With nourishing Yoga Nidra, slow embodied movement, calming breathwork, and heartfelt journaling, this class invites you to let go of winter’s heaviness and create space for new growth in the season ahead. Each element is intentionally designed to support your mental and emotional wellbeing - helping to quiet an overactive mind, regulate your nervous system, and cultivate a greater sense of inner steadiness.

This class begins with a slow, mindful body stretch using gentle yoga postures and somatic movements to softly release tension in the muscles and joints. These grounding movements help shift you out of chronic stress mode by activating the parasympathetic / calming response. As your body unwinds, your mind follows, supporting reduced anxiety, improved mood, and a deeper feeling of safety in your own body. This portion of the class helps soothe the nervous system and prepares you to lie comfortably in stillness. Yoga Nidra will follow.

Yoga Nidra, often called “yogic sleep”, is a deeply restorative form of meditation that gently guides your brainwaves into a theta state - the realm of healing, emotional processing, and profound rest. In this state, the body can naturally release long-held tension, the mind can soften, and the nervous system can recalibrate. Practitioners often experience enhanced emotional resilience, decreased rumination, improved sleep quality, and relief from mental fatigue when Yoga Nidra is practiced regularly. You will be guided into deep relaxation, allowing the body to restore and the mind to settle, leaving you feeling calm, rejuvenated, and renewed.

Dress in layers and comfortable clothes you can move easily in. For added comfort, you may wish to bring a blanket, an eye mask, and a small pillow or folded blanket for under your head.