Online Retreat
Yoga and Dharma: Calming Anxiety Through the Wisdom of the Body
In our current global situation and personal life challenges, anxiety is a natural reaction. However, our bodies are not designed for chronic stress, and over time it can derail our well-being and disconnect us from our hearts.
This daylong program will weave Dharma wisdom and meditation together with mindful movement and gentle breathing techniques. These embodied practices will help to release chronic tension, regulate our nervous systems, and calm reactivity. This process of resourcing will reconnect us with the wisdom of the body and restore trust in our body’s ability to self-regulate. Our meditations will center heart practices, or brahmavihāras, to cultivate a kinder, more spacious relationship with ourselves. We may come to know anxiety as a teacher—one that deepens mindful awareness and generates a tender connection to our inner states.
All abilities and levels of experience are welcome.
Teaching Team
Djuna Devereaux, E-RYT
Teacher
Djuna Devereaux has taught yoga and Dharma for 20 years. She teaches retreats at Spirit Rock, leads their Dharma and Yoga Trainings, and is a core teacher for Sacred Mountain Sangha. Djuna teaches internationally for Prajna Yoga, and is in private practice as a yoga therapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
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