Mindful Movement Online Classes – Live!
Join me for LIVE mindful movement online! These livestream classes (on Zoom) are grouped into Terms of multiple weeks (not drop-in). This allows us go deeper and build on what we’re practicing over the term. The term structure provides a sense of continuity – a familiar group of fellow students each week, and a sense of what to expect from the weekly practice.
Fall Term – Moved To Meditate Live
Freeing the Breath: Mindful Movement for Resilience
Thursdays 9:00-10:00am (Pacific Time)
10 classes: September 11 – November 13, 2025
This Fall, our live classes will focus on breath awareness practices and movements that free up the breath. While breath is always an important part of yoga (and most movement practices), it’s rare for our classes to offer the opportunity for a focused and progressive exploration of breathing. Each session will be “book-ended” with breath and meditation practices at the beginning and end of class, and an active Mindful Movement sequence in the middle.
Breathing well has a profound influence on our physical health, stress resilience, and overall well-being. A relaxed, free-flowing breath rhythm can help balance the nervous system, provide an internal massage to the organs, oxygenate the bloodstream, improve blood pressure, and enhance sleep quality. These practices are also wonderful for focusing attention and integrating mind and body!
In this series, we will practice guided breath explorations aimed at identifying and unwinding patterns of restriction. The movement sequences will also be designed to release tension and bring awareness to areas that impact the breath, such as the ribcage, neck and shoulders, the abdomen/diaphragm, the pelvic floor, and the back body.
From this basis of breath awareness, we will progress (over ten weeks) to classical yogic pranayama techniques that serve as “breath enhancement” practices. You will learn about the effects different breathing patterns have on the nervous system, and when you might choose a technique for grounding and steadying, uplifting, or down-shifting your energy.
We will also incorporate mindful observation of the breath, including some creative ways to practice breath meditation.
This is a beginner-friendly class, but also valuable for more experienced yogis and movement practitioners. Options are given to make poses/movements more or less challenging, depending on your experience, abilities, and energy level. These classes include floor work and some standing, and we typically end with Savasana or seated meditation (your choice).
Props: If you have yoga props (like blocks, blankets, a strap or resistance band, a bolster), have them ready! If not, don’t worry – you might find substitutions around the house, like towels and pillows instead of yoga blankets and bolsters. Some practitioners also find it helpful to have a sturdy chair available (like a folding chair or dining room chair).
Each week, you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link for class. And, after class, you’ll receive an email with a link to access the Zoom recording.
There are two options for registration:
- ALL ACCESS CLASS LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP – Join the Moved To Meditate Class Library (or upgrade your membership to the All Access tier) to participate in all of this term’s livestream series, the class recordings, special courses, and my full on-demand video library of 100+ classes. This membership is $34.99/month. You can cancel anytime, but as long as you stay subscribed, you’ll be signed up for all my livestream class terms and you’ll automatically get the zoom links.
- LIVESTREAM SERIES – Sign up for this 10 sessions, including the recordings of each class. The class series is a one-time registration cost of $120 (equals $12/class).