Code ccd-anxiety-depression
£108.00
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Code ccd-anxiety-depression
£108.00

Resources for yoga practitioners, teachers, therapists & circle facilitators.

We will explore practices that can support the mental disturbances of both anxiety and depression, that meet fear head on and harness its energy to shift mood. We will work with somatic expression, opposites, forgotten resources as well as new ones, take time to unwind and notice resistance – to read the body signals that show how much is enough and not too much and move into states of acknowledging, accepting and allowing felt sensations to move through the body. Creating space for the magic happen on its own without forcing takes a courageous heart and can be messy. Your spirit/soul/self is here to support you in accepting yourself just as you are. You don’t have to do this alone. You will be equipped with resources to support others in understanding and shifting beliefs.

With Judy Hirsh Sampath

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    Resources for yoga practitioners, teachers, therapists & circle facilitators  - With Judy Hirsh Sampath

    When we stop keeping our body and mind busy, slow down and find time to rest, there is often an underlying fear, anxiety and depression that rises to the surface. Our minds are experts at escaping uncomfortable or painful feelings and this is one reason we focus on keeping busy with others, focusing on other’s problems and the one who holds it all together. 

    It can be exhausting holding it together when there is underlying so called ‘negative’ emotion. It can take a lot of courage to face what is that lies under the avoidance strategies. A common conception is that we might fall apart if we let it be seen – what if we fell into relief, belief and one-ness far beyond the experience of the critical mind?

    We will explore practices that can support the mental disturbances of both anxiety and depression, that meet fear head on and harness its energy to shift mood. We will work with somatic expression, opposites, forgotten resources as well as new ones, take time to unwind and notice resistance – to read the body signals that show how much is enough and not too much and move into states of acknowledging, accepting and allowing felt sensations to move through the body. Creating space for the magic happen on its own without forcing takes a courageous heart and can be messy. Your spirit/soul/self is here to support you in accepting yourself just as you are. You don’t have to do this alone. You will be equipped with resources to support others in understanding and shifting beliefs.

    For yoga practitioners, yoga teachers and therapists, circle facilitators and all of us who know anxiety and depression personally. If you are interested in discovering more ways to support yourself, your students and clients, many practices, stories and perspectives will be shared. If you wish to help others, learn more about what it takes to support those in the grip of mental disturbance and feeling stuck; to become a strong container to hold space for expression of an ailing spirit, using all the limbs of yoga to shift mood, and how to guide towards recovery and reconnection. Join yoga therapist and trainer, Judy Hirsh Sampath in a day of enquiry.

    Aims of the Day 

    Western perspective on mental disturbances Eastern perspective on mental disturbances

    Expression of mental states through somatic enquiry

    Understanding coping strategies

    Offering practices to meet the individual

    Living with ongoing anxiety & depression

    Shifting shape & breath to shift mood – exploring embodied mindfulness, asana and pranayama

    Share yoga nidra practice

    Objectives - Participants will 

    Have space to share and/or witness personal stories

    Practice somatic expression and shifting mood through embodied enquiries

    Discuss coping strategies, opposites, recovery

    Work with self-acceptance

    Receive a yoga nidra blessing to close

    Receive resources to take away

    About the Tutor 

    Founder of Yoga Headspace, and co-founder of Yoga United and Yoga United Education, Judy’s practical and soulful yoga therapy courses and 1-2-1 sessions are based on many years of direct experience of anxiety and depression, professional learning and research. 

    As well as psycho-educational tools, she engages the physical body as an entry point to a deeper understanding of Self, truth and trust. Unlocking the bodies’ natural intelligence opens up a deeply compassionate healing space and a treasure chest of personal gems with which to meet the pain of stress, grief, emotional & mental disturbances - as well as tapping into creativity, clarity and wisdom. She brings a creative mix of movement, meditation, yoga philosophy and psychology to educate people of all ages, sizes and abilities to tune into their own capacity for self-healing, self-care and communal care. She takes yoga, meditation, embodied mindfulness, restorative yoga, yoga nidra and yoga therapy into health spas, offices, schools, mental health & fertility settings. She runs professional training, short courses and retreats in UK and India.

    Outline plan for the day 

    10am introduction 

    10.15 Western & Eastern perspectives

    10.35 Group discussion 

    11.00 Guided somatic enquiry & embodied movement

    12.15 Breakdown of sequences 

    1pm lunch 

    2pm Shifting mood through shifting shape & pranayama

    2.30-3.30pm Guided practices with opposites

    3.30-4pm Discussion, Q&A, resources

    4-4.30pm Yoga nidra - a parting blessing

    4.30pm Close

    Pre-work for the day 

    You may wish to prepare through self-reflection and meditation on what your intention is for joining this day. Notice and note or journal the truth that comes through holding space for yourself... You may wish to bring an object, photo or something that reminds you that you are safe, sound, supported and brave

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