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Stilling the Waves Yoga

Yoga for Anxiety

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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