Posts in Balance
Breathing Your Way to Rest

An exploration of a breath technique designed to calm the mind and relax the body throughout this moderate, therapeutic hatha class. The physical sequence attends to sore and "tight" upper and lower backs. 60 mins of breath awareness with movement can equal the ability to truly rest and relax productively.

Grounded and Calm

A practice designed to help you feel more connected to the present moment through purposeful attention to the body and the breath. Therapeutic tools include the calming, freeing experience of joint mobility, followed by a union of movement and breathing and strengthening with an exploration of balance to further focus the mind. Mindful relaxation closes this 50 minute class which can be practiced with the Spotify playlist “Grounded” found on my lisaddumas account

Working with Your Nervous System

A 75 minute hatha practice that can be used to energize, or to calm down, depending on which aspect of the breath you choose to focus on. Deepening our inhales can add an additional sense of vitality while lengthening exhales can promote relaxation. A moderate sequence to free your joints, strengthen your muscles and ultimately rest your body and mind.

Lighter

A 60 minute practice intended to “lighten” a heavier mood. Includes a breath technique and visualization to create space between thoughts and movements that invite the mind to focus and may create a more spacious feeling in the body.

Reclaim Your Attention

An ideal class to close the day using various techniques to call our energy back to the present moment. From there, we can discern our most efficient use of it. Expect mindful, grounding centering and movement intended to be an embodiment of the natural cycle of expansion and contraction.

Happy Hips

A therapeutic practice to support long term hip health by mobilizing the hip joints and strengthening the muscles around the hips. You'll need a chair and a wall nearby.

30 Minutes, Balance, body, Calm, HipsLisa Dumas
Shift Your State

A moderate 75 minute hatha practice designed to get things moving, whether it be difficult emotions, habitual worrying thoughts or lethargy due to time of year. Explore a breath technique to break up inertia and a purposeful quality of movement to focus the mind and warm the body.

Permission to Slow Down

A deluxe practice that begins and ends on the ground. Expect to prepare your joints for strengthening in postures that stay close to the mat. Once warm, we’ll move into a few yin and restorative shapes to balance the “yang” energy we experience in most hours of the day. Thoughts are also invited to slow and rest through several cues to “be here now”, an ideal evening practice

Grounding Into Gratitude

Our minds are built to look for what could go wrong, what we need to achieve and what to worry about. For busy modern humans, that can mean a feeling of overwhelm or even anxiety. This 75 minute practice teaches how to ground the mind in what is more uplifting but also very true through a breath technique, visualization and movement intended to create a lighter, more expansive physical sensation.

Soothing Overwhelm and Distraction

A 60 minute practice beginning with a breath technique and mantra to rest and focus the mind. We thread the mantra through the movement to continue to protect the mind, while the rhythmic quality of asana is intended to merge with breath and the repeated internal sound inviting us toward our peaceful nature.