Yoga for Stress and Anxiety Management

Yoga for Stress and Anxiety Management

This is a comprehensive course that includes basic information about stress and anxiety.  This course teaches students how to identify some of the most common forms of stress and anxiety, as well as some of the symptoms.  This course provides basic information as to how the nervous system and Cortisol in the body affects our mental and physical health.   In this course, students will learn a variety of tools taught and practiced in Yoga to help them manage their anxiety and stress.

The lectures include verbal and visual presentations on the following topics:

• Definition of Anxiety provides the definition of anxiety, commons cause, common symptoms, and common treatments, when it is time to see a medical professional.

  
  

• Restorative Yoga:  provides grounding passive relaxation that can be themed around any issue you desire, in this case for the purpose of relaxation.  This class does not have a lot of movement, and often is said that the hardest part is being able to quiet the mind and be still.

  
  

• Yoga Nidra:  Form of guided meditation, that is designed for relaxation.  This yoga is done in a resting state, which allows the practitioner to achieve a state of consciousness between being awake and asleep.

  
  

• Pranayama (breathing):  Breathing is an essential part of our existence, but breathing is also a very important component to managing our stress, breathing can calm the nervous system, as well as help to regulate our heart rate, while assisting in the decrease of anxiety and stress.

  
  

• Asana (movement):  Postures and positions are widely known for yoga, but what is not known, is the purpose behind many of those positions.  This class will breakdown each pose and describe the benefits of each one when it comes to managing stress and anxiety.  The students will be led through an Asana class that has been designed for decreasing stress and anxiety.

  
  

• Meditation:  Meditation has the ability to reduce stress by doing only a few minutes when you're feeling stressed.  It is easily practiced in any setting.  Meditation can provide a sense of calm, peace, and balance that can benefit you emotionally and physically.

Students will also be provided with lectures to practice all of the different types of yoga, with a breakdown on how to use them to help with managing their anxiety and stress.   Each lecture will have its own practice session, and short quiz to help with retention of information. 

Once students have completed this course, there will be a final comprehensive class taught that will pull all of the different styles of yoga together.

Yoga tools for stress and anxiety management

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What you will learn

• You will be able to identify various types of anxiety.
• You will learn how to use yoga to help with managing stress and anxiety.
• You will learn different styles of yoga that may help decrease stress and anxiety that can be used for yourself or for family/ friends, or clients

Rating: 4.75

Level: All Levels

Duration: 7 hours

Instructor: Cherise Smith