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
Deluxe Yoga Nidra for Deep Spring
Preparatory movement and breath to prepare the body and mind for relaxation and guided "non-sleep deep rest". Expect a body scan and imagery to allow the body to have the experience of sleep while the mind clears and calms.
Revive, Restore and Rest
Rhythmic movement to free and warm joints and muscles and prepare the body for a 30 minute restoring practice of Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep), a supine guided meditation that offers the body an experience of sleep, while the mind eases and clears.
Remembering Steadiness
A movement and meditation experience centered on the concept that even if we feel unsteady in a sequence that challenges our balance, yoga philosophy teaches us there is a part of us that is always peaceful and still.
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.
Harmony and Balance in Transition
Whether a transition to a new season or a transition from work day to home life, the theme of this practice is cultivating a sense of "allowing" rather than resisting. Expect postures inviting balance and ease in the face of challenge, guided rest and a seated meditation featuring a mudra supporting the intention of the experience.
Let In and Lean In
A morning practice that invites you to ask yourself what you are letting in and what you are leaning into for the day, the week, or even this new year. This 60 minute experience begins with breath and inquiry, a sequence that embodies the concepts of "letting in" and a related meditation to close.
Brighter from the Inside Out
60 minutes of enlivening breath and warming, releasing movement with a cultivation of contentment and appreciation through a closing meditation.
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.
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.
Practice for spring (BREATH)
An enlivening breath technique followed by energizing movements matched with breath. A brief experience to refresh and renew!
Mindful Movement and 15 Min Meditation
20 minutes of rhythmic movement prepares the body and mind for a 15 minute guided meditation featuring a balanced breath rate, focus on body sensations and a cultivation of a heart-centered emotion.
Week 1- Meditation Challenge, "Physical Body"
A practice that invites you to observe the senses and witness physical sensations to draw the mind to present-centered awareness and relax the nervous system.
Week 2- Meditation Challenge, "Energy Body"
A meditation technique that features a visualization of the breath flowing in various directions through the body with the intention of greater focus, ease and balance for mind/body.
Week 3- Meditation Challenge, Conscious Mind/ Unconscious Mind
In week 3, our meditation focuses the mind on a breath visualization before inviting a practice of “watching” thoughts before observing a place beyond thinking.
Week 4- Meditation Challenge, Bliss Body
The last meditation in February’s meditation challenge offers brief movement before inviting a balanced breath technique with awareness at the “heart” while cultivating qualities of our more expansive Self.
Refreshing Yoga Nidra
A 25 minute guided relaxation inviting you to lie down, relax the body deeply while allowing the mind to rest. Expect to be guided through a body scan, a breath visualization and imagery all intended to restore energy and refresh body and mind.
Reigniting a Morning Routine
In this workshop, I share my current therapeutic morning rituals including gratitude, joint mobility, meditation, dynamic movement, a brief sequence with weights and balancing imagery.
Embodied Mantra Meditation
For the active, busy mind, a 20 minute meditation that invites attention to various locations of the body in time with the inward repetition of a word thought to be a seed sound for the various possible "energy centers" of the body.