Yoga
Yoga is a great way to tend to your own inner child.
The body stores a lifetime of patterns, habits, and emotions. Physical postures, breathing, and mindfulness all support the rewiring of our brains and bodies to help us become the people and parents we want to be. By bringing compassionate awareness to yourself on your mat, you are better equipped to bring self-compassion to your daily life.
Lauren has completed over 300 hours of yoga and mindfulness training. She strives to create a brave, safer space within her classes by offering options and adapting her class to the students’ needs. Lauren has mentored dozens of upcoming children’s yoga teachers and has provided Professional Development for school educators and administrators throughout New York. Her yoga teaching certifications are in Vinyasa Yoga, Katonah Yoga, Yoga & Mindfulness for youth, Mindful Educator Essentials, Difficult Emotions, Mindfulness Fundamentals, Chair Yoga & Yoga for Teens.
Tend to Your Joints
Enjoy this 30 minute yoga class for free! Moving through the three floors of the body from the ground up, we will pay particular attention to the joints. By bringing focus to the places where our bones make contact, we tend to the very structure that sets up our stability, ability and imagination. Help your joints feel more lubricated and more ease in movement. Find freedom within the container of your body, your great abode.
FAQs
Are your sessions suitable for pregnant people and beginners?
Nestful has a commitment to offering classes that are accessible to those new to the practice and pregnant people.
What is yoga?
Yoga is a spiritual practice that originated in South Asia thousands of years ago. The “asana” or “postures” you tend to see or think of when you hear the word Yoga is actually one of 8 limbs that make up the practice. Yoga poses are only a small piece of the pie.
The word Yoga in Sanskrit translates to “to yoke” which essentially means to “to unify”. We can think of yoga as a way to unify the many parts of ourselves, breath, body imagination. We can also think of yoga as a way to unify with ALL of the people and great nature. It’s a way to connect the personal life to universal life, or better yet, to participate in that connection.
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is defined as paying attention to what’s happening in the moment, without judgement. Mindfulness helps us view our experience with kindness and curiosity. It can be further understood as a compassionate lens through which you view your life. Nestful strives to teach yoga classes that are mindful.
YOGA TESTIMONIALS
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“This class is exactly what I needed! The perfect opportunity to take a little time for myself. I really appreciate how welcome and at ease I felt even as a novice. Thank you for having me!!”
— Dr. Trillitye Paullin, PhD, CEO of Free to Feed
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“I love Lauren's recorded classes and look forward to a new one each week! Lauren has such a friendly and accepting approach to her teaching. She offers lots of modifications and is never judgmental. I especially appreciate the shorter length of the classes for people with busy schedules, children, etc. She explains everything clearly, and her classes are accessible to both beginners and those with more experience. She is also great at teaching you how to integrate your yoga practice into daily life-not just while you are on the mat.”
— Wynne P.
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“Just did “wake up flow” with my little climbing all around me. It was the perfect amount of time and just what I needed to wake up this stiff body. Thank you :) can’t wait to dive into more!”t Item
— Meghan
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“I just took my first Nestful class. I loved it and I love you! Felt good for my body and my brain.”New List Item
— Practicing Mom
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“Your classes are honestly the first that I feel are as informative for beginners as they are for more experienced practitioners.”
— Jenna A.
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“Lauren’s classes have been such a sweet treat in my week. The environment that Lauren creates is one of inclusivity, curiosity, and spaciousness. There is plenty of room to explore my own physical limits in a safely guided way. Whether I go to a deeper expression of a shape, try a different variation of a shape, or simply lay and rest, I feel accepted and celebrated! Lauren teaches from an honest and grounded place, I highly recommend her classes for all levels of yoga practice!”
— Samantha F.
“Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed, touched, allowed. It wants attention. It wants kindness. If you treated your feelings with as much love as you treated your dog or your cat or your child, you’d feel as if you were living in heaven every day of your sweet life.”
It’s no surprise that stress, anxiety, depression and mental health issues are all on the rise since the covid-19 pandemic. Stress alone can hinder our ability to respond mindfully to our children, and can make us feel overwhelmed by the day to day caregiving responsibilities. Yoga and mindfulness practice can be utilized as an effective stress management technique and mood booster. Practice can help us be more present for our own peace of mind, and our children’s.
We know that exercise helps lower stress hormones and releases endorphins, but according to an article in Harvard Health Publishing, yoga can elevate levels of a brain chemical associated with better mood and decreased anxiety. Yoga also stands out amongst other relaxation techniques as one of the most effective ways to reduce anxiety and depression, especially when used as a complementary approach to other therapies.
There’s no doubt that yoga and mindfulness supports your overall wellbeing. Your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health can all can reap the benefits, and your children will, too. Children learn best by example, so it’s important for adults to embody mindfulness and model these life skills in action. By practicing yoga, we embody the qualities we wish to see in our children.
Mindfulness practice
Pause for a moment and bring your attention and curiosity to your experience. Open your arms out wide. Notice the sensation of your breath in your chest. Notice the sensation of your feet on the earth. This is how you can begin to practice mindfulness. It can be very simple and subtle!