Yoga By Cassie

I’ve repurposed the time I used to spend on here to create a library of FREE resources for you to learn about a holistic approach to trauma recovery 🫶🏻

💌 you can subscribe to my substack and receive them in your inbox every week.

See you there 🥲

Hi lovelies,

I’m writing from my winter hibernation hidey hole to say: I’ve got free yoga nidra (“yogic sleep”) practices coming to the inbox of my newsletter subscribers over the holidays. And you could receive them too!!! Just follow the substack link in my bio and you’ll receive guided rest practices for a soft place to land in a season you may need it most.

Also, to be honest - I’m flirting with the idea of leaving this app. More on this later, but it doesn’t feel in alignment with the work I want to do, or how I want to feel. Like, not at all 😂😭. I don’t want to battle an algorithm, but I do want to stay connected with you.

I’ve often said I *need* to be here for my work. Please, prove me wrong!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥹 Let us connect in ways that are good for our hearts/minds/bodies, yes???

Okay. See you there 💌

Love,

Cassie

I’m able to offer these lower rates until April, which gives us lots of time to explore what you’re needing some support with right now. ❤️‍🩹

Please don’t hesitate to reach out for a consult call to see if we’re the right fit. No commitment required.

Your inner as***le will try to tell you you’re uniquely messed up, but it’s a lie. We all mess up sometimes — we forget something, we say something insensitive, our attention lapses. Your messed-upness, if anything, binds you to the rest of us.

Maybe this complex wouldn’t be so compelling if we weren’t pretending everything was fine all the time, as a culture. What I’m saying is — most times, we’re not really honest about how we feel. We automatically spit back a “good, you?!” and get on with it. Aside from my desire to support others in their suffering, this is a personal factor really drawing me to the therapy profession. I’m so glad to be in the company of suffering, because I am suffering too.

MORE ON SUBSTACK. CHECK HER OUT, I’M WRITING MY LITTLE HEART OUT.

From today’s art therapy workshop with 💛 she has 2 more upcoming workshops that are very accessible, trauma-informed and lovely. Thanks Coco 🌝

I love working in the trauma realm because the limitations and constrictions that trauma brings are NOT permanent. They don’t have to dominate the rest of our lives. They are changeable through practice. It’s not easy, and it likely won’t be 100% “solved”. But, it is absolutely possible for anyone to make space for ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that aren’t dominated by fear, rigidity, and hopelessness. And that means that life can be worth living, even in it’s imperfection.

A growing body of evidence suggests that trauma-sensitive or trauma-informed yoga may have a unique ability to address PTSD “where other types of trauma treatment are falling short” (Nicotera & Connolly, 2020, p. 21). In fact, “yoga and mindfulness may also support the integration of traumatic memory” (Nicotera & Connolly, 2020, p. 22).

Read the full article for FREE on Substack 💛💛💛

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The seasonal shift is upon us. 🌝 The fall equinox is this Sunday! Weaving movement, reflection, music, poetry and rest — we’ll take stock of all that’s changing within and around us, marking the transition towards longer nights.

🕯️Join us:

Gather & Ground
Fall Equinox Ceremony 🍂

Sunday, Sept. 22nd 2024

🏔️In-person at (1-3pm PST)
Sign up — nelsonschoolofyoga.com/schedule

🪐Online Livestream w/ .retreats (4-6pm EST)
Sign up — cassieconnor.com/nestathome


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Even if your mind can’t grasp the source of your alarm, your body has. And now you’re grasping on for dear life. Your muscles ache, your mind spins, and you aren’t even sure who you are anymore. You desperately want to enjoy your one wild and precious life, but you keep getting pulled back into familiar feelings of anxiety, rage, overwhelm and hopelessness.

Read the full article on my substack for free, and take good care ❤️‍🩹❤️❤️‍🩹❤️

Good question! Knowing the healing potential of yoga well, many people are excited to see the words “yoga” and “therapy” together, but what does yoga therapy really entail?

Meet your host: Cassie Connor - Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) has been working with yoga as a healing modality for trauma survivors & clients with mental health challenges since 2018.

In this session, we’ll explore:

🌀Emerging yoga & yoga therapy research
🌀The yogic approach to holistic health
🌀Impact on the nervous system & mental health
🌀Examples of yoga therapy in practice

This info session is open to people interested in exploring yoga therapy for themselves, as well as yoga teachers and health professionals seeking to make informed referrals.

Tea provided (please bring your own mug). Floor seating available for 12 people max. Please preregister nelsonschoolofyoga.com/schedule.

dreamstate yoga nidra tonight ☁️✨
🌈 a collective rest practice
🌚 online @ 5pm PST / 8pm GST

I invite you set up your coziest nest — pillows, blankets, your favourite tea. in this 45 min rest meditation, I’ll guide you to lay your efforts down into the earth that holds you so that you can experience ease and peace.

$10 or free if it’s your first time/ if finances are a barrier
💌 [email protected]