THE RELAXATION RESPONSE:
Using the Breath to Calm Anxiety
CO-LED BY MARKAY SUZANNE & JULIANA MITCHELL
Part I - Saturday April 9
Part II - Saturday April 23
1pm-4pm ET / Livestream via zoom
Our breath can be a powerful support tool for self-soothing. And once we’ve cultivated a relationship with the breath, we have a life-changing and incredible asset that’s free and always there for us.
But how do we build that connection with our breath? How do we deepen that connection? And how do we hold space for our students, clients or loved ones to access their breath support too? And what is the science behind it?
Join Markay & Juliana for a dive into one of the greatest investments you can ever make: your relationship with your breath. With a combo of lecture & experiential exercises, we’ll connect with our breathing and our innate ability to use the simple inhale and the simple exhale to calm anxiety.
Juliana & Markay will tag-team-teach in both part 1 & part 2.
WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR:
People looking to empower and calm themselves via their breath.
People looking to support others (children, students, clients) in using the breath to calm and empower.
Anyone who’s breathing.
THE SCHEDULE
Part 1 -
Saturday April 9 / 1-4pm EST
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PRACTICE: breath awareness & sama vrtti (a breath technique)
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LECTURE: the science of stress/the science of relaxation
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PRACTICE: brief Yoga Nidra practice (this is the Yoga of deep rest, this will be practiced laying down)
Part 2 -
Saturday April 23 / 1-4pm EST
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GUIDED EXPLORATION: face, tongue, jaw & ribcage - their role in breath's freedom
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PRACTICE: breath techniques: back body breathing & bee's breath (a breath technique)
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LECTURE: Yoga Nidra explained - an overview
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PRACTICE: Yoga Nidra (this is the Yoga of deep rest, this will be practiced laying down)
Markay Suzanne
Markay is a respectful, welcoming and encouraging teacher that has studied the body and taught movement for more than 15yrs. She incorporates breath, alignment and trauma-informed cues into her classes ensuring the safety and comfort for her students while guiding them to listen to their body's unique needs.
Markay's favorite breath technique is the Kirtan Kriya as it combines a soothing and self-directed breath cadence with a mudra and mantra of one's choosing. She finds that the Kriya grounds and centers her while helping her to find calmness. She has co-authored a manual on using breath techniques to support the prevention and recovery of COVID-19.
Markay is a RYT500, a breath coach and a nutrition and wellness counselor. She is working to complete her Yoga Therapeutics certificate and her Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credentials. She holds concurrent B.S. in Nutritional Sciences and Food Science and an MBA. When not on the mat, Markay is shamelessly reading medical and psychology journals and is doting on her plant babies.
Juliana Mitchell
Juliana (she/her/hers) is a full-time yoga teacher and therapist, as well as the founder of Living Now Yoga, living in NYC. She's devoted to the dynamic grace of movement, the healing oasis of stillness and the powerful beauty of awareness and compassion. Her teaching style is precise and playful, emphasizing the journey toward artfully inhabiting our bodies and our lives.
She began studying the breath as a vehicle for healing and for self-expression in her late teens. Three decades later, she remains a committed student of the breath’s capacity to uplift, ground & transform.
Juliana loves sharing breath technique - which lives at the interface of science and magic - with interested others. Come as you are and you will be welcomed as you are.
No one turned away for lack of funds. For SCHOLARSHIP OPTIONS click here.
A portion of all proceeds benefits the Living Now Yoga Diversity Scholarship, which supports under-represented & under-resourced persons in accessing yoga teacher training.
And a portion of all proceeds goes toward planting trees.
