Collected: A workshop on anxiety & overwhelm

Sunday, June 20th

2-4pm BST via Zoom

£25

(recording available for 7 Days)

I've been anxious my whole life. A people pleaser, perfectionist, and chronic worrier, I know what it feels like to lose myself in the things I have no control over, but feel exhausted and helpless with the things I can control. Anxiety takes your power away, and I'm here to help you get it back.

In this workshop I’ll share with you some of the science and theory about what anxiety is and how it affects your body, emotions, and thoughts. You’ll learn some simple, effective embodiment tools to help you recognize anxiety in the moment and shift your state right away. We’ll also explore how to channel anxious energy in a positive direction, one that empowers you instead of swallowing you whole.

Towards the end of our time together I’ll talk about an approach I’ve developed to help work with anxiety over a longer period of time, and how you can work with me on that over the course of 6 weeks, should you be inspired.  This approach incorporates my studies, experiments, teaching and personal experience both on and off the yoga mat and is open to all people, regardless of your experience with yoga or embodiment work.

Anxiety can feel like such an intangible, ever present problem that is difficult to pin down and find relief from. I promise you will walk away from this workshop with concrete tools to use in your daily life to understand, embrace, and manage your anxiety and overwhelm, wherever it might arise.

“Ashley's workshop on managing anxiety and overwhelm was absolutely fantastic. As well as creating a safe and calm space for talking around anxiety, she introduced me to lots of practical strategies and made me think about my anxiety and my yoga and the relationship between them in new ways. I felt settled and calm afterwards, and including some of her practices into my own yoga practice has enabled me to retain some of that feeling. Thank you so much.”

-Ruth, workshop participant

"I thought I understood my anxiety and was moving towards dealing with it, but working with Ashley has helped me to look more deeply into how I feel and given me practical tools to understand and manage my anxiety. I often knew why I was anxious, but I didn’t know what to do with the feelings. I've now found supportive ways to sit with and redirect my feelings of anxiety and overwhelm, and Ashley really worked to tailor her approach to me as an individual. She put so much into delivering a brilliant course – I would really recommend learning from her!"

-Rowan, 6-week course participant