Consultation
Book a discovery call to discuss your goals, challenges, and healing journey.
Meditation
Build your meditation each week-day morning with the collective.
Yoga Sessions
Book a Therapeutic or Recovery yoga session that works for your schedule.
Workshops
Explore a variety of healing modalities by attending our seasonal workshops
OUR FOUNDER
“I am committed to the practice of yoga for anxiety because it works. Nothing is more effective, liberating, or healing.”
AVENELLE ARCHILLE
HOW WE HEAL
SYNC YOUR MOVEMENT WITH YOUR BREATH
Healing begins in the body through movement that releases suppressed energy associated with stress and trauma locked in your body.
Asanas (yoga postures) help to regulate breathing and balance the nervous system. Pranayama (breathwork) helps to clear physical and emotional obstacles.
We have returned to private teaching to honor each person's unique constitution and minimize triggers that can arise in large, all-level, public classes. Schedule your private yoga session today.
BODY
MIND
FOCUS YOUR MIND
TRUST YOUR BODY
When the pace of life is fast, the mind speed up in response. Your thoughts race and your nervous system goes into over-drive.
Meditation strengthens mental and physical resilience. By sitting with feelings of discomfort, your ability to regulate feelings and emotions will markedly improve.
We sit together for support and accountability to start, grow or maintain our meditation practice. We meditate during the workweek as a collective.
HONOR YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR SHADOW
Nothing is purely good or bad.
The truth is we need both. Light doesn't exist apart from darkness.
With humility and compassion, acknowledge and accept your shortcomings—the wounded parts, you may dislike. When you try to hide, excuse, or suppress aspects of your personality, they simply expand, over shadowing your light.
Embracing all your parts is essential for healing and reclaiming your truest self.
FOLLOW Your Path
To Healing
Real growth doesn’t happen by simply listening and absorbing—it’s the result of engaging, participating, and actually doing the work.
Yoga is one of the best-validated therapies in the entire field of integrative medicine. This brave path takes you from anxious, unconscious, and reactional to calm, mindful and responsive.
SPIRIT
THE 8 LIMBS OF YOGA
Anxiety serves as an alert to imbalance. It is your protector.
The actual disorders lie in the systems of oppression in which we live and suffer.
Chronic stress, anxiety, and depression reside in both our bodies and thoughts. Through our practices, we strengthen our resilience, reclaiming our truest selves.
How does yoga help to reduce anxiety?
Yoga is a spiritual practice, not a religion or exercise. It requires no specific ritual or dogma. Yoga means "to yoke" or unite. It's something you do.
Yoga—both a noun and a verb—aims to achieve full consciousness and balance of mind, body, and spirit. It's a powerful and effective tool for regulating breath, balancing the nervous system, and quieting the mind.
How is The Anxious Yogi different?
The Anxious Yogi uses the Eight Limbs of Yoga as the framework for our members' journey. Since anxiety requires a comprehensive approach, we progress from physical form (asana) through expanded sensory awareness to full consciousness (samadhi).
How we might work together?
You're in the right place if :
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You are new to yoga
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You experience social anxiety in group classes
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You feel disconnected from your body
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You want to manage stress and anxiety to reduce their impact on your daily life
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You want to prevent burnout or panic attacks
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You want to complement your therapy work
Note:
If you are in crisis and need help from a licensed professional OR you do not fully support our values, code of conduct and harassment-free experience for all, then this is NOT the right place.
About US
Client Reviews
"Driving has always triggered my anxiety. Now, when I'm behind the wheel feeling anxious and white-knuckling the steering wheel, I hear Avenelle's voice reminding me to take slow, deep breaths and loosen my grip. I can stay present, calm my nerves, and actually enjoy the scenery."
Lisa S.
"Amazing experience! I booked several yoga sessions with Avenelle. As a beginner with little yoga experience, I appreciated how attentive she was and how well she ensured proper form in each pose."
Alondra K. RN
"I asked Avenelle to help me recover from various injuries and to improve my strength, flexibility and balance. She has done that and so much more. She brings her warmth, ease and presence to every session. She designs each class to build on my strengths, while encouraging me to listen to the wisdom of my body. With Avenelle, I feel safe and held. We laugh and breath together and I re-member myself, gently aligning heart-mind-body-spirit."
Cedar W. MD
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