FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8
10:00-11:00 AM ET
The Core Issue: Nourishing the Gut Brain Connection
According to Ayurveda, everything we come into contact with needs to be digested. Digestion is a transformation of materials: It takes something in, breaks it down through a metabolic process, and draws the nutrients so that they can be reused and recreated. We need to metabolize and eliminate not only the food we take in, but also the thoughts and emotions that may build up and block our energy, and even ultimately become toxic. We may associate "core work" with building a six-pack, but this short core practice will support us in tending to the fire of our digestion—of all things—to create a greater capacity to process all we take in, release what we do need, and create space for growth and evolution. This restorative flow will gently work with all the principles we've explored in this series, while emphasizing releasing tension in the belly in order to create conditions for us to feel more open and fluid.
THE ANATOMY OF REST & DIGEST CORE PRACTICES FOR RESTORATION
FULL SERIES
NOVEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 15
FRIDAYS AT 10:00-11:00AM ET
Recordings available through Thursday, December 21
$85
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ABOUT THE SERIES
Research shows that mind-body practices, such as yoga and meditation, can work through the brain-gut axis to improve GI function and initiate a state of neurological relaxation—rest and digest.
Join us for a practice series to take a deep dive into the “anatomy” of rest and digest and work with stress and relaxation through practices that focus on the psoas, diaphragm, and vagus nerve.
In this series, we’ll explore how well-being is not only a top down (brain to body) game, but more importantly a process we can initiate from the bottom up (body to brain). We’ll cover basic anatomy, theory, and philosophy, as well as flow through slow mindful movement, breathing practices, awareness tools, as well as extended restorative poses.
We’ll learn how releasing gut and overall bodily tension—through practices that support a supple psoas, free flowing diaphragm, and toned vagus nerve—all help to decrease the body's stress response by dampening the sympathetic nervous system and enhancing the parasympathetic response.
Plus, you’ll learn how alignment affects breathing, and how breathing impacts overall well-being, including the nervous system and all of the systems that influence health and healing.
Plus, pair each practice with my FREE Friday Deep Listening Meditations at 9:30am ET.
SCHEDULE (ALL CLASSES TAKE PLACE AT 10-11 AM EDT)
Friday, November 10: Progressing Towards Deeper States of Relaxation & Restoration
Friday, November 17: Psoas Practice to Shift Into Rest & Digest
Friday, November 24: Dynamic Diaphragm Movement—Massaging & Messaging for Rest & Digest
Friday, December 1: Vagus Nerve Practice to Shift Into Rest & Digest
Friday, December 8: The Core Issue—Nourishing the Gut Brain Connection
Friday, December 15: Restorative Yoga—The Yoga of Rest & Digest