Yoga 10-25 Minutes
Need a little yoga but don't have a lot of time? This playlist is for you. Everything from Restorative to Yin to Flow.
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Sacred Rest | Feet Up Savasana | Switching Off Meditation
Sacred Rest is about taking the time to refill your cup, slowing down, breathing deeply, and allowing your body to heal and restore. Join Lucy and I for this feet up version to help your feet feel some love as well as release the tiredness of legs and feet while practicing a switching off medita...
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Asteya Dharma Chat | Generosity of Spirit
Asteya is often translated as nonstealing and can be interpreted several ways. While it can mean not taking from others, it can also mean generosity, non-comparison, living in abundance, giving back, not taking more than you need and more. Join me as we dive deeper into "asteya" through meditat...
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Calming Yoga for Empaths | Anxiety & Stress Relief
As an empath, you may find yourself overwhelmed by the energy of the room, of others, and of the world. When feelings become intense, empaths need to slow down, ground, and mindfully practice self care to support themselves.
This ground bound practice incorporates meditation, breath, slow and...
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20 Min Daily Intention Setting Yoga
In just 20 minutes you can set the tone for your entire day! Moving with intention and breath awareness can change the way your day unwinds and help you remember to ask yourself - "what do I need right now, today, in this moment?" Listen to the answer and use it as a guide to help you move thro...
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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...
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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...
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Yin Yoga Mood Boost | Yoga to Uplift
Ever wake up feeling as if a dark cloud has settled over your head and you could really use a RESET button? Me too. This class was born of a day when I felt like it was pretty dark and I needed a deep and quick RESET. Breathe, let your heart and abdomen up and feel spacious, lighter, a little ...
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Nadi Shodhana D | Alternate Nostril Breathing | Intermediate
Nadi Shodhana D or alternate nostril breathing is an intermediate practice that includes kumbhaka or retention. In this practice we will be working with antara kumbhaka or retention at the top of the inhale while our breath is full. If you are comfortable with the basics of alternate nostril br...
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Sacred Rest | Side Lying Savasana
Ready for some deep rest, healing, and quiet? Join Lucy and I for this side lying supported savasana that will help you refill your cup. Take some time to feel supported, cared for, nourished with home props.
Props: 1-3 throw pillows or 1 bolster (bolster: http://amzn.to/2sO56md) and 2 throw ...
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Strength & Stretch | Yoga for Your Chest
Our shoulders, upper back and chest are all tied together very closely so when we work with one, we build strength and flexibility with the others. Join me for this 20 minute yoga flow were we focus on opening our chest space as well as building strength in various poses meant to work the "whole...
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Sacred Rest | Savasana Nest with Body Awareness
If you only have time for one pose how about the most supportive, healing, and restorative yoga pose - savasana. Join me for Sacred Rest, a collection of beautiful practices to refill your cup with props, breath, grounding, and self love. Gather your props and rest...
Props: 2-3 blankets/towel...
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20 min Yin Yoga for Menstrual Cramps | Painful Periods
For those of us who struggle with painful monthly menstrual cramps, we are always looking for something that will help in any way. I completely understand! As someone who has suffered from the painful periods, I have been searching for ideas to soothe, calm, lessen, the intensity without medica...
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20 Min Yin Yoga for Piriformis | Piriformis Syndrome
Where's your piriformis? What is it? The piriformis is a muscle that helps with rotating your leg outward and it lies across the bum area (ever feel that tender spot in the center of your glutes?). For many people, this area is quite tender and sore and can often be directly related to back pa...
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Yin + Breath | Opening
I love to explore in my own practice and I want to offer you some practices that help you do the same! Welcome to Yin + Breath - practices that include pranayama at the beginning and end (as well as throughout), some somatic intuitive movement, and Yin Yoga poses focused on specific areas of you...
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Pranayama for Mental Clarity & Focus
If you are in need of some mental clarity, balance of right and left brain, and oxygenation - this is a great way to have all of that! We use three beautiful breath practices to help bring fresh oxygen to the brain, balance the left and right sides, and settle. We finish with a sweet chant to c...
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Connecting to Mother Earth | Elemental Meditation
Sense the basic elements within each of us - plant, animal, human - connect to our interbeing through this guided visualization of the beautiful interrelation between all things on Mother Earth. A great way to develop presence and awareness...
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Yin Yoga Minimal Cues | SOFTEN
Explore deep release and let go of whatever no longer serves you in your mind and body in this long hold, minimal cues practice. The stillness and silence allow you to drop into your own experience and go deeper.
Props: 1 block (block: http://amzn.to/2yHfZMs)
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Yin Yoga Minimal Cues | OPEN
Exploring in silence can be a beautiful practice. In this practice we focus on chest, upper back, and shoulder opening to create space for deeper breaths, an open heart, and a sweet turning inward. Join me for long holds with minimal guidance to allow you to deepen your personal practice experi...
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Nighttime Switching Off Progressive Relaxation Meditation
If you struggle to get to sleep or just need some deep rest but your mind and/or body won't settle down, this is a great practice to explore. We mindfully connect, become aware of, and "switch off" each area of the body with compassion - giving ourselves permission to heal, restore, rest, relax,...
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Nadi Shodhana C | Alternate Nostril Breathing | Pranayama
Nadi Shodhana or alternate nostril breathing is one of the most usable pranayamas to learn and one you can explore, build on, and enjoy daily/year round. Today we are working with Nadi Shodhana C which may have been what you have experienced before as alternate nostril breathing. We will explor...
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Side Body Yin Yoga Snack
An area we don't stretch often - our side waist. In daily life, this is a space often forgotten and unused and it is a "use it or lose it" for mobility. Opening up the side body can help your breathe more deeply, feel more expansive in the abdomen, stretch your arms and open up your shoulders! ...
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Hands Free Fire Up Your Core Yoga Flow
I know - we all cringe when we hear the words core work in a class. But core work doesn't have to include planks, situps or pulsing 100 times to be effective. Today we are working with the core without hands, wrists, arms of any kind - building stability, strength, and awareness throughout our ...
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Yin Yoga Snack for Glutes
Our glutes are the largest muscle group in the body and one we use constantly to keep moving throughout our day. The glutes can either make our hips, legs, and lower back tighter or can help release excess tension here - helping relieve pain and stiffness - and allowing the body to move more eas...
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Third Eye Chakra Restorative Yoga Snack
Our 3rd Eye Chakra is the seat of our intuition, the "I know" and is located in the center of our forehead between our brows. Today we use supported poses to calm and soothe this space allowing us to reconnect to our inner knowing and intuition while healing and restoring the body and mind.
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