FOR STRESS & DEPRESSION

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  • May 7: Pillars of Mental Health & Radical Positivity: Advanced Breath (30 min)

    The invitation in this advanced practice is "how can we invite in positivity and optimism? "How can be on the brighter side of consciousness?" This is not suitable for newcomers or beginners. We do a long set of breath of fire to prepare for longer variations of Tummo breath/Wim Hof.

  • May 6: Navigating Challenge & Resistance (Breathwork) 32 min

    We begin with focus on your heart - and its relationship to the anatomy of your diaphragm and the theme of resistance. The invitation is "can we turn towards resistance vs running away from it?" My____ is a gift. My "anxiety/tension fill in the blank" as a gift.

  • 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.

  • May 5: Traditional Pranayama Set (31 min)

    Today's breathwork is suitable for beginners/moderate practitioners. We do three sets of KP breath, three sets of bellows (20, 40, 80) and end with "sitali" cooling breath.

  • May 2: Advanced Dopamine-Serotonin Breathwork (37 min)

    This practice is not suitable for beginners or those who haven't practiced breathwork for a long time. It is an intense series of adrenaline-enhancing practices with the visualization of green/blue purification of mind/brain connection.

  • May 1: Soothing, Calm Breath for Catastrophic Thinking (30 min)

    Today is a calming/down-regulating, soothing breathwork for "catastrophic thinking" - if you are in a state of fight or flight "is EVERY thought I have 1000% true?"

  • Apr 30: Quick Reset (18 min)

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

  • April 24: Full Spectrum Active Breathwork (30 min)

    We begin mellow and get more intense, ending with uplifting "activating" breathwork.

  • Apr 17: Alleviate Stress & PTSD: Moderate/Beginner Breathwork (32 min)

    This is a beginner/moderate breathwork friendly practice. This is Sudarshan Kriya - with the invitation of noticing thoughts in your mind and how they vitiate or support you. Breath is way to access mindfulness - being aware of being aware - and offers an invitation of seeing...other ways - and q...

  • Apr 10: Gentle Breath Practice (30 min)

    This is a gentle breathwork practice. We do a cooling breath type with spinal flexion and extension, "honey bee breath" as well as intentional breath and movement in the neck, jaw and shoulders.

  • Apr 9: Breath for Releasing Fear & Increasing Ease (36 min)

    This is for those of you trapped in fear, overwhelm, tension, hopelessness, depression and catastrophic thinking. This is an advanced practice and not suitable for raw beginners who haven't done any breathwork. The intention is to marry your brain body back together to get angst out of way in ord...

  • Apr 9: Relax Fear & Restore (30 min)

    This is best practiced after today's fear-releasing breathwork. It is a shortened restorative sequence helpful for releasing tension.

  • Apr 7: Organize Chao: Full Flow (60 min)

    This is NOT a traditional vinyasa practice with the invitation to "organize chaos" through organizational vinyasa (to consciously place). This is an intermediate flow with non-linear flow including splits, hip openers, W3, breathwork in horse stance, navasana (boat) sequence, inner groin openers ...

  • Apr 6: "Broadcast" & Manifest (Advanced Breath) 30 min

    I reference the throat region "purification" of the throat, the area from which we are broadcasting information via our voice & inner voice.

  • Apr 3: Moderate Breath Practice for Tension (30 min)

    This is a mixed breath practice with "breath of fire", "uddiyana bandha", lions breath, jivha bandha (both for facial and cranial nerves) and "brahma mudra" which is a slow, powerful diaphragmatic breath. It's not too intense but excellent for headaches, tension and de-stressing.

  • April 1: Surya Kriya (Old Faithful) for Mood & Releasing Tension (32 min)

    This is a staple breathwork practice to the digital studio. It is excellent for moodiness, anxiety and invoking sunshine energy (surya). It is an intermediate practice filled with below breath and breath of fire. One of my favorites!

  • Mar 28: Advanced: Release Stress Breath (32 min)

    This practice is not suitable for beginners. It requires an open mind! Or willingness to try. It is invigorating, cooling/intense bellows and Wim Hof styles + integrates visualizing the colors of the Northern Lights into your brain-body. This is breathwork to move overthinking, negative mindset ...

  • Mar 17: For "Analysis Paralysis" & Indecision (30 min)

    This breathwork practice begins with a brief explanation of the impact of hormones on decision-making (for better or worse). We "get weird to get normal" to move indecisiveness and stress hormones that impede good decision making. We use the Kriya for Clarity + pumping the belly, twists and inten...

  • March 11: Oxytocin & Calming Breath (30 min)

    Today's class invites the hormone oxytocin into practice & self-soothing for stress and unease.

  • March 5: Advanced Breath Wim Hof with Spinal Movement

    This is not suitable for beginners. Please have at least six month of breathwork under your belt! This is an up regulating practice to disperse distress, tension and stress using variations of Wim Hof style breathwork.

  • Feb 26: Advanced Breath for Stress: Sat Nam (31 min)

    This is not suitable for beginners and for those who have been practicing with breathwork consistently for 6+ months. We work today with the temporary discomfort of the "Sat Nam" to be in Truth Mantra + Kundalini (intense) Kriya x several sets of kaphalabhati (breath of fire) for several minutes....

  • Feb 3: Somatic High-Stress-Release Practice (52 min)

    This is not a straight up yoga practice - but an infusion practice, blending short bouts of cardiovascular energy, core work, shaking the body, breathwork and yoga asana all in one.

  • Dec 23: Holiday Stress Cleanse & Newcomers Welcome! (32 min)

    For holiday stress, this is a good one for you! We "thread" your brain of emotional toxins: stress, depression, rumination and overthinking of things.

  • Surya Kriya (30 min)

    This is my fave breath set. It's a cure-all for everything: stress, a low mood, battling anxiety or depression, end of a cold or flu, sluggishness.