Stress/Anxiety
These practices have been specifically created and sequenced for watching online on Movement for Modern Life to reduce stress and anxiety you may feel in your life.
Within our anti-stress and anxiety series, we have a range of practices which include:
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20:00Beginners 4: Twist to unwind
Twists help you feel yourself again. So whether you’re stiff, stressed-out, sluggish, or plain out of sorts, Clare’s simple twist practice will leave you feeling grounded and re-energised. Perfect for morning or evening. The class ends on a savasana, so feel free to lay down and soak up the practice for as long as you need.
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45:00Yin Yoga for Mindful Awareness
A gentle and mindful floor-based Yin Yoga practice to cultivate a sense of self compassion and kindness for body and mind. Move mindfully with awareness and attention, holding poses for longer durations. Easily adjustable to suit your required level of intensity. Props like bolster, straps and blocks recommended. Recorded 17/03/25
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45:00Yoga for Mental & Physical Balance
Find balance and ease in both body and mind with this moderate flow class. Through steady movement and mindful breath, we’ll cultivate strength, stability, and a sense of calm. This practice is designed to leave us feeling centered, refreshed, and effortlessly grounded. Replay from 10/02/25
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45:00Side Stretch - Gentle Flow
Breathe deeper and move with ease in this gentle yoga class. Through mindful side stretches and soothing twists, we’ll create space in the ribs, spine, and shoulders, helping to expand our lung capacity and release built-up tension. This class is perfect for anyone looking to improve their breath, relieve tightness, and feel a sense of spaciousness in both body and mind. Replay from 31/01/25
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10:00Winter Meditation
A beautiful Meditation filmed outdoors, with the theme of the elements. Feel yourself grounded, feel unravelled and released. If you can, do the meditation outside and feel the air on your skin and enjoy that feeling of coming back to the present moment.
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48:27Hatha Yoga to Calm the Nervous System
A restorative and healing class designed to calm and settle the nervous system, to ground oursevles and create an overall feeling of balance in body and mind. This class starts with a long, calming mindfulness body scan, then some gentle movement and stretching before finsihing with a calming breathing and visualisation practise.
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45:00REPLAY - Connect with your Feet
This luscious hatha yoga class starts with self-care and grounding. Feel relaxed and released with this grounding yoga class which focuses on the feet. We connect deeply with our feet through a series of foot-focused poses. As we move with intention, we’ll strengthen our foundation, inviting stability and ease into our practice. Together, we’ll explore how nurturing our connection to the ground enhances our overall experience on the mat, allowing us to feel more balanced and centered in our bodies.
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45:00REPLAY - Slow Flow for Hamstrings
In this class with Lucy, we focus on gentle forward folds, specifically targeting the hamstrings. These slow, mindful movements invite introspection and calm, helping to release tension in both the body and mind. This practice offers a peaceful retreat, allowing you to reconnect with yourself and find balance in the present moment.
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27:52Yoga Nidra Series: Regain Zest For Life
This yoga nidra journey is for when life is challenging and we find ourselves feeling listless and without purpose. Lucy guides us into a deep state of inner listening with honesty and clarity so that we can acknowledge any feelings of apathy within. We embrace what is, whilst coaxing forth submerged desires and motivating forces. Perfect for those times when life is overwhelming or when we are feeling listless. Especially beneficial for those experiencing menopause, going through life changes or for those who would like to feel passion and enthusiasm again.
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20:29Breathe and Meditate to Feel Relaxed and Positive
Calm the nervous system with this Jivamukti breathwork and meditation practice. Alternate nostril breathing is taught with Sanskrit and then a meditation with the internal mantra of 'Hari Om.' If you have mala beads and wish to practice with those, have them on hand.
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28:36Yoga Nidra Series: Clear the Mist, Capture Clarity
This yoga nidra takes us on a journey in which we dive below the surface of our conscious, analytical mind. This nidra is perfect for the days when you are feeling overwhelmed with decisions, if focusing is difficult, or if you're suffering from the brain fog of menopause. Find a sense of quiet and spaciousness deep within that invites a connection to deep clarity and inner vision. A relief from the fog that can overcome our minds. Come away feeling clearer and more aligned with your higher vision."
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35:43Yoga Nidra Series: From Anxious to Ease ‘Robust Tranquility’
This deeply relaxing yoga nidra takes us on a journey from an anxious, whirling mind to spacious ease. Through guidance, we drop into deep relaxation that allows for a settling of the mind whilst we create new imprints of trust over angst. Come away feeling more expansive, calm, steady, and deeply relaxed.
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11:03Chanting and Gratitude for a Positive Mindset
Wake up and start the day with a positive mindset from the Jivamukti method. How you start your day colours your entire day. This short morning session includes affirmations and gratitude practices to start the best way. Featuring Sanskrit chants to put us in a positive frame of mind, the class then talks us through some gratitude journaling. It’s helpful to have a notebook or journal for this class.
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34:22Yoga Nidra Series: From Rest-Deprived to Radiance
Yoga Nidra gives us a pause for real replenishment and rest. The practice invites us to drop into a deep place of restoration, to hit the internal reset button that reminds your body and being of its right to a quiet mind and deep rest. This deeply calming practice aims to support those experiencing sleeplessness and insomnia.
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14:10Gentle Somatic Movement: Feet, Knees & Hips
A perfect class if you've been feeling sluggish or letharic, or just low on energy. A wonderful class for those recovering from illness or injury, or who have energy challenges, because this class has only very small movements and you will simply be lying down. Energise gently, with this global, whole body gentle awakening class. Wake up feet, knees and hips as well as the rest of your systems by lying on your back and feeling the floor with your bare feet. Find a comfortable place to lie down and let your body feel nurtured and nourished by this gentle somatic movement.
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13:03Relax & Calm Yoga - Evening chill (better than vino!)
This class is Margi’s favorite way to end the day. A perfect, simple all on the back class to relax and calm ready for bed. Breath centered, close to the earth, gentle, soothing twists, hip openers, hamstring stretches and a short meditation with legs elevated on a chair or couch. Enjoy this very relaxed floor-perspective of this floor based class! Go from this practice right to bed. Please have a belt or and a cushion.
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31:31Yoga for Back Pain Relief
A wonderful class for Prenatal back pain, suitable for all trimesters. This class can also suit most of us for most stages in life! Back pain and back stiffness is common during pregnancy, but also for all of us who live sedentary, modern lives. This class is the perfect antidote! Embrace gentle movements like thread the needle pose, open twists, oyramid pose and Happy Baby, which promote spinal flexibility and tension relief. The practice gracefully closes with heart-opening poses like Camel Pose and Bridge, leaving you feeling rejuvenated and empowered to navigate the physical changes of pregnancy with ease. Suggested props: 2 bricks. If practicing pregnant please contact your healthcare provider to check the suitability of this class.
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15:10Gentle Somatic Movement: Release Hands & Pelvis to calm nervous system
This gentle somatic movement class is seated and can be done at work, in the office, in a hotel room after travel or anywhere. The movements are very small and subtle, simply but very effectively calming the nervous system with just small movements in the hands and pelvis. You don't need any equipment and can do this class in a limited space.
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