We have curated a selection of videos for our community to access and enjoy during these challenging times of social distancing. We feel it’s important to have resources to stay in balance. The videos below are being offered on a donation basis. please donate to the individual teachers via venmo or to Gather.

 

Power to the Panel. A Mental Health Summit.

Mental Health Summit - 130 minutes

Join Mental Health Doctors, Therapists and Educators for this panel we filmed on January 29th for a community care conversation on suicide, depression, grief, isolation and the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. For more information on the educators please head to our “Events” page— under Mental Health Panel.

Note: please start video at 2:42 as there is a few minutes of computer set up that was recorded in the beginning.

 

60 minutes: The Karma Practice with lauren duke

Join Lauren for a practice where we look at the intimacy of the body, it’s interconnected web and explore how one thing is always affecting the next. We play this out on the mat in posture practice and in our lives through the scope of our choices.

If possible please donate via venmo: @lauren-duke-1 or donate below

 

90 MINUTES: LONG STRONG HIPS & HAMSTRINGS with josh vincent

A Journey into strengthening and opening the hips and hamstrings. Beginning with a nice, steady flow and culminating with some rarified postures and techniques which are sure to leave you feeling powerfully grounded and free.

If possible please donate via venmo: @Joshua-Vincent-11 or donate below

 

50 minutes - the goldilocks practice with Monique Minahan

A strong, full-body practice that plays with moving through activation in a way that doesn't overwhelm us or make us tune out, using deep listening, compassion, and dual awareness as a guide.

If possible please donate via venmo: @mominahan or donate below

 

25 minutes - Holy Hip F(/><ers! with aubrey hackman

Open your hips and strengthen your booty in this well focused practice. Un-stiffen your hips and tone your butt up in order to improve low back and knee health and increase stability. This practiced is designed to equally open and strengthen the upper leg, thigh and butt region.

If possible please donate via venmo: @aubrey-hackman

 

45 minutes - restorative with rita james

Gentle Restorative Class focusing in on Satya (truth) and what it looks like to hold onto things in the body. Movement and awareness meet you on the mat to lean into what is true for you.

If possible please donate via venmo: @Rita-James-5 or donate below

 

85 minutes: spring to life with josh vincent

Josh serves up a fresh, local, seasonal and organic practice designed to help you shed the inertia of winter and spring back to life. ‘Tis the season for back-bending! This sequence of postures will systematically open and prepare the mind and body for some energizing back-bends, leaving you feeling the freshness and vitality of spring.

If possible please donate via venmo: @Joshua-Vincent-11 or donate below

 

45 minutes - couch body yoga with aubrey hackman

Un-couch your body and improve your posture with this comprehensive practice designed to increase strength and flexibility for all levels of ability. Increase circulation, enhance your mood, deepen your breath and aid digestion with this therapeutic yoga practice you can do every day. 

If possible please donate via venmo: @aubrey-hackman

 

60 minutes: Get Out Of Your Content + Into Your body with lauren duke

Join Lauren for a practice of up and down and all around, using yoga as a resource to exit the constellating mind and enter the matrix of the body.

If possible please donate via venmo: @lauren-duke-1 or donate below

 

50 minutes - resilience practice with Monique Minahan

This hip-focused practice explores all six directions of hip joint mobility and invites a deep remembering of what it means to feel alive and reconnected to our sense of agency and whole human experience.

If possible please donate via venmo: @mominahan or donate below

 

120 minutes - RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR THE IMMUNE SYSTEM with josh vincent

Join Josh as he leads you step by step through a restorative sequence specifically designed to bolster the immune system. These practices not only support body’s natural resilience but also leave us feeling calm, grounded and vital.

If possible please donate via venmo: @Josh-Vincent-11 or donate below

 

30 minutes - the complete practice with aubrey hackman

Join Aubrey to harmonize the body and decompress the spine in this fully balanced yoga sequence designed for all levels and daily use.

