Experience how moving in rocking, rhythmic ways along with your breath can be a calming experience for your body and mind and how present-centered awareness is a balm for states of anxiety or over-worry.
A selection of therapeutic skills including a compassionate self check-in, a moving mudra, specific winter movement and a meditation for self-love to break up stagnation and warm the heart.
In this strengthening sequence I lead you through one set of movements combining conservative squatting (chair pose/goddess) with arm weights. You are invited to continue with 2 to 3 more sets for a deluxe workout!
Both yoga and western science teach us that our inhales are associated with increased alertness, attention and invigoration. This full practice focuses on a deeper philosophy surrounding breath directions and how the inhale is related to opening and clearing the heart of heavy, stagnant (kapha) energy. Expect full body movement that may increase mobility of the upper back and shoulders.
A sequence that gets your whole body moving, but not too far from the floor. For days when you want to practice, but you also kinda don't.
If you've been stepping up your exercise routine in the new year, support yourself by warming up with a sequence like this to prepare your body for the movement to come!
A brief standing sequence to encourage lymphatic fluid flow, increase circulation and stimulate the skin. A helpful practice to get things moving to balance winter stillness.
Fluid, rhythmic movements and breath awareness to calm the mind, followed by posture holds to strengthen, enliven and shed stagnation. A complete practice of therapeutic movement for the whole body for grey and chilly days.
Twenty minutes of strong movement to fire up a low winter mood and break up holiday stagnation.
A 90 minute experience to acknowledge the arrival of the winter season and the longer days of light. Exploring the pause at the end of the exhale is a calming, balancing technique through an invigorating sequence and reflections to close the end of the year.
A practice of mindful movement intended to support the art of being present in all the moments we pour our hearts into creating. Full body mindful strengthening followed by slower stretches and a lengthened body scan meditation.
A 15 minute enlivening sequence to explore when you'd like to lift your energy or mood.
A 30 minute dynamic movement practice encouraging present-centred awareness. Explore focus enhancing balancing in a rhythmic, mindful sequence.
A 30 minute movement practice that explores the concept that movement regulates breath, and regulated breath regulates the mind, inviting us to remember we're more than our daily concerns.
Utilize the yogic concept of the "koshas" (layers) to practice the art of mindfulness; the skill of witnessing the body, breath, mind and heart as a means of cultivating presence and ease within a full spectrum practice.
Explore your body's relationship with the ground in strengthening standing postures and yin poses to relax the nervous system and find ease in effort. Intended to help you practice feeling calm and connected to yourself and the present moment before moving into potential.
Learn to soothe the nervous system through breath, grounding techniques and full body movement so you can feel centered, calm and mindful as you move forward into the possibilities of your day.
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.
A 20 minute sequence featuring a full body workout utilizing weights. The invitation is to repeat these exercises for one or two more sets, 2 or 3 times per week.