what's this course about?
Anxiety affects us all in different ways, but whether this is your first experience of anxiety or you've lived with it for a long time, there are many ways to ease those anxious feelings.
It's only natural to feel anxious sometimes. Anxiety is part of our survival system that helps to keep us safe. It's common to experience anxiety when you're coping with big changes or events. However, anxiety experienced long term can become a problem for our mental and physical wellbeing, so it can be useful have techniques that we can use to support ourselves.
In this course you'll consider how anxiety affects you and self-enquiry exercises will help you to reflect and understand your own anxious reactions. You'll practice techniques including breathing, yoga, meditation and deep relaxation to help ease those anxious feelings to regain a sense of control. You'll create a personalised toolkit of practices to take away through discovering the techniques that can work best for you.
what will you get out of it?
- Understand how and why you feel anxious
- Tips and techniques to help ease anxious feelings
- Experience calming and relaxing practices
- Your own personal anxiety relief toolkit
after completing this course you will be able to
- Recognise your unique signs of anxiety
- Understand what’s happening in your body and mind when you feel anxious
- Use your own toolkit of practices and tips to soothe anxious feelings
- Know where to find further support for anxiety
is this course for you?
This course is for anyone who would like to understand their own reaction to anxiety and learn practical techniques to help ease anxious feelings.
requirements
- Please wear loose clothing as there will be some movement involved in the course
- Delegates need to be open to self-enquiry within a safe and supportive environment
- This course will not replace treatments or therapies prescribed or recommended by your health professional for any severe mental health conditions
- This course is not a substitute for counselling or therapy
meet your trainer
Anna discovered yoga in her early twenties whilst training at drama school in London. Initially it was the physical benefits that drew her in - greater flexibility, ease and strength in the body. What she then began to discover were the profound effects on the mind - greater focus, ease, self-awareness, ways of managing anxiety/stress and a deeper perspective of life. Over the last 15 years she has immersed herself in over 650 hours of training in a great variety of styles of yoga and meditation, and is registered/insured with Yoga Alliance Professionals.
She has taught extensively on yoga retreats, teaches on yoga teacher trainings and manages a yoga studio in Brighton. She thrives on sharing these ancient and modern practices in an accessible way to enable others to experience the profound benefits in their lives.