Movement to warm up your body in cooler weather or to prepare for the day while focusing on intention to hold gratitude for the reasons you show up in your life.
Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga, views anxiety/ over-worry as an imbalance of a quality called "vata". Related to air and ether, imbalanced vata creates turbulence, distraction and a lack of ground, while balanced vata enhances vitality, personal power and presence. Enjoy this gentle movement and breath experience to feel peacefully alive.
Cultivate a sense of appreciation through the breath and imagery in this 10 minute sit.
A practice that begins 30 days of gratitude, OR any day, week, or month of your choosing. Start with journaling gratitude, followed by a breath technique and a brief warm up to embody appreciation before shifting into other forms of movement and daily tasks feeling more content with what already is.
A brief seated practice featuring plenty of accessible skills to focus the mind away from worry. Explore a breath visualization along with hand movements, then, the introduction of mantra repetition matched with additional simple hand gestures.
A 15 minute sequence to warm up, strengthen and stretch the hips from the ground. A stand alone experience for healthy hips or a wonderful way to prepare for more dynamic activity or to practice after movement like walking/biking or swimming if the hip area is aggravated.
A brief, seated breath, movement and visualization practice to help you reconnect with your heart. The movement calms the body and mind so you can open to deeper aspects of yourself beyond thought.
Support your body and mind to release the day and drift off into deep and restorative rest with this inspiring and relaxing guided meditation designed to help you fall asleep.
A 15 minute set of therapeutics for tending to tight external hip rotators (piriformis, gluteals) which often occur and can cause pain around the sacrum or in the deep buttocks. Try this program to keep the area mobilized, strong and flexible!
EFT, or "tapping" is an evidence-based technique that soothes obsessive thinking with a somatic interruption (the tapping of meridian points on the body) along with a cognitive skill to reframe worries and cultivate self-compassion. With continued use, you may experience more freedom from thoughts that create suffering.
The tapping protocol: Top of head, outer eyebrow, inner eyebrow, above the lip, the top of the chin, above the collarbones, sides of upper torso, below the breasts, wrists “karate chop”, tips of fingers and thumb.
For those who wish to include meditation and movement in the morning routine but aren’t able to create a habit, here’s an efficient way to add short and simple practices that can make a big impact over time.
Here are three more ideas for tiny, easy habits that you could connect to activities you already do each day. This week, I offer inspirations for shower time, the moments we spend waiting and a quick pre-meal ritual that can turn eating into a sacred moment of gratitude.
Throughout the month of May, I will be offering simple, accessible ideas to add to your daily routine to help you stay connected to your wellness goals, even in tiny ways. Watch this resource page each Monday this month for a new short video inviting you to sample small habits that can add up to big results.
A short practice including a breath technique, mantra and grounding, gentle movements to reconnect with the present moment and an undercurrent of tranquility within resistance to change.
This 20 minute practice offers a technique to shift the mind away from habitual morning thinking to inspiration, presence and thoughts that welcome you wholly to a new day. You'll receive a poem to promote a more expansive mindset and a joint freeing sequence matched with breath and ideas to awaken while cultivating a kinder inner morning landscape.
An antidote to stiffness due to sitting, feeling low or stuck, this standing micro practice frees the joints, warms the muscles and re-energizes.
A quick breath technique and set of movements to energize the body and remind the brain to take in the sweetness of life a little more often.
A 15 minute seated practice that includes a series of skills to help us be present with the moment that is, even if we are resistant to a situation and our feelings about it. May we remember that the only certainty about what is, is that it will change.
A short practice to add a spring to your step as you acclimate to the time change, or whenever you desire a quick lift in energy. A standing sequence of enlivening movements to warm the joints, free the breath, enhance circulation and spring forward into the rest of your day!
We know that presence is the heart of healing, restoration, authentic contentment and confidence, but it’s not an easy place to settle. Here’s 10 minutes of focus-enhancing movement to drop you into the here and now.