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Lesleigh's Yoga Classes

Locality: Toowoomba, Queensland

Phone: +61 409 533 701

Address: . 663-667 Ruthven Street. 4350 Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

Website: http://lesleighsyogaclasses.com.au

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14.01.2022 There is a great deal of research into mindfulness meditation and its benefits. In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness skills are considered the cor...e component of improved emotion regulation. DBT mindfulness is taught and reviewed throughout the treatment, and mindfulness begins each skills training session. This is because all of the other emotion regulation skills in DBT hinge on being able to practice DBT mindfulness. Despite this central position of DBT mindfulness among DBT skills, its function to reduce emotional sensitivity and regulate emotions is often misuderstood. What Is DBT Mindfulness? In a nutshell, the term mindfulness refers to the practice of bringing ones mind to the present moment. Put another way, mindfulness is the technique of recognizing when the mind is caught up in a thought and drawing it back to the present experience. DBT mindfulness adds another dimension to the traditional practice of mindfulness: mindfulness without judgment. By practicing non-judgmental present-focused awareness, you are able to attend to thoughts, feelings, and behaviors without engaging in the self-invalidation responsible for persistent emotion dysregulation. It sounds simple, but most people spend a very small portion of their day mindfully engaged in their lives. We usually tune out our actual experience, and get distracted by thoughts about our experience. Most of us get so conditioned to engaging with our thoughts rather than with reality, it is very easy for us to lose sight of what is actually happening to us, and consequently, how best to handle what is happening to us. How Does Mindfulness fit into DBT and CBT? Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a treatment that targets emotion dysregulation. Often people get emotionally dysregulated by seemingly insignificant or trivial events, not because of the events themselves, but by the judgments people have about the events. For example, you may have a job that you are reasonable happy in. Let’s say it’s working at a clothing store. You like clothes, and you like interacting with people, so it seems like a good fit. What you don’t like however, is folding clothes. You find it boring. Now, you may only have to fold clothes for about 30 minutes of a six-hour shift, which is really just a small portion of the job. You may find that as you fold clothes, your mind starts to make all kinds of negative judgments about folding clothes. This is terrible. What a waste of time. This is stupid. This job is awful. Rather than spending the time focusing on folding the clothes, your mind is busy telling all kinds of disturbing stories about this task, and will likely trigger emotions such as anger, resentment, even despair. What’s worse, these emotions have a way of coloring the rest of your day. Now instead of tolerating 30 minutes of an unpleasant chore, you spend the whole day in a foul mood, judging all aspects of your job negatively, feeling worse every minute. Because being in a bad mood for most of the day, more days than not, is very unpleasant, you start having judgments about your mood, thinking, I can’t take this anymore. So what started out as a relatively insignificant thing has caused a lot of suffering. A mindful approach to this dilemma would be to approach the unpleasant task in the spirit of acceptance, willing to engage in it without engaging in a lot of judgments about it. The moment you notice a judgment, your turn your mind to folding the clothes, aware of the sensation of the fabric against your fingertips. Noticing the movement of your arms. Describing the smell of the new fabric as it reaches your nose in waves. By fully engaging in the task, repeatedly turning the mind to it, there is little room for negative attributions. You may now even find it to be a calming, soothing activity. This is one way mindfulness can help avert an emotional downward spiral. Mindfulness can also be effective in helping us make the best decisions. People with pervasive emotion dysregulation often have histories full of others invalidating their wants, needs, thoughts, and feelings. Over time, persistent invalidation from the outside nourishes invalidation on the inside. After a while, people with emotion dysregulation learn to invalidate their own experience, having learned it was wrong, bad, or dangerous for some reason. People who get good at invalidating themselves tend to lose touch with their own experience. They no longer consider their own opinions. They no longer know where to find their own intuition. Consequently, self-invalidators live lives inconsistent with their own values and dreams. They don’t find it important when their needs are being sacrificed for those of someone else. All of this results in people who do not do what is best for themselves, which is a hard way to live life. As a result, they are unhappier, and thus more prone to becoming emotionally dysregulated. Finally, mindfulness can help with emotional dysregulation by way of helping to relinquish the struggle with painful emotions. One of the reasons people develop emotion dysregulation is because they try to quash or control their emotional responses to things. Trying to control an emotion is kind of like trying to grab tightly onto jello. The more you try, the more of a mess it makes. With emotions, the more we try to control them, the more intense they become, and the longer they persist. Unfortunately, due to an environment plagued by invalidation from others, there is pressure from the outside to control the emotions, leading to more intense emotions, leading to more invalidation, etc. This tends to become a self-perpetuating feedback loop. Mindfully experiencing emotions is the opposite of the control strategy. With mindfulness, you simply observe what comes up with the emotion. You notice a feeling of your face flushed. You notice a lump in your throat. You notice all of the experiences that are the emotion, and you do so not with the intention of suppressing them, but in the service of accepting each and every one of them unconditionally. There is an old expression that you can’t argue with an emotion. This is because the emotion is there for a reason, so the best one can do is tolerate it without holding on or pushing away. It is a paradoxical approach, but the end result is emotional experiences that are less disturbing and of shorter duration. The emotions naturally go just as they came. Giving them permission to be there lets emotions take their natural course as fleeting, changing, dynamic sensations. These are some of the main reasons mindfulness is relied on so heavily in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. There are many other uses of mindfulness in the treatment. In fact, as mentioned earlier, every skill relies on a foundation of mindfulness, so there are as many uses of mindfulness as there are skills, and then some. One of the most important points about mindfulness, is that it is very difficult. Our brains are hardwired to make judgments, time travel, and create stories. In a way, working to be mindful is working against the biology of our brains. No one is perfect at this. Luckily, there is no need to be perfect at it. We can experience the real benefit of mindfulness when we notice we are not being mindful, and choose to turn our minds back to the now. That is the power of mindfulness: recognizing when we are not mindful. If we get distracted a thousand times, we have a thousand opportunities to notice and shift our attention. It’s a bit like fly fishing. Your mind casts its line to far-flung places when you are distracted, and then you reel it back in when you reorient your mind to the present. And like fly fishing, this process occurs again and again. Numerous times in the course of one minute. And the more we practice, the easier it becomes to recognize when the mind has left the building. And with each time we practice, we gain a little more clarity and control. https://cogbtherapy.com/cbt-blog/mindfulness-in-dbt

