Hey friends! Thank you so much for joining me on the mat today 🤗 Feel free to share your experiences with me in the comments below! I invite you to open the description below the video to learn more about somatic practices and their many benefits. Sending love to you 💙

Thank you! My first somatic yoga practice. I was a faithful yogi for several years. Then in 2020 I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent chemo, surgery and radiation. I’m now cancer free but here I am, 4 years later and do no exercise at all. I’ve tried to get back to some form of exercise with no luck. I decided to try somatic yoga. My body has been wound tight like a spring for the past few years. I felt the tension releasing. Thank you!

@YogawithRachel

2 ай бұрын

Hi Julie! You're so welcome 🤗 Thank you for sharing some of your story with me. Also, I am so happy to hear that you're cancer free!!! This is amazing 🤗 Somatic movement practices are wonderful for helping us get back into our body. It is led by compassion and love. Somatic practices are great for releasing tension from the body - physical, cognitive and emotional (each of these influence one another). So, I'm so happy to hear that you could feel tension releasing! It is my hope that these practices continue to serve you well. Thank you so much for being here ❤️ Take good care, and enjoy the rest of your day 🙏

@denisecasey89

17 күн бұрын

I'm exactly where you are, in remission from cancer but exhausted & gained weight. Hoping I can get motivated to do 28 days

First timer for somatic yoga. I've heard it does wonders for Trauma. I loved it. Nurturing myself instead of expecting it from others. Thank you 🙏🏻

@YogawithRachel

Ай бұрын

Hello and welcome 🤗 Thank you so much for being here! Yes, there's a growing body of research indicating that somatic practices are useful for Trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and chronic pain. It's such a lovely way to nurture your inner landscape, cultivate empowerment, and just feel good in your body. Enjoy the rest of your day! Take care 🙏😊

Thank you 🙏

@YogawithRachel

14 сағат бұрын

You're welcome 🤗 Thank you so much for practicing with me! Enjoy the rest of your day, and take care 🙏💕

Thank you for this. You are my first exposure to somatic yoga and I am sold. My hips are so tight but I felt the more u focused on connecting and letting go there was hope that my body could unwind. This will be a daily moment of self care for me!

@YogawithRachel

Ай бұрын

Hi there 🤗 You're so welcome! Yes, there is hope 💚 I've experienced firsthand how somatic practices can help soften chronically "tight" or tense areas. Somatic practices invite the brain and body to communicate with one another, which can help build new neural pathways. Basically, this conversation between the two tells the brain that there's another option to take - ease and relaxation. I love that this will be a daily self-care practice for you! You may find my somatic yoga for the hips practice useful in your journey. Feel free to explore that practice if it feels good! Thank you for being here. Have an awesome rest of your day, and take care 🙏😊

My experience with this video, especially at 15:00 was a full body deep breath. Sooooo good Rachel. You have all of us tuning into the deeper somatic parts of ourselves. This is the yoga practiced I needed today. Thank you my friend. xo

@YogawithRachel

3 ай бұрын

Hi Andrea! Your comment warms my heart so much ❤️ Thank you so much for your kind words and for your feedback! Doesn't it feel amazing to take a full, deep breath? Restrictions in the body can affect the flow of breath. Somatic practices are fantastic for softening those areas, allowing for a deeper and more buoyant breath to be experienced. I appreciate you being here! Thank you for your continued support 🤗 Have an awesome rest of your day 🙏

@DrAndreaDinardo

3 ай бұрын

@@YogawithRachel thank you!! I have a big speech at 1pm and THIS VIDEO is how I am preparing. FULL BODY BREATH XO

@YogawithRachel

2 ай бұрын

@@DrAndreaDinardo Lovely!!! I hope that your speech went well 🤗💙

It feels so good, tried it first time 😊

@YogawithRachel

Ай бұрын

Hey there 🤗 Yay! I'm so happy to hear that this practice felt good in your body! I appreciate you being here! Take care 🙏

This is such a great video/practice, and feel so blessed to have discovered you. Out of nowhere (like most chronic pain), I am having lateral knee pain, and it seems to migrate from one knee to the other. Scoliosis is my MO. I have a very effective blend of essential oils, but I need to be much more consistent. Today, my right knee made this a painful practice. I’m gonna try it next time with a knee brace over the oils.

