Yoga offers a structure of relating to the many ways we are distracted and confused. This meditation leads us through the "kosha" model, inviting us to experience our physical bodies, our energy, minds and subconscious so we can more often connect with our true nature.
Breath and movement to rejuvenate (core, arms, legs) followed by deep stretches for the hips and 2 restorative postures to relax and nourish.
This 75 minute full body practice begins with a mental alternate nostril breath technique for calm and focus and continues to invite alternate movements for alternate sides of the body with the intention of fully engaging the mind and drawing your attention to what is happening right here, right now.
Renewing gentle movement begins and ends this body scan to promote presence and tranquility.
A floor sequence to create mobility, strength and ease for the hips and low back while engaging core and compassion for body.
Lots of yang and a bit of yin in this invigorating, twisting and strengthening sequence that invites you to use your breath and your mind with mindful intention.
Productive rest: total relaxation for the body and mind to encourage healing and increased energy and vitality.
A special 90 minute experience that offers several ideas for inserting supportive mini practices into your day and options for inspiring you when you have more time for movement, meditation and productive rest.
A short series of postures designed to balance the body after the repetitious movement of riding, running or walking.
An invitation to connect to a memory, person or image that feels "opening" for the heart and the warm feelings related to that symbolic place within. Then, flow through an invigorating sequence to feel more expansive outside and in.
A gentle, moving meditational experience that frees the neck and upper back and invites deep presence and calm.
A brief practice to shake out stress and regulate the breath to embrace a grounded, more vital state of body and mind
A 10 minute guided meditation to get you started on a mindful walking practice
A few invitations to challenge ourselves in a warming practice that includes therapeutic skills for moving through turbulence, emotional upheaval and burnout. Expect an invigorating experience to help you release what may feel heavy.
A supine meditation that invites you to explore breath and visualization with the intention of balancing and deeply restoring. A perfect refreshing afternoon practice.
A 20 minute class focused on stronger movements to quickly release stagnation and a sense of being "stuck".
Release tension from shoulders and neck and focus on a breathe technique and visualization intended to uplift and renew.
For cool, damp days and the possible accompanying stagnation, this class intentionally creates heat through strong physical movement and through bringing our attention and energy back to us, away from thoughts, activities and distractions that drain us. Closing restorative postures balance this more challenging practice.
In our March workshop we explored an idea of "balance" that invites us to move, breathe and meditate with the intention to better hold and accept all aspects of who we are as we hold so many aspects of the human experience in the world now.
Yoga teaches that a regulated mind is one that is in service to our authentic self. This 75 minute practice begins on the floor, then engages in a breath visualization, movement and meditation intended to link the mind and heart.