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?
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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.
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How do you want students to feel after class?
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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.