IF YOU WANT TO RELAX & RESTORE (300+classes)

IF YOU WANT TO RELAX & RESTORE (300+classes)

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IF YOU WANT TO RELAX & RESTORE (300+classes)
  • May 6: Processing Stress: Vagus Nerve Deep Rx (22 min)

    This is a restorative practice into the neck and vagus nerve - using breath, sound beginning with a brief neuroanatomy of the vagus. This is a soothing, condensed practice that is excellent for exhaustion, bed-prep, processing stress and anxiety.

  • Apr 30: Quick Reset (18 min)

    This is a condensed restorative practice for the pelvis, spine and hips. Enjoy!

  • April 29: Hip Restore Rx (22 min)

    Three hip poses - this is a lovely, quick restorative.

  • Apr 8: Relax into Yin (18 min)

    This is a short 18 min of restorative shapes into the hips, back and spine.

  • Mar 25: Neck, Jaw & Headaches Rejuvenation (25 min)

    This is a 25 min practice great for end of day irritations from working on your laptop, TMJ, headaches and lymphatic sluggishness in the upper cervical nodes. It is restful and moves cranky eyes, jaw and neck issues.

  • Feb 19: Happy Hips Yin Rx (32 min)

    Today we do four long-held poses beginning with the hardest one (full frog), hamstring stretch, pigeon variation and virasana (heron pose). Grab pillows, props, blocks and a strap if you have one.

  • Feb 11: Spinal Reset (20 min)

    This is a 20 min spinal therapy practice - designed to move tension and congestion out of your spine.

  • Feb 4: 20 Scapulo-Thoracic Rx (20 min)

    This is 20 min relaxed practice honing in on the area of the upper thoracic spine and its relationship with your shoulderblades/tight shoulders.

  • Jan 29: Quiet Yin for Hips (37 min)

    We do five poses with quiet and deep breathing specific to the hips. This is a practice for deep fascial release, end of day tension before bed, or post-exercise. We do: one legged forward fold, a twist, pigeon prep, a simple backbend, frog pose and double pigeon.

  • Jan 23: Restore Spinal Flush Rx (40 min)

    This is a gentle practice using breath and awareness of the thoracic and upper spine & the shoulder girdle. It is a chilled out practice done with diaphragmatic breathing.

  • Jan 22: Restorative Yin (34 min)

    This is a compressed restorative practice into the hips, glutes and hamstrings. I recommend you do this before bed as well or after sports to wind down and restore the body. 4-8 breath is also a way to down-regulate during this practice.

  • Jan 16: Rx for Fatigue: Neck, Thyroid, Jaw & Eyes

    Today's practice focuses on lymphatic massage, the thyroid gland, jaw tension and neck tension. If you've been sitting at a computer all day or experience headaches, tinnitus, TMJ - this might help!

  • Jan 15: Hips & Pelvis Rx (30 min)

    This is a slow, gentle practice into some of my favorite go-to's for decompressing the hips, low back and pelvis - designed to relax and rejuvenate you.

  • Jan 9: Rx Gentle Hip Therapy

    This is very slow moving, simple and for the hips and hamstrings. The opposite of a workout - this is for those of you needing slow, simple and therapeutic.

  • Jan 8: Rx Poses for Uncertainty (33 min)

    This piggybacks the breath practice for uncertainty - we work into hot spots where uncertainty lives: neck, jaw, face and hips... This is a chilled out relaxing practice, restorative in nature. 4-7-8 breath is invited into the shapes you make as well.

  • Jan 6: Post-Holiday Quiet Yin (49 min)

    This is a restorative and quiet practice for a body desiring deep rest and nurturing with breath. We will work into your neck, shoulders, glutes, hips and hamstrings.

  • Jan 2: Post-Holidays Brain Calm

    This is a SLOW, down-regulating practice. If you desire a slow moving minimalist breath practice. If you're beat-down by the holidays, pooped out, have little energy - and need to respect it - and desire a calming breath - this is for you. If you're sick or at the end of a flu/cold - this may als...

  • Nov 27: Mid-Week Restore (20 min)

    This is a shortened easy-going restorative class into the shoulder, spine and hips.

  • Nov 26: Soothing Hips Rx (32 min)

    This is a short sequence fluid and restorative in nature. We focus on diaphragmatic breathing in longer held lunges, lateral stretches with psoas major as focus, pigeon prep, cobras and double pigeon.

  • Nov 20: Quicke Restorative (12 min)

    This is a quickie - for post run, workout and short in time....

  • Nov 14: Do-Anywhere Neck De-stressor (17 min)

    This can be done at your desk, in your car, on an airplane whenever you need a refresh with limited time and space. It will soothe any irritation or stress you are experiencing.

  • Sleep Audio: Tension-Release for Sleep (15 min)

    Filmed with the sounds of Nicaraguan jungle, this audio-guide will move through your body to intentionally squeeze and breathe out extra tension at the end of your day. We end with gentle, calming 'CO2" breathing to help lullaby you into deep sleep.

  • Oct 9: Low back, Pelvis & Hip Release (26 min)

    This practice focuses on the pelvis, low back, hips and sacrum in a restorative way.

  • Oct 2: Stress Rx for Neck, Jaw & Vagus Nerve "Vooo" (35 min)

    This practice targets the neck, face, jaw and throat - C1-C7. These areas are "hot spots" for the embodiment of stress, tension and overthinking. We also use a Somatic Experiencing technique "vooooooo" to invoke a longer exhale and please the vagus nerve, the nerve that "turns on" the parasympath...