Summer is sacred here in the Northeast. The woods are lush, the rivers can flow hard, the landscape literally comes alive. Summer is a season of sensory overload and schedule overload which can leave us feeling overstimulated and depleted. Finding balance during this season of abundance (along with our current world of overstimulation and depletion) means making space in our schedules to give our system time to recalibrate by turning inward instead of outward.

This season, I'm inviting you to explore a different rhythm. Both in your life and in your yoga practice.

This summer, I invite you to explore doing less.
Less rushing.
Less striving.
Less checking off the next thing.

Not less joy.
Not less living.
Simply more balance.
More breathing.
More noticing.
More resting.
More ease.

I created Summer Ease because I think many of us are craving permission to slow down.

Over the coming months, I'll be sharing simple yogic practices to help cultivate a sense of balance this Summer season. These will be seasonally inspired and therapeutic in nature. You’ll find opportunities and invitations to let your nervous system settle, your body soften, and your mind become a little quieter. Together we'll explore:

• Gentle yoga practices to support the physical body.

• Restorative postures that invite the body to open, relax and let go.

• Pranayama (breath practices) to balance and regulate the nervous system,

• Yoga Nidra meditation for profound, healing rest.

• Occasional reflections or poetry to inspire moments of pause.

My hope is these emails offer practical ways to bring a little more ease into your days, wherever you are this summer.

If you'd like to experience these practices in person, join me for my Summer Ease Class Series: Move-Breathe-Rest, a monthly class at The Nest Wellness Studio in Newport. Each session weaves together all the practices noted above to help replenish energy, deepen self-awareness, and cultivate a greater sense of balance between effort and ease.

Sundays | 10:00–11:30 AM

• July 19

• August 23

• September 20

$25 per session

Come for one class or all three—everyone is welcome.

More info and registration here:

https://www.jmountainyoga.com/offerings/summer-ease-series

You can also join me in person regularly at my weekly Tuesday and Thursday morning Gentle Yoga classes in Newport and Montgomery. Please head to my website for more schedule information:

www.JMountainYoga.com

And I am always available for private, therapeutic sessions in Newport and Jay VT if you would like to work one-on-one with me to explore and customize your practice or at a time of day that better suits you. Be in touch and we can discuss more: jmountainyoga@gmail.com

I look forward to sharing this season of practice with you.

Be well and hope to join you soon on the mat.

-Joanne