WHERE MY HEART LIES IN THIS WORK
Our Nervous System
& The Stress Response
Stress is kinetic and it's meant to mobilize us from a threat. This was especially useful when we were hunter-gatherers and needed to run from a bear. Now not so much. When our nervous system is dysregulated, our "fight or flight" response becomes overly sensitive, sounding alarms over a work email or someone's tone. What happens when we don’t actually run from the perceived bear? Stress hormones surge and physiological changes take place. When this happens repeatedly or for prolonged periods of time without discharge, it can evolve into things like anxiety, depression, autoimmune diseases, digestive issues, insomnia, inflammation, and chronic pain.
To return back to safety and balance, movement is necessary to complete the stress response. 1:1 sessions are the next step to learning how to navigate all of this, tend to the nervous system, and build resilience.
Where Yoga Meets Nervous System Care
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
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You feel tired, wired, burnt out, or disconnected
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You feel stretched beyond your capacity
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You've been through challenges and want to feel safe in your body again
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You're starting to notice the physical effects of chronic stress
OR PERHAPS...
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You're brand new to yoga and don't know where to start
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You want a regular yoga practice that actually fits your body and your life
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You want to dive deeper into your practice in a more personalized environment
BECAUSE
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You just want to feel more like you.
Let's move, breathe
& build resilience
Ways to Work Together
Meet Cierra
I'm Cierra, a certified Heart-Centered Yoga Teacher and Trauma-Informed Practitioner. I have over 25 years of yoga practice and am currently in my second year of training to become a certified Yoga Therapist. I offer a supportive and educational space, tailored to your needs, in 1:1 sessions integrating yoga postures, movement, meditation, mindfulness, breath work, and body-based practices that tend to the body and support the nervous system.
"Yoga is the journey of the self,
through the self,
to the self."
The Bhagavad Gita