Express the stress

Dear One,

Part of my job as a yoga teacher and yoga therapist is to help you complete your authentic nervous system response.

Daily life doesn't usually create the space to fully ride out our fight-flight-freeze-collapse responses. We have to switch gears mid-rollercoaster, stop mid-sprint, jump up mid-hibernation, or rally mid-nap. All of this chronic nervous system override takes a toll. We need spaces where we can feel the full feeling and be done with it, to exert the full force of fight/flight mobilization to let it move through and out. To collapse fully, to the point of being able to re-emerge with renewed energy.

Chances are, you already have your nervous system outlets. That walk, that playlist, that primal scream on the highway. Keep going ... keep doing the things that let your body express the stress. And if yoga is a place where your nervous system gets to unravel, unwind, and reset itself, join me on the mat.

And if you're interested in bringing these tools to your yoga or therapy clients, join me for Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy Training this fall! See below.

WORKSHOP SATURDAY!! Befriending Stillness: Radically Restorative Yoga Workshop is this Saturday, August 5th at 1-2:30pm Eastern. This is my monthly restorative offering where a team of assistants and I offer hands-on support in restful yoga poses (with consent cards!). Join us either in the studio, or remotely (livestream and recorded, available 48hrs).

Flow & Restore drop-in classes are Sundays, 6-7:15pm (in-person, livestream, or recorded for 48hrs). Sorry to those who logged on to livestream a few weeks ago and encountered a total audio fail! It's been back to normal since then.

In nervous system solidarity,

~Alex