Yoga for Anxiety and Depression 5 week course

Name: Yoga for Anxiety and Depression 5 week course
Start: 2024-10-25T13:00:00+1100
End: 2024-10-25T14:30:00+1100
Location: Soul Tribe Studio

Fri, 25 Oct, 1pm - 2:30pm AEDT

Soul Tribe Studio

batemans bay, australia

Rachel Nokes

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Event description

Yoga for anxiety and depression

5 week course with Rachel Nokes

Therapeutic yoga and movement practices are now backed by evidence and research in how it can assist those experiencing stress and anxiety and depression. During this course we will explore our connection to ourselves, self and co-regulation, finding balance, and creating self-acceptance. We will explore the relationship between our physical being and our energy and how it involves the interaction of our body, thoughts, and actions.

What you will experience;

Movement practices that are designed to enhance the functioning of the nervous system to improve regulation and therefore well-being

Increase your skills in shifting habitual patterns of thought and behaviour through embodiment practices (perfect for those who are done talking about stuff)

Specific methods based on the principles of yoga and embodiment backed up by evidence-based scientific research

Learn strategies and techniques which bring about more calm and or more energy and positive states of mind and body.

Movement practices which helps you release stress, tightness, heaviness

Support in creating a simple home yoga practice so you can bring these techniques into your daily life

This 5 week course will support you in learning body based and creative practices with the intention to support you in managing stress, depression and anxiety and enhance feelings of well-being. This course intends to give you the knowledge, tools & practices that can support your nervous system. This course is suitable for all physical abilities, no yoga experience is required.

About Rachel

A yoga therapist and professional counsellor with over twenty years of clinical experience in working in the community, recovery and mental health space she has personally used movement, breath and embodiment practices in many forms to enhance her wellbeing and shares these techniques in her private practice and trainings and workshops. Rachel exudes enthusiasm and holds a safe yet playful space for exploration and stateshifting.

Dates;

Fridays 1pm - 2.30pm

25th October 22nd November

Conditions of enrolment;

All attendees are required to have a 15 minute phone consultation with Rachel on enrollment.

$200 Full price

$160 Concession (healthcare card or pensioner)

Limited spaces available

NDIS clients and carers welcome please contact Rachel to discuss your needs invoices and receipts can be provided.

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Rachel Nokes

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Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant and Professional Counsellor. Founder, owner and principal yoga teacher of Ray of Light. Yoga first came into Rachel’s life in the late 1990s. It was part of a transformation for the little girl, who had grown up in a small village in the English countryside. She was in awe of the serenity she experienced in Yoga; she felt she had come home and that Yoga was the perfect counterpoint to her demanding work life as a therapist. A fresh experience of heartbreak then spurred her onto a healing journey – a trip through India that ignited her love affair with the chaos and the culture of the home of Yoga. It was there that she heard the call to teach, and her purpose was clear.

On returning to Australia, she studied under Katie Mantisas, completing her first teacher training in 2007. Since then, she has continued to deepen into study and her sādhanā – a sacred practice by weaving together āsana, meditation, chanting mantra, kirtan and Āyurvedic cooking. Her interest in Āyurveda prompted her to seek out teachers such as Dr Rama Prasad, Mother Maya and David Frawley. Rachel regularly takes panchakarma (deep cleansing) and lives her Āyurvedic practices as part of her daily life. Rachel sees herself as a forever student. She has integrated her learning by creating a methodical approach to Vinyasa Yoga. This includes intelligent sequence design, the weaving of Yogic philosophy and real-life storytelling, and chanting into the Yoga practice. She loves how her students can choose from a range of Yoga tools to make the practice available to all students. Because Rachel has found her life’s purpose, she would love to inspire you to find yours. She teaches her Yoga courses and workshops at her home studio in Long Beach, near Batemans Bay – a place she has created with her husband Mick’s loving support, whose unwavering support makes this all possible. He keeps the amazing rainforest gardens, grows veggies and does all the cooking for the events.

Rachel leads retreats in India, Australia, Europe and Bali. In addition, she offers ongoing mentoring to Yoga teachers who have completed the Ray of Light teacher training or those looking to continue their exploration of Yoga philosophy and teaching. She loves how the Yoga family is expanding and celebrates the rich diversity of the students who attend her courses.

Drawing on her background in counselling, Rachel has extensive experience helping others find harmony between mind, body and spirit. In addition to her work as a Yoga teacher, she offers counselling therapy for couples and families, those in addiction recovery or overcoming anxiety and depression. She takes a whole-person approach as well as looks through a wider systemic lens. She does this by taking in the individual and their place within the broader family and community networks.

Rachel’s qualifications:

Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga therapy, 2011
Yoga Teacher Training, 2007
Diploma in Counselling and Group Work, 2004
Graduate Diploma in Relationship Counselling, 2008
Certificate 4 in workplace training and assessment

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