Grounding Practices

Grounding Practices

A curated collection of practices of varying durations and styles that may support you in grounding yourself and rooting yourself.

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Grounding Practices
  • Nectar

    Nectar is a rich and sweet liquid produced in the depths of a flower. As such, I’ve always associated it with essence and the sweetness of our life experiences – like we savor the nectar of our experiences so we don’t miss them.

    Today’s practice is nectarian in that it is slow flow leading to re...

  • Deep Sleep

    If better and more sleep is one of your self-care priorities right now, Deep Sleep can help.

    This practice emphasizes downward moving and grounding energy to support your body and mind’s transition away from the busy-ness of the day and into quality sleep and recovery.

    Between deep stretch, con...

  • Low Back Express

    A healthy, high-functioning lower back requires a lot of attention and care. Our backs, especially our lower backs, are major workhorses!

    The more we ask of them, the more we need to give back to them!

    This express practice includes both low back and side body stretches and strengthening movem...

  • Sweet Simplicity

    Sweet Simplicity was inspired by those times of excess, when everything feels complicated and we just yearn for something in our lives to be basic and simple.

    As I crafted this practice, I realized it felt a bit like practices I did when I first started practicing asana, before the evolution of ...

  • Moonlit View

    This is a sublime lunar slow-flow practice that supports a deceleration of your whole body-mind-spirit complex.

    It is an embodiment of the earth and water energies with several different types of hip openers from the more fluid to still.

    It’s meant to leave you feeling both more grounded and re...

  • Patience

    Patience requires the dual powers of stamina and softening.

    In this home practice, we’ll explore and embody both through repetition, which requires stamina, and hip openers that require softening.

    We’ll also have some well-timed check-ins on our current patience levels as well.

    This fruits of...

  • Wind Down

    Wind Down is a lunar practice that supports you in doing just that – decelerating and releasing the burdens of the day.

    It’s a combination of flow and stretch with just enough activation to help you discharge any pent up vibes that could be released.

    You will want a block or something that coul...

  • Isle of Calm

    This home practice is a RESILIENCY supporting practice informed by the Earth and Water elements.

    In Yoga’s sister science Ayurveda, your inherent resiliency is called OJAS and a practice like this supports healthy ojas to meet the challenges of life head on with strength and competency.

    It’s a ...

  • Chill Out

    Whether the temperature outside is high or you're reaching your boiling point on the inside, this home practice is meant to help you cool down and chill out. Emotions like anger, frustration or irritation are all associated with the fire element in Yoga's sister science, Ayurveda. And when your c...

  • Mindful Mobility 2

    Mindful Mobility 2, like its predecessor Mindful Mobility, emphasizes mindful movement at our joints with a combination of muscle STRENGTH and STRETCH.

    One great reason to explore practices like these is to identify the activations and movements we may NOT do much of, based on the sensations we ...

  • Quench - Find Fluidity

    Have you ever thirsted for that flow state when your body's fluid power and intelligence take over and we cease micro-managing everything with our minds?

    If you know what I mean, this practice is for you. From start to finish we synchronize breath and movement into, out of and within postures as...

  • Post-Workout Recovery

    This efficient post-workout home practice is informed both by human anatomy AND the energy systems of yoga.

    We'll move through the major muscle groups, all the while cultivating an energy that balances that of your workout.

    While this is created with a workout you've done in mind, it's also per...

  • Low Back Love

    At one time or another, just about everyone has experienced low back pain due to overuse, underuse, strain or stress.

    I created this home practice to support you in gently moving your spine in every direction, to stretch and strengthen the muscles that do that and to bring awareness to abdominal...

  • Transmute ~ Working With Anger

    I'm not a fan of pretending we always experience love and light! Our shadow side is an amazing teacher, if we learn how to work with it skillfully. In this case, anger is something we all experience from time to time and a natural part of being human. When we try to suppress it, deny it or hide i...

  • Neck & Shoulders: Tension Relief

    Two of the most common tension areas are your neck and your shoulders.

    But relieving the tension doesn't work so well when we try to force it out. If our bodies feel under attack, they'll lock down even more.

    nstead, this practice involves fluid, mindful movement through your entire range of mo...

  • Decompress

    Decompression is the relief of high pressure. I created this home practice for anyone who is feeling like they've been steadily working with high pressure that's coming from any number of sources.

    The practice begins with slow flow to help you move the impact of high pressure through and out you...

  • Wring It Out

    In those times when we just feel FULL of emotions, of responsibilities, of ideas, of stress, nothing satisfies quite like a deep twisting practice to holistically wring yourself out.

    This active yet methodically paced home practice combines stretching your side body with lots of different twists...

  • Mindful Mobility

    Yoga practitioners focus a lot on flexibility, which is a muscle's ability to passively lengthen. This practice, however, focuses on MOBILITY, which is the ability of a joint to move actively through a range of motion and that movement is enabled by muscles that are both strong AND flexible.

    We'...

  • Quick Calm ~ A Yin Short

    Most Yin practices are long and meant to be savored over time. But once in awhile, we need a quick downshift from Yang or active energy into Yin or receptive energy.

    This home practice includes a posture for each quadrant of your hips and emphasizes the movement of energy downward for a quick do...

  • Immunity Boost

    There are a lot of ways we can support our immunity like rest, hydration and keeping our stress levels down. Another way is to support the movement of lymph, which collects and clears away toxins in our bodies.

    This practice focuses on movement at the main lymph node sites - throat, armpits, gro...

  • Side Body Supreme

    Stretching your side body is supremely satisfying.

    Stretching our side bodies impacts our posture, our mood and the movement of lymph through one of the major sites in our bodies. In addition, our side bodies are the sides of our "breathing department" and can impact our ability to breathe deepl...

  • YINside

    This contemplative Yin Yoga practice serves the dual purposes of tractioning all 4 quadrants of your physical hips, front, inner, back and outer AND in drawing your awareness towards your inner landscape to foster quietude within.

    Suggested props: 2 blocks or large books and a blanket or towel

    ...

  • The HIPness

    Lots of different muscles and other tissues work together in support of our hips moving in all the ways they do.

    This Integrated Vinyasa practice aims to address every single one!

    Besides the anatomical benefits of maintaining healthy range of motion, hip-centric classes like this can also be s...

  • Nightcap ~ Yoga Before Bed

    Getting good sleep is essential for your health and wellbeing. But sometimes, an excellent night of zzzzzzs feels out of reach.

    This practice is meant to be done next to your bed. It includes simple movements in every direction to discharge your excess energy, a couple in-bed postures and a guid...