Videos
Hatha Flow for Fluidity
…and periorgan fluid love!
Resonant, Samavritti, and Lahari Pranayama
This practice was inspired by James Nestor’s wonderful book, Breath: the New Science of a Lost Art. Here, we explore both samavritti and lahari (wave) pranayama. Lahari is a simple preparatory technique that, according to Indra Mohan, helps reduce anxiety and connect us to our inner calmness—something I know we could all use more of.
Karuna Sadhana
Karuna is one of the 9 rasas, or emotions. It can be considered a spectrum, where on one end is sadness, and on the other, compassion. Engage in a meditation, an exploration, around this rasa.
Prenatal Calming Practice
A short but sweet practice for expecting mamas!
The How of Intentional Movement
The webinar will give you powerful insight into why the intentionality of movement is important to enter the next dimension of your well-being. Learn about two powerful sensory systems, proprioception and interception, and dive into understanding three patterns of movement that will optimize your whole-self-care.
Inviting Joy Into Your Life
Joy is within each person, and we need to explore ways to make space to welcome it. Utilizing the tools found in yoga, join me and discover the science of joy and how to activate it throughout your day. During this webinar, we will explore smiling meditation, breath of joy, and accessible movement (chair yoga) to open up the lungs and chest. Webinar recording from Fairfax County, VA’s caregiver series, Staying Well Together.
Rituals for Attuning to Your Nervous System During a Global Pandemic
This webinar guides you to activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which is also known as the “tend and befriend” and “rest and digest” system. During the webinar, I offer you a series of rituals that you can use to care for yourself, as well as friends and family members. Together, let’s tend and befriend, rest and digest!
Trauma-Informed Yoga for the Journey with Cancer
The diagnosis of cancer is a traumatic event in a person’s life. Trauma-Informed care is essential for this journey. Yoga therapy offers tools for individuals to remain centered so they can navigate surgeries, treatments, and recovery. While medication and treatments are focused on the removal of cancer from the body, yoga therapy offers tools to nourish the mind, body, and overall energy.
Inspired by the work of Allison Jeffries and Lorenzo Cohen at the Anderson Cancer Center, I have developed a framework based on Patanjali’s eight-limb path to be a trauma-informed tether for anyone traveling through the journey with cancer.
Cancer-Related Fatigue & Yoga
Cultivate understanding and compassion regarding cancer-related fatigue. A series of interesting studies have shown that yoga can improve sleep quality and daytime function. We all know it's important to move, and perhaps more important is to learn how to move intentionally. Join us to be informed by science and inspired by yoga.
Whole Health Self Care Series
Maryam talks with Whitney Ortiz, creator of the Whole Health Self Care series, about the whole-self-care that is inherent in yoga.