AUKE BAY
YOGA
Lisa Dumas
Class formats Taught:
Therapeutic Flow, Yoga Therapy
Core values:
Building meaningful connection
Compassion and acceptance in relationships with others and self.
A commitment to be open to new perspectives
The importance of self-reflection and impact on others and the earth
A desire to keep learning and growing
Always returning to the question: What would love do?
Why do you teach yoga?
I share the gifts of yoga through the lens of someone who was exposed to the practices during a long battle with disordered anxiety and chronic panic. The physical practice of yoga postures cultivates present-centered awareness and a depth of breath that was instrumental in helping me regulate my nervous system and overcome the life-altering symptoms I was experiencing. I feel compelled to provide a space for people where they are invited to meet themselves with acceptance and compassion and cultivate a kinder inner landscape to support themselves on and off the mat.
How do you want students to feel after class?
With the knowledge that the full spectrum of emotions can arise in a yoga room, and we may not always feel positive, my hope is that practitioners feel empowered to let go of perfectionism and comparison and connect with a sense of being enough. Our practices invite us to draw our scattered energy back to ourselves to discern where we’d like to direct it out in the world; to step into our lives remembering we are more than our thoughts and stronger than we think.