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
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.
A Celebration of Renewal
An enlivening standing warm up, a rhythmic sequence playing with balance, refective inquiry in closing yin postures and a balancing breath technique to plant seeds of intention for a new season.
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.
Self-Care First
A practice to wake up your body with care on slower mornings. You can use this supine full body movement sequence anytime you need a gentle refresh.
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.
Yoga Therapy for a Winter Mood
Energizing movement, uplifting breath skills and relaxation techniques to support a winter mood.
Warming Body and Heart
When the warmth of the sun isn't available, we can turn to the warmth of connection. This practice utlizes movement, breath and imagery to cultivate gratitude for the love in our lives and uplift a lower winter mood.
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.
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.
Slow Strong Summer Flow
A sequence that attends to a more active summer body and mind. Slow and strong with time for s good stretch for the hips and restorative rest.
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.
Open Hearted Yang Yin
A practice to strengthen the shoulder girdle and create space across the chest (the symbolic heart) peaking with variations of Camel Pose before slowing down for a series of supportive, restorative postures to balance the increased energy of the season.
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.
Attitude, Alignment and Action
Get inspired with a dynamic practice that invites you to create the specific intention, alignment and actions that you need now. Concludes with productive rest.
Centered, Stable and Restored
Utilise a focusing technique throughout this practice that encourages presence and awareness of the spaces around the body as you engage in a sequence featuring twists, core work and balance. A yang-yin practice that warms up, challenges and closes with a long stay in hip stretches and a restorative, gentle inversion.
Mindful Slow Flow with Rest
A mindful check in, a full body warm up, a sequence that invites your gaze within… yin and relaxation to close. From my evolving new space in Juneau!