technique and movements intended to stimulate and enhance digestion followed by a mudra that supports digestive fire, not to mention our ability to properly digest our life experiences- taking what we need, and releasing what no longer serves us!
This offering includes a visualization technique to invite the mind to rest throughout. The physical sequence moves through warming, then strengthening and stretching to ease tension from areas that can tend to feel “tight”.
A practice that utilizes rhythmic movement to de-stress the body and mind. Includes an opening breath technique to invite presence and calm and a super relaxing, inspiring tool before Savasana.
A strong practice featuring an engaging and relaxing breath technique throughout while tending to core awakening, twists and a challenge or two to help you work out the excess tension and stress and finally relax. Note, the closing practice of “focusing on what’s going right” cuts off a little early, so please take a few moments in contemplation of what’s going well in your life after the recording stops.
A gentle movement practice that never leaves the floor intended to ease stress and connect you with grounded contentment.
Simple, rhythmic standing movements rule this practice intended to soothe an anxious mind and body. I recommend using this as a resource in the face of overwhelm, a turbulent mind or when chaotic thoughts interrupt getting to sleep. Closes with a short seated mudra and humming breath technique to further ground and calm.
This is an open-ended meditation so please set your timer if you would like a practice that is longer than 10 minutes before beginning. Regular meditation helps us to move what we are not aware of into our conscious mind so we can have a deeper understanding of the roots of our reactions, thoughts and patterns and eventually helps us move and clear what doesn’t contribute to our highest good. This practice begins with “Bhairava Mudra” that supports all systems of the body and helps us to release fear and continues with a visualization and mantra.
A practice that views the breath as the base form of our internal life force “prana”. You will be invited to visualize the breath move in various directions, and sense the energy moving in your body. Intended to balance the flow of prana within to help harmonize body and mind
For those of us who count ourselves as worriers, focusing on our breath during meditation can be anxiety-inducing. This meditation invites you to focus on sensations of the body- the part of you that’s always present. You might find this technique to be very relaxing, because it helps us to arrive in the present moment where we belong and feel the most content. It’s also useful for those of us not accustomed to feeling our bodies and helps us befriend them and the sensations within.
The yogic map of a human being consists of five sheaths (koshas) that we can work with to balance our system and connect with our true nature more often. The first sheath or layer is the physical body. For many of us, connecting with our physical body is a path to feeling more at ease because we become present, the only place life really exists. Use this morning ritual when you want to ground and calm a nervous mind and body and focus scattered attention.
A moderate practice that includes a toolbox of techniques that you can use to soothe a worried mind and nervous body.
This slow flow hatha class begins with a breath technique to ignite the symbolic heart space. The physical practice is structured to "open" the front of the body and strengthen the back of the body and it closes with relaxation and meditation intended to help us stay connected to love, gratitude, compassion and the other expansive qualities of our hearts.
A Therapeutic Practice to support us as we learn to digest our life experiences skillfully; to take the lessons we need and release what doesn't serve us. Expect a moderate practice to open the front line of the body.