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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?"
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Apr 30: Quick Reset (18 min)
This is a condensed restorative practice for the pelvis, spine and hips. Enjoy!
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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Sleep Audio: Release Tension + Rain ASMR for Sleep (2 hours)
This is an audio guide breath & tension release practice for bedtime. The remaining is a recording of crickets and rainfall deep in the jungle of Nicaragua to help you fall to sleep.
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Sleep Audio: 4-7-8 (7 min)
This audio was filmed in the jungle of Nicaragua. You will be guided through "4-7-8" breath as a means towards sleep. Inhale through your nose for four, hold for seven and exhale out your mouth for eight. This is a downregulaing breath type excellent for sleep and calming the mind.
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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.
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Restorative Quiet Breath / Pre-sleep breath set (30 min)
This practice is extremely calming and may be helpful to do before bed - or to deeply relax midday. We do R and L side nostril breath, followed by alternate nostril breath and ending with breath of fire.
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July 3: Relax & Rejuvenate (30 min)
This is a dynamic restful practices including inner groins, SI joint and low back releasing, supine poses, cat-cow, lunging with longer holds - it's not as long/sleepy of a yin practice - we hold poses for a maximum of ten breaths.
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Sleep Rx: Restore Yin + Meditation/Nidra for Sleep (50 min)
We do a 35 min yin class into the hips and spine, followed by a body/scan guided yoga Nidra that is superb for deep relaxation or bedtime.
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Snow Day: Breathwork, Yin & Nidra (80 min)
This is a treat of a practice blending 30 min of breathwork, into a yin practice + lying down meditation. This is great for deep rest, rejuvenation and the end of a day for sleep
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Oct 1: 7pm Soothing Restorative: Hyper-vigilance to Mega Relaxed
Recommended pre-sleep or if you're exhausted midday. An 80 min restorative class with attention to the inner gaze, quiet movements and moving from a state of hyper-arousal (stress/anxiety) to getting grounded.
Pigeon prep, forward folding and a belly release is included as well.
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Yoga Nidra: Deep Rest (35 min) 2022
Yoga Nidra means "yogis sleep" - deep deep rest.
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Deep Rest + Hips + 30 min Body Scanning Nidra (60 min)
This is a deeply relaxing guided practice using music and a blend of body scanning and nidra (yogis' sleep).
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Yoga Nidra/Sleep with Binaural Beats (50 min)
This is a supine/on ground practice. We work from your head to your toes into a state of deep cellular awareness and relaxation - I share music and blacken my screen.
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Pineal Gland Breath Set (30 min)
Today's breath practice includes breath of fire + practices said to stimulate the pineal gland which is important for our sleep wake cycle.