Welcome to Embodiment Sessions, your yoga space for mental health
Here you will find on-demand yoga videos with a variety of practices to meet you exactly where you’re at on your journey. May you find happiness, peace, ease, & freedom from suffering.
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SESSIONS FOR ANXIETY
Possible symptoms:
excessive worry
restlessness
feeling on edge
fatigue
difficulty concentrating
compulsive habits
irritability
muscle tension
sleep disturbance
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FLOW & GROW
| VINYASA YOGA |
You are invited to challenge yourself through faster-paced and strength-building movement to help you build mental and emotional strength for your everyday life
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SESSIONS FOR DEPRESSION
Possible symptoms:
feelings of sadness, emptiness, worthlessness, hopelessness, or excessive guilt
diminished interest or pleasure in activities
significant change in appetite
insomnia or hypersomnia
fatigue/loss of energy
difficulty concentrating
indecisiveness or apathy
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STRETCH & DE-STRESS
| YIN YOGA |
You are invited to find the tension in your body, see what comes up as you stretch through the discomfort, and release what no longer serves you -
SESSIONS FOR DISSOCIATION
Possible symptoms:
an overall feeling of disconnection/lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and identity
recurrent experiences of feeling detached from one’s own body
recurrent experiences of feeling as if the world around oneself is not real
recurrent gaps in the recall of everyday events or significant past events
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LISTEN TO YOUR BODY
| INTUITIVE MOVEMENT |
You are invited to connect with your intuition and express yourself with whatever movement, breath work, or sound that your body needs -
SESSIONS FOR EMOTIONAL BALANCE
Possible symptoms:
extreme mood shifts
trouble with sleep
hormone imbalance (specifically for women’s cycles)
particularly high or low energy levels
difficulty with concentration
overall stress/burnout
need for self-care
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RESTORE YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
| RESTORATIVE YOGA |
You are invited to find stillness and restoration in comfortable and supportive postures to give your mind and body some rest -
SESSIONS FOR SELF-COMPASSION
Possible symptoms:
comparison
perfectionism
body dysmorphia
eating disorders
addiction
Relationship struggles
excessive guilt or shame
overall lack of confidence/sense of self
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS AND NOTE ON MENTAL HEALTH
Embodiment Sessions are not a substitute for therapy or medical treatment. The defined categories in the video library do not indicate a diagnosis, treatment plan, or recommendation of any kind, and it is at the discretion of the viewer to decide what best fits their needs.
These Trauma-Informed Yoga practices are intended to be utilized as additives to the self-work you are already doing or perhaps an introduction to your self-work. In some cases, this may be the most accessible way for you to process some of your mental health struggles, and that is welcome too. Anyone who is interested in improving their mental health and quality of life is welcome here with the understanding that this is a yoga practice and not therapy.
Breath work, movement, visualization, and sound techniques to target mental health may cause activation and disregulation in the nervous system. This can bring up uncomfortable or even unsafe feelings that are deeply stored in the brain and body. Be mindful of this possibility and utilize discretion as you explore these practices.
The symptoms that we experience related to our mental health are very nuanced. More often than not, our symptoms may fall under several different mental health categories, and that is normal. Mental health has been pathologized into categories, or ‘diagnoses’ to help us better understand ourselves. However these ‘disorders’ do not define us and are not ALL of us, but simply PARTS of us. Therefore, it may be helpful for you to explore sessions across different categories of this library depending on how you feel. As we grow, change, and evolve, so does our mental health, so I invite you to have an openness and curiosity around what might best fit your needs in this season of life.