If possible please donate via venmo: @aubrey-hackman

 

30 minutes - Change Your Perspective 

Leda Olmsted, manager of Gather Encinitas, guides a strong 30 minute flow exploring 3 ways to approach coming into headstand. Build a steady foundation for your inversion practice, with the goal of lifting the body up rather than kicking the legs. The way we approach asanas is not ’one size fits all.’

If possible please donate via venmo: @leda-olmsted or donate below

 

70 minutes: Yoga + Collective Consciousness with lauren duke

Join Lauren for 70 minutes of the technology of yoga, neck work, core integration and solid standing poses! Oh and there are a few party tricks in there for ya too! This class was filmed on Zoom so there may be interactions with students. 

If possible please donate via venmo: @lauren-duke-1 or donate below

 

55 minutes - Embodied emotional intelligence with Monique Minahan

Join Monique for a strong whole body practice which explores what embodied emotional intelligence looks and feels like using science and somatics as a guide.

If possible please donate via venmo: @mominahan or donate below

 

55 minutes - the evolution of tradition with lauren duke

Join Lauren for 55 minutes of yoga avant garde! Blending old school with new school leaving you feeling strong, confident and embodied! 

If possible please donate via venmo: @lauren-duke-1 or donate below

 

40 minutes - restorative with rita james

Rita takes you through 40 minutes of restorative goodness focusing on legs up the wall for reducing anxiety and creating space in the mind for peace.  

venmo: @Rita-James-5 or donate below

 

30 minutes - neck, shoulders and upper quadrant with lauren duke

Lauren takes us through a 30 minute, all levels yoga class with an emphasis on untangling stress and connective tissue in the upper quadrant of the body.

If possible please donate via venmo: @lauren-duke-1 or donate below

 

45 minutes - The Preservation of Relationship with lauren duke

Lauren takes us through a 45 minute all levels yoga practice focused on sideline work, lung drainage and mind-body integration.

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50 minutes - Yoga As Disruptive Psychology

Lauren takes us through 50 minutes of anchoring work as a way to reconnect to the body, pulling the energy down out of the head. This class was recorded as an Instagram live, so there is interaction with students who were online at the time.

If possible please donate via venmo: @lauren-duke-1 or donate below

 

60 minutes - Contemplative Practice + Consumerism

Join Lauren for a 60 min practice on using yoga + contemplative practice as a way to be in the world and in relationship to everything in a more sustainable way.

If possible please donate via venmo: @lauren-duke-1 or donate below

 

75 minutes - the diamond practice

Lauren takes us through 75 minutes of potpourri yoga with an emphasis on the practice as an investigative tool of self inquiry. This class was recorded as an Instagram live, so there is interaction with students who were online at the time.

If possible please donate via venmo: @lauren-duke-1 or donate below

 

20 minutes - Yoga For Trauma:

Deconditioning The Trauma Response

Lauren Dukes takes us through 20 minutes of yoga, breath-work and nervous system tracking to pattern interrupt the spiraling of the trauma vortex.

If possible please donate via venmo: @lauren-duke-1 or donate below

 

40 minutes - calm the waters flow

Leda Olmsted, manager of Gather Encinitas, guides a flow designed to sooth the waters of the body and calm stormy internal seas. Create space in the body for the kidneys to function optimally while calming any fears that arise during times of uncertainty.

If possible please donate via venmo: @leda-olmsted or donate below

 

45 minutes - hips and hamstrings

Karen Wiggins guides us through an intelligent posture sequence focusing on opening the hips and stretching the hamstrings. 

If possible please donate via venmo: @karen-wiggins-yoga

 

20 minutes - yoga for kids

Karen Wiggins focuses on moving out the wiggles and stabilizing the body, mind and energy, creating a positive mindset and organized nervous system so kids (and parents) can take on the day!

If possible please donate via venmo: @karen-wiggins-yoga