IF YOU WANT TO RELAX: RESTORATIVE RX
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Jan 16: Friday Restore Rx Stress Release (31 min)
This is a restorative practice + somatic release & breath, helpful for fatigue muscular tension.
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Jan 14: Midweek Reset & Restore (31 min)
This is a downregulating and simple restorative practice with a little bit of breath to help calm you body and brain.
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Jan 9: Rejuvenate & Somatic Stress Release (35 min)
Note: My face is a bit blotched out due to low lighting! This is a rejuvenating stress release practice that integrated somatic movement and yin restorative shapes into deep relaxation.
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Jan 5: Mellow Hip Rx (34 min)
This is a quick practice for circulation and energy in the hips. It is more therapeutic than flow. We do a slow hip sequence and breathe into hip openers, hamstrings and add 4-8 breath into deeper held hip openers near the end.
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Jan 2: Five Poses for the Five Actions of the Hips (28 min)
This restorative includes the hip flexors, extensors, abductors, adductors and rotators. I give anatomical cues and guidance as well as to what these joint movements mean. This is excellent if your exhausted, post-workout, you're short on time or before bed.
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From the Archives: Breath for Headaches, Hangovers & Holidays (30 min)
This is a gentle set for headaches, aggravation/neck tension, bad moods, dehydration/headaches and hangovers, stress hangovers - it is gentle breath for soothing the nervous system: viloma breath, honey bee breath, gentle neck circles, 4-7-8 anti anxiety breath, cooling sitali breath.
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Dec 24: Special Holiday Practice: Activate, Calm, Restore & Music (55 min)
This is not suitable for raw beginners, if you are pregnant, have hyperthyroidism, heart or blood pressure issues or conditions where intense breath may agitate you. We begin lying down and do the physiological sigh x 4 sets of increasing pacing and longer breath holds. We then end with 4-8 breat...
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Dec 10: Headaches, Face & Jaw Rx
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Dec 8: Juicy, Slow Hip Flow (60 min)
We spend a lot of time warming up the hips, there is a gradual peak, ending with longer deeper holds - this practice is more of a therapeutic flow practice vs a workout kind of practice.
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Dec 5: Fluid Restorative for Tension (33 min)
This is a short practice that integrates a bit of fluid restorative practice and longer holds into the hips and hamstrings + releasing of tension and stress via breath. Enjoy!
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Dec 3: Deep Rest & Nidra Set (25 min)
This is a deeply restful practice using intention and breath.
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Nov 21: Rx for Ribs, Scapula & Neck Tension (22 min)
This is a shortened restorative for the scapulothoracic region, trapezius, rhomboids and sub occipital tension that can lead to headaches, migraines, mood disturbances and tension.
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Nov 20: Body Scan (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) 29 min
This is a form of MBSR - mindfulness based stress reduction. It is a great practice if you're exhausted, feeling heavy, have excess adrenaline - this is a good practice for you. It is supine, the screen will be darkened, eyes closed and a practice of breath awareness.
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Nov 19: Yin with 4-7-8 Breath (29 min)
Today's practice integrates hips, hamstrings and a spinal twist with an optional breath type that is helpful for rejuvenating and down-regulating your system: 4-7-8 breath
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Nov 12: Get High Hamstrings (30 min)
This is an intense restorative focus on a long, deep held series of hamstring stretches - where you get an lovely release of tension / rush when you come out of it! If you have a herniated disc - this is NOT for you.
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Nov 5: Gentle Hips Rx (22 min)
This is a gentle grounding practice into the hips, inner groins and hamstrings.
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Audible for nurturing sleep, tension & deep rest (29 min)
This is a part of the men's retreat series, however, anyone can do this practice. The screen is darkened and this is a tension-release practice that may help you drop into sleep. We do a squeeze and relax practice with breath. This is a mindfulness practice as well.
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Oct 15: Restorative for Distress, Tension & Circulation (26 min)
This is a restorative practice for the beginning or end of day that is helpful for moving distress, tension in the body/mind/fascia. We tap the body, open the hips, twist the spine, breathe into the gut brain axis and rest.
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Oct 8: Midweek Restorative (23 min)
This is back by popular demand to ensure a midweek restorative. Expect spinal twists, gluteal and hip tension, inner groins and a restorative camel ending with a child's pose. Enjoy!
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Sept 30: Quick Restorative (25 min)
This is a shortened 25 min practice including thread the needle, hamstrings, twists and a restorative camel.
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Sept 17: Quiet Yin (29 min)
This is a restorative practice into the hips, hamstrings and inner groins. I give a lot of space today.
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Sept 10: A Practice for when you're exhausted (35 min)
This is a practice that is useful if you are exhausted and barely feeling like practicing. You are pooped out from your work week or emotionally/physically exhausted and have zero motivation. We do Child's Pose, a gentle backbend, supported bridge, a gentle twist, and a forward fold.
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Sept 9: Audio-Only Digital Stress & Detox (Audio Only)
This is intentionally taught with a peaceful screensaver, so to dissuade needing to look at your screen or phone. If you have been exhausted or in the middle of studying/computer work, this practice is for you. Listen and do! This practices helps release tension and strain from the neck, shoulder...
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Sept 3: Restorative + Breath Practice (33 min)
This is a chilled out restorative practice where we get into your inner groins, hamstrings, spine and hips. I encourage a 4-8 or 5-10 count breath that helps turn on the parasympathetic nervous system.