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
An Exploration of Mindfulness (and glute strengthening!)
Stay present, curious and non-judgemental while moving through a sequence intended to strengthen glutes and hamstrings and stretch tight quads.
Morning Rush
A 20 minute practice to charge lagging energy to use first thing in the morning or anytime you feel the need to shake off the cobwebs and be renewed.
Sweat Out the Small Stuff
Because movement is so helpful in helping us to clear the mind, this practice with weights in intended to help us process and move life's little annoyances.
Sitting Recovery
A short floor practice to offer some relief for stiff hips and backs due to an extended period of sitting.
Meditation to Reconnect with Our Center
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.
Enliven and Restore
Breath and movement to rejuvenate (core, arms, legs) followed by deep stretches for the hips and 2 restorative postures to relax and nourish.
Enhanced Focus and Presence
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 Body Scan Meditation
Renewing gentle movement begins and ends this body scan to promote presence and tranquility.
Attending to the Hips and Low Back
A floor sequence to create mobility, strength and ease for the hips and low back while engaging core and compassion for body.
Morning Rejuvenating Practice
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.
Renewing Heart Yoga Nidra
Productive rest: total relaxation for the body and mind to encourage healing and increased energy and vitality.
Reignite Your Practice
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.
Post Ride/Run/Walk Session
A short series of postures designed to balance the body after the repetitious movement of riding, running or walking.
Heart Flow
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.
Release Neck Tension & Center
A gentle, moving meditational experience that frees the neck and upper back and invites deep presence and calm.
Discharge Stress and Uplift
A brief practice to shake out stress and regulate the breath to embrace a grounded, more vital state of body and mind
Walking Meditation
A 10 minute guided meditation to get you started on a mindful walking practice
Getting Unstuck
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.
Prana Nidra
A supine meditation that invites you to explore breath and visualization with the intention of balancing and deeply restoring. A perfect refreshing afternoon practice.