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
Grounding Meditation for Busy Days
8 minutes of guidance to ground and calm (you can use this technique in a longer sit, just have your timer ready).
Reclaim the Holidays
Brief movement, breathwork, contemplation and visualization to remember what is most important to you at this time of year.
Peaceful Heart Meditation
Expect a few minutes of preparatory movements for increased shoulder freedom before exploring a breath visualization and a mantra to cultivate inner contentment and tranquility.
Boundary Setting Morning Ritual
Inspiration, movement and imagery to help understand and build boundaries reminding us that our emotions are valid and belong to us and other people's emotions are theirs.
Meditation for Grounding and Presence
Explore brief movement and a breath technique to prepare for this foundational meditation, which invites you to focus on your body's relationship with the ground to soothe the nervous system and create a sense of stability.
Intention Setting (How do you want to feel?)
A 10 minute seated practice useful for setting intentions for a new day, a new week or in this case, a new month. Expect to cultivate a memory and explore gentle movement and breath to inspire a chosen supportive feeling.
Prepare for the Workday Morning Ritual
A 15 minute seated practice to boost focus, clarity, presence and energy to motivate and inspire you for the tasks ahead.
Collect Yourself in Safety Morning Ritual
Unique movements and somatic experiences to soothe the nervous system along with a breath technique and visualization to move into your day feeling safe and sound.
You are More Than Anxiety
Explore rhythmic movement, a specific breath technique and a seated awareness practice all known to soothe and balance the nervous system creating a state of inner calm and an acknowledgment of the parts of you that are not afraid.
Warm Up With Your Why
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.
Vata Balancing
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.
Begin with Gratitude
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.
Ten Minutes to Calm
A slow and rhythmic flow through repetitive movements and the breath known to create a grounded flow in the body and mind.
Morning Ritual for Grounded Calm
A brief seated practice featuring tension release, a breath visualization and technique to start your day soothed and centered.
Relieve Anxiety with Focus Skills
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.
Craft a Supportive Morning Routine (May Workshop)
In May's workshop, I offered you a bounty of ideas for helping you to start your day vibrant and tranquil.
We explored an exercise where we examine what we already do each morning, and where we could add in small new habits that can add up to big changes over time.
Workshop notes:
-New habit ideas from bed: Breathe into right side nostril/right side body to encourage a new day of energized activity, eye exercises, joint freeing. Cultivate a thought as your feet hit the floor, like: "May something wonderful happen today".
-Let the light in, a ritual while opening blinds, windows, standing joint freeing and shake off the night's sleep.
-5 essential yoga postures: Plank, Cobra (or Locust), Leg Lifts, Bridge Pose, Bow Pose (with modifications and options. Body Brushing
-Turning aspirations into reality through habit change (written exercise)
-Prana Nidra: a supine guided meditation intended to encourage presence, (the wellspring of vitality) and balance our energy.
Energy Burst
When you need a quick lift, this short standing practice includes big breath and movement to reduce stagnation and encourage an uplift of body, mind and heart!
Cultivating Healthy Habits, Week 3- Easy Morning Meditation & Movement
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.
Cultivating Healthy Habits, Week 2
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.
Inspired & Compassionate- A Morning Ritual
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.