R-E-L-A-X Calming Count Guided Breath & Mindfulness Exercise

In this video Stacia guides you with progressive counting breath to facilitate relaxation and tension reduction.

Experience how slow rhythmic breath increases calm and decreases physical and emotional energy. Give the body scan a try to practice somatic awareness and synching breath with rest. Tip: Remember we are going for progress not perfection. Sometimes allowing yourself to notice subtle changes can result can just as important as noticing the big or drastic shifts or changes in relaxation or tension reduction.

If you are Interested in yoga and how to improve the quality sleep this yoga sequence will guide 9 postures to promote better sleep.

Yoga has been shown to help benefit all age ranges and improve sleep. From children to the elderly, yoga provides numerous health and sleep benefits.

Yoga is relaxing and can help you wind down after a stressful day. It can also improve sleep by improving breath awareness, increasing mindfulness, and boosting physical activity levels, all of which have been shown to enhance the quality of sleep.

Understanding the stress response; and how chronic activation of this survival mechanism () impairs health.

Get the body to go from “flight or flight” to “rest and digest.” Stacia guides a sequence of 4 yoga poses along with breathing exercises to calm the nervous system. You can practice and learn learn techniques to counter the stress response.

Your parasympathetic nervous system is a network of nerves that relaxes your body after periods of stress or danger. It also helps run life-sustaining processes, like digestion, during times when you feel safe and relaxed

To effectively combat stress, you need to activate your body's natural relaxation response.

In this short video we will bring somatic awareness to the inhales and exhales flowing through your lungs and also guide connection to your body and cue the relaxation response in your body.

Breathing exercises can reduce stress by increasing oxygen exchange, which reduces your blood pressure, slows the heart, and releases any tension held in the abdomen.

These physical changes also benefit your mental state - concentrating on your breath can bring you into the present, in a state of mindfulness.

Stacia guides this short breath and mindfulness exercise to assist you towards relaxation and grounding. Feel your lungs expand as you inhale and feel your lungs release as you exhale. Anchor yourself in the present moment.

This video assists you in creating a "resting position" for the physical body and mental state.

The struggle is real! The balance between effort and ease in life can be tricky. Practice strength and flexibility on the yoga mat.

Give yourself a break! Take some time to get out of a dysregulated nervous system state and activate your resources within. This trauma-informed sequence will allow you to practice just that.

Find your edge! Build heat, strength, flexibility and focus. Fire up your core and your life. Yes you can!

This sequence is designed as an introduction to the practice of yoga.

The variety of styles and the minimalist requirements for practicing yoga make it perfect for beginners.

Combining breath, meditation and movement with physical postures, yoga offers an opportunity for physical and emotional healing and growth.

Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation also known as “yogic sleep” or “effortless relaxation”. It's usually practiced lying down with a teacher guiding .

Absolutely anyone can practice Yoga Nidra, but it has immense appeal for those who struggle to let go. It also has immense value for those suffering from sleep deprivation, trauma, anxiety or depression (to any degree).

It’s also perfect for those who have always been curious about the deep states of meditation they have perhaps read about or stumbled across themselves but have never been able to recreate.

Research has shown that iRest, a practice based in yoga nidra, can effectively treat conditions such as trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and sleep issues.