@YogawithRachel

Ай бұрын

Hello and welcome 🤗 Thank you so much for sharing some of your experiences with me! I love that you have resources (essential oils and a knee brace) to offer support. One of the many things I love about somatic practices is that each time you show up on the mat (even if it's the same practice) will be a unique experience. I appreciate you being here, and I'm so grateful that you discovered me and this practice. I hope that this practice continues to serve you well 💚 Enjoy the rest of your day, and take care 🙏

Moving the eye sockets really helped me.open my spinal twist

@YogawithRachel

2 ай бұрын

Amazing! It's so interesting how subtle body movements can perhaps enhance the feeling or the sensation of a movement or a posture. Thank you so much for sharing! Wishing you a wonderful rest of your day 🤗🙏

Thank you for the explanation.

@YogawithRachel

14 күн бұрын

You're welcome! I'm happy to hear that you found it helpful 😊 I appreciate you being here! Enjoy the rest of your day, and take care 🙏

Thank you 🙏🏼

@YogawithRachel

2 ай бұрын

Hi Kelly! You are most welcome 🤗 Thank you so much for being here! Take care 🙏

Thank you ❤

@YogawithRachel

2 ай бұрын

Hi there 🤗 You are most welcome 💜 Thank you so much for being here! Enjoy the rest of your day! Take good care 🙏

Thanks! I have tension in jaw now. I liked drawing small circles with my crown in easy pose and imagining it is drawing a color on the ceiling(I chose blue).

@YogawithRachel

3 ай бұрын

Hi Tristan! You are most welcome 🤗 I'm sorry to hear about the tension in your jaw. Gentle spinal movements, from the pelvis all the way to the cervical spine (neck), can be very useful for releasing tension that can accumulate in the jaw. Breathwork practices, like lion's breath, can offer a nice release to the facial muscles. Thank you for sharing which movement you enjoyed the most! Love the color you selected for your pencil crayon! Thank you so much for being here, and also for your continued support 😊 Take care🙏

Thank you sooooooo much

@YogawithRachel

4 ай бұрын

Hi Kathleen! You are most welcome 🤗 Thank you so much for choosing to be here! Wishing you an amazing rest of your day, and take care 🙏

Thank you for the great video, wonderful practice. MY first delve in somatic yoga. It was so strange with the tiny head circles drawing on the ceiling I felt really angry!

@YogawithRachel

Ай бұрын

Hi there! You're most welcome 🤗 With somatic practices, you may notice emotions surfacing in different areas of your body. When this happens for me, I lean into the emotion (as long as it feels safe in my body to do so), get curious about it, see if there's any thoughts, images, colors, or a shape attached to the emotion. It's so fascinating what can come up during somatic practices! Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I appreciate you being here 💜 Enjoy the rest of your day! 🙏

First time trying yoga. I noticed an unreal amount of tension in my body. At times my breath went into deeper breathing I’m guessing opening my breath due to releasing tension. I still have a lot. How often should I do this?

@YogawithRachel

Ай бұрын

Hey there and welcome 🤗 First off, amazing that you observed the tension in your body! A helpful piece of this practice is bringing awareness to the places where we are holding tension (and it may be different each time we show up on the mat). It is likely that you were able to access fuller breaths due to the release in tension, and this can also happen when your body starts to relax as your brain shifts into a parasympathetic state (rest-and-digest). Amazing!!! This is a great question. Somatic practices can be done daily as the brain appreciates repetition. Even if you do the same practice every day, you may find that your experience feels different each time. You may sense something new, or sense something that is still lingering. There's a lot of benefits affiliated with a daily somatic practice! With all this in mind, you are welcome to join a class whenever it feels good in your body, or whenever it would feel nourishing. I hope that this answers your question! I appreciate you being here 😊 Take care 🙏

❤Great content. Question do you have any somatic exercise for stiff legs calfs and ankles maybe or could You do such an excersice? 🙏Thanks ❤

@YogawithRachel

Ай бұрын

Hi there 🤗 Thank you so much for your kind words 💜 Ohhhhh I love this idea! I will add a lower body somatic practice to my list of classes for August (I already have July mapped out). In the meantime, you can try my progressive muscle relaxation video for releasing whole body tension. You may find this technique useful for releasing tension from the legs and surrounding areas that can also be a part of leg stiffness and tension (e.g. pelvis and lower back). Thank you so much for the suggestion!!! Wishing you an amazing rest of your day 🤗🙏

Titles r covering d postures

@YogawithRachel

Ай бұрын

Hey there! Are you referring to the subtitles in the video? On desktop, you can manually drag the subtitles to another area in the video. Unfortunately, that feature is not available on mobile. You can also turn off closed captions on the video. I hope that this helps! Take care 🤗🙏