Mindful Yoga

Mindful Yoga

Practices to build strength and flexibility with mindful movement and breath. Hatha, vinyasa, slow flow.

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Mindful Yoga
  • Upper Body Stretch & Weight Training Practice

    Many of us have less upper body strength and as we age, we lose this muscle tone faster. To keep our bones and muscles strong and our bodies toned, we need to use light weights with higher repetitions of exercises.

    This is my own personal 3x a week upper body weight training practice. You can ...

  • Yoga for Graceful Transitions

    Throughout our lives we will face uncertainty, transitions, changes, and challenges. How can we face them with more grace? Our practice is a place of learning - not just physically but mentally, emotionally, and energetically. We learn the beautiful skills we need to move through our lives wit...

  • Yoga to Reignite Your Inner Passion

    Whether it be passion for a relationships, project, situation, event - whatever your bliss is, sometimes our passion wanes, gets stale or we feel lackluster. Reignite your inner flame of passion with this sacral, heart, and throat chakra practice meant to bring greater flow, energy, and opening ...

  • Yoga for Compassion Fatigue | Honoring Your Energy

    Many of us will face days where we want to practice, need to practice, need to move our bodies somehow but we feel depleted, exhausted, and deeply fatigued. Whether that be physically, emotionally, or mentally (or all of the above), we can practice self care by honoring our energy as well as bal...

  • 15 Minute Bedtime Yoga for Hips

    At the end of a long day spent sitting a lot or really active can make it hard to settle down and sleep comfortably. But, if you take just 15 minutes on your bed, you can unwind tension in your hips - allowing you to sleep soundly with less back and hip pain. Join me before bed for a little unw...

  • Connecting to Our Ancestors | New Moon Yoga

    How can we honor our ancestry better? By being good ancestors, by acknowledging the lessons, skills, gifts, talents, abilities that we have been gifted and by knowing that we are born from love. We explore this and more in our breath and body.

    Props: 1 blanket or towel or anything you need to...

  • Yoga for a Beautiful (re)Start | Full Body Yoga for New Beginnings

    You have come so far and worked so hard to get to this place - a new beginning! Whether it's a new home, career, relationship, way of living...you are finally HERE. Take a moment to congratulate yourself and feel good about how far you have come and then, join me on the mat to shake off any old...

  • Mindful Yoga for a Beautiful Day

    Who doesn't want to embrace a beautiful day full of sunshine, light, bird song, and potential? Join me for this slow, mindfully connected full body practice where we move intentionally and gently to begin our day.

    Props: blanket for knees if needed

  • Full Body Morning Yoga for Presence

    Grounding and centering with breath and movement we take a little time outside in my garden to slowly, and mindfully open the entire body. Need a standing yoga flow to start your day and get your body ready? Join me on the mat for some sweet birdsong and my backyard flowers!

  • Balancing Your Energy | New Moon Yoga

    Summer is here and our energy is peaking - not only upwards but outwards. We may feel pulled to "do" everything at once, start a bunch of new things, share our energy everywhere but is this sustainable? There is time - time to enjoy, savor, explore, experience the summer with mindfulness and at...

  • Yoga for Hip Flexor Opening & Deep Release

    Whether you are an athlete, weekend warrior, spend long hours sitting in a chair or seat - this practice will help you open up this space that can get super sticky. It can also release your back a bit and may relieve back pain.

    Perfect for every week to deepen your yoga practice OR just feel mo...

  • Yoga for Energetic Grounding | Full Body

    Ever feel as if you have picked up too much of others energy or situations in your life have you feeling overwhelmed with nervous energy? Sometimes emotional energy can get stuck in our bodies and the best way to discharge it is to move, shift the energy and ground it. In this practice we are w...

  • Core on the Floor | Side B | Core Strength & Awareness

    The core is one of THE most important areas of our bodies - and one of the spaces we don't love working out. The core helps hold us up, protect our back, support every movement we make, hold our organs in place, and more. Today we are working the Side B or prone positions for core where we are ...

  • Core on the Floor | Side A | Hands Free Core Strength & Awareness

    Our core is a powerhouse that keeps us upright, supports our back, allows us to move in so many different ways, and holds our organs in place. And, it's often one of the weakest areas of our bodies - especially as we age. Whatever your core condition - this class is for you. We stay on the flo...

  • A Beginners Mind | New Moon Spring Prep Yoga

    Welcome to the New Moon in Aries - energy rising for Spring and the fiery energy of Aries! Today we are working with building a bit of heat to burn off what is no longer needed, and focusing on balancing and supporting the liver/gallbladder meridian organ systems as we move into Spring. What se...

  • Full Body Standing Yoga | Air Element

    Need a full body flow to open up space for deeper, fuller breaths? How about no wrists, hands, shoulder weight or step backs?

    Perfect for anyone, anytime - this little "flow" practice is slow movement to connect to your breath and the element of air all while releasing tension and tightness t...

  • Yoga Stretches for Rotator Cuff Strength & Mobility

    Rotator cuff injuries are one of the top injuries as we age - whether it be because of overuse, changing bone structures, or hauling a suitcase overhead (and yes, I know some who have injured it exactly like this). To protect our shoulders, we can build some basic movements into our lives to mai...

  • Rotator Cuff Yoga for Strength & Mobility

    Rotator cuff injuries happen more often than we would like to admit - often from acute injury (lifting overhead of swinging a heavy object overhead), repetitive use, or the simple fact that as we age sometimes our bones grow little "spurs" that can make the shoulders painful. So, let's keep this...

  • Yoga Stretch for Elbow Strength & Mobility

    We don't often think about our elbows...until they don't feel great. What if we would take a few minutes to give them a massage, move them through their range of motion, and strengthen the muscles around them as well as build awareness? Healthy elbows begin here...

    Props: something comfortabl...

  • Embracing Transition | New Moon Yinspired Yoga

    Welcome to the New Moon, to Autumn and to a time of transition! Today we are working with a Yinspired practice - melding myofascial release, Yin Yoga, and Hatha Yoga to release what we no longer need, to open ourselves up to what is to come and to be fully in the moment with this liminal space.
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  • New Moon Live Yoga Flow | Opening to Magic

    Magic is all around us, in everything we do, we see, we experience. And magic is IN us. Most importantly - our very breath is magic. Open your heart and mind to the magic/miracles/divine in your life!

    I am magical, miraculous, and divine.

    Poem: Miracle Fair by Wislawa Szymborska

    Meditation ...

  • New Moon Live Yoga | Slow Sweet Self Care

    S...L...O...W... down. Enjoy this moment, be present and breathe. With the world whirling around us, sometimes we think only of what's next on our list rather than experiencing this magical moment. In this practice we focus on slow movements with longer holds to explore our thoughts, emotions,...

  • New Moon Live Yoga Flow | Igniting Your Inner Fire

    Today we begin a new astrological year with the New Moon in Aries - a fire sign that heralds confidence, bravery, courage, and new beginnings. This is a time of connecting to our personal power and will - our Solar Plexus Chakra - to build a steady and strong flame. This helps us affirm our wor...

  • New Moon Live Yoga Flow | Adventure Awaits

    Welcome to the New Moon in Gemini and to a time of great adventure!

    It takes courage and trust to venture into the unknown, yet this is where the greatest rewards are to be found. It is time to step boldly forward with courage, an open mind, and and open heart.

    Have you been feeling the need t...