Video Content
Part One: Yogi Education
Video 1
My Story & the Stilling the Waves Approach
Video 2
How Yoga Helps & About our Class Method
Understanding anxiety, our class design & preparing for practice.
Video 3
Breathing into Balance:
How can breathing help to down-regulate the nervous system?
Learn how to use your breath as a tool to reduce increasing anxiety by better understanding the changes it can initiate in the mind and body. The breath always travels with you and can support you in any context.
Video 4
Peaceful Poses:
How do different poses & movement patterns help to lessen anxiety?
Here we observe the physical link of how asana can ground the frenetic feelings of anxiety and create more freedom & breathing room in your body.
Video 5
Applying Yoga Philosophy
Yoga philosophy is ancient but offers many modern methods to work with the mind. Learn about the Koshas, one working model to understand the self as layers - the body, breath, mind, wisdom & bliss within. Each of our classes explores a different layer.
Part Two: Full-Length Yoga Practices
to Support Anxiety
Video 6:
Class One - Grounding & Coming Home to Your Body
A gentle all-over practice, emphasizing feeling grounded & steady
Video 7:
Class Two - Creating Breathing Room
Exploring breath & emphasizing the chest & upper back to reduce the weight carried on your shoulders
Video 8:
Class Three - Witnessing Emotions as Energy
Releasing the hips while witnessing feelings as they arise & dissolve in the breath & body
Video 9:
Class Four - Feeling the Wisdom of the Body
Understand the innate intelligence of your body, featuring lower back & psoas muscle release
Video 10:
Class Five - Returning to Wholeness
Creating balance between each side of the body using gentle side bends and twists
Part Three: Ripples
Short Practices for Anxious Moments
Video 11: Portable Childs Pose
Video 12: Back to your Breath
Video 13: Grounding the Current
Video 14: Instant Embodiment
Video 15: Witnessing Meditation
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