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
Evening Meditation
A ritual to let go of the day and prepare your body and mind for your intentions for the evening hours to follow
Mindful Moments
A practice that invites you to notice how you've been feeling and thinking and helps you to choose how you'd like to feel and think.
Morning Ritual for Body and Mind
Refresh the body with care and gratitude and feed the mind (and body) with thoughts that support your daily intentions.
Choosing Empowerment
A practice that invites you to contemplate "What do I want to put out into the world?" through grounding, self acceptance and embodied intention. Useful for times of over-thinking and worry.
Inhabit Your Body
Take a few moments this week to live inside your body with gentle movement and an intentional body scan. Experiences of presence give our active minds a chance to rest and our frazzled nervous systems an opportunity to settlle.
Reset, Renew, Refresh
An invigorating, strengthening sequence targeting low back and upper back, followed by a brief practice of "prana nidra"- a meditation technique to focus the mind and "rebalance" the energetic body.
Gentle Movement and Rest
A seated grounding experience leads you into tension-releasing movement, legs up the wall and progressive relaxation.
A Relaxed Awakening
I recommend this 20 minute joint rotation/movement practice as a way of helping you to cultivate calm, presence and a gentle energy as you wake up, or anytime you need an anxiety relieving, balancing experience.
Pause, Breathe and BE
A practice you can use anytime you feel the need for a reset. An invitation to slow down, foster present-centered awareness and just BE.
Balance for the Body. Mind and Heart
A standing warm up, engaging balancing "drill" to help us practice and maintain our physical balance and a brief balancing breath and imagery meditation to come back to the equanimity of the heart.
Meditation for Planting Seeds of Renewed Intentions
Brief movement and breath to prepare for a meditation that utlizes imagery to invite you to "plant" new intentions for the season of renewal.
A Study in Self-Care
A practice that utlizes the concept of the "Yogic Map" of a human being through an opening meditation, "opening" movement, breath and awareness to move through the various layers of who we are to reunite with our truest self.
Reunite with the Heart
Brief movement prepares for a guided meditation that leads you through the yogic map of a human being to connect with the heart and deeper knowing.
Receiving Relaxation
Receiving self-compassion by allowing ourselves to do less and rest productively. This practice invites you to recline on pilliows or a bolster and receive guided relaxation cues to release tension, become present and experience restorative rest.
Reflecting, Releasing and Embracing
A reflection of the year that was, movement to embody letting go of the old and embracing the new, a meaningful candle lighting ritual to set intentions for 12 fresh new months and a hopeful meditation.
Yoga Nidra for Letting Go and Letting In
Gentle movement relaxes the body and prepares you for the deep rest of this guided meditation featuring a body scan, imagery and inquiry inspired by the full moon- What would you like to give more energy to? What would like to give less energy to?
Begin Again
An inspiring sequence to recapture your passion for your practice including a technique and meditation to connect with determination and will.
Processing, Reconnecting to Self and Community
A 60 minute experience featuring a check in of the internal landscape and some suggestions for processing emotions around current events. A therapeutic sequence to MOVE what needs to be freed following by a reflection to feel connected to community and an opportunity for deep rest and relaxation.
A Ritual for Autumn
This 60 minute ritual includes a reading to inspire, a journaling prompt to reflect on the seeds we've planted and grown, gentle movement that embodies turning within and a special "letting go" meditation for the season of fall.
Stretch, Restore and Rest
A selection of held stretches followed by a restorative shape to further downregulate the nervous system and guided relaxation and rest.