14.01.2022 This is a fabulous explanation of THe Yoga Path

14.01.2022 It's Residential Week! This week we are with our lovely IYTA Diploma students at Swami’s Yoga Retreat, set in 60 acres of tranquil bushland. Day one included te...aching practicals and posture review clinics with Alex Cogley and Jeff Lou. The day ended sublimely with a soothing relaxation. There was plenty of time to familarise with our new surroundings, enjoy a cuppa and share delicious vegetarian meals together. A day that started with rainfall, gave way to beautiful rainbows.

12.01.2022 Remember it is your heart. Only you can nurture it. Only you can help it bloom - April Green Happy Spring Equinox The Spring Equinox marks the time when d...ay and night are equal in length. As we shift towards the warmer months the light overpowers the dark and gives us a sense of awakening to the new. It is a wonderful time to think about what needs freshening up in your life. . . . . #stanthorpe #granitebeltyogaretreats #granitebelt #springequinox2020 See more

12.01.2022 Voted top Yoga Studio in ToowoombaVoted top Yoga Studio in Toowoomba

12.01.2022 Gratefulness from Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy even though we don’t have Thanksgiving as such a reminder to be Grateful every day.

11.01.2022 Is this what happens to beginners!!!!

11.01.2022 SANKALPA I reap what I sow I receive what I give I see the world as I am I see in you what is in me.... What I send out I get back. Namaste Louise See more

09.01.2022 SANKALPA I breathe in love I breathe out love

09.01.2022 Merry Christmas Every - Body May your day be filled with Love and Laughter Merry Christmas Every - Body May your day be filled with Love and Laughter

09.01.2022 Take a breath. Take this moment for yourself. Life is hectic and so many moments in your day don’t belong to you. But right now, you can close your eyes and ...just take this moment. Breathe in, breathe out, relax. Reclaim the moment. Listen to these three guided meditations - we’re giving them away. https://go.theglobalsuccessacademy.com/free-meditations Ease into a better, more resilient mindset as you’re guided by calming notes and affirmations. Meditation is the biggest gift you can give to yourself - it offers incredible benefits (seriously, look it up!) and you can start today. All you have to do is sit back, press play, and close your eyes. We’ll guide you through it. Start listening now: https://go.theglobalsuccessacademy.com/free-meditations

09.01.2022 Hello Ever-Body. I'm not into the selling field however so many of you will remember our beginnings at the "Red Cross Rooms" remember the 20cent drops every 1/2 hour with the heating??? The beautiful flooring used for Dance gatherings during war Years.What memories we all have. The Red Cross rooms was a meeting place during the war where wives would meet to knit socks etc., make up packages for their husbands over seas. I am very Grateful for the time we had at these Rooms. I trained many Teachers during this time for the Intewrnational Yoga Teachers association (Over 14 in number did their practical training from here.) Of course the renovations have changed it very much as time has marched on. Fond memories Lesleigh x

09.01.2022 "Come Join Us for our final Term of the Year"

08.01.2022 Character is who you actually are, personality is how others perceive you. Character is much more important than personality.

08.01.2022 During our recent residential week, we caught up with some of the current 2020 IYTA students, to ask about their experience on the Diploma of Yoga Teacher Train...ing Course. Here's what Kana Nobuhara had to say. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE IYTA DIPLOMA OF YOGA TEACHING COURSE? Initially I was doing Bikram’s yoga for about ten years - I thought about doing that training, but I didn’t want to be restricted to one style of yoga or study overseas. I was about to commit to doing a yoga course and then I fell pregnant, I thought I’d have to put it on the back burner, but I miscarried. As devastating as it was and my husband in February (2020) said: Well why don’t you use this opportunity to do the yoga course. I had started doing pre-natal classes - that introduced me to other forms of yoga which I started to appreciate again That led to me to be more confident and open minded about exploring other forms of yoga and so I searched online. I wanted to find the most established school in Australia and I found the IYTA. I liked that there was no one form of style and it provided a really good grounding holistic view of yoga. At that point I’d missed the first weekend, but it wasn’t a problem as I was sent the recorded lectures, so I caught up. Then I fell pregnant again! WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DYT COURSE? It’s been my best decision I’ve made in my life. At this point in my life - it’s come together in regards to my dharma. There are so many knowledgeable teachers who are familiar with pre-natal yoga that I wasn’t concerned. Being pregnant on the course has been really nourishing in so many ways - it really has helped me gradually prepare myself for childbirth and being more connected to my mind and body and with the asanas and chanting and mantras and how that all comes together and how I can utilise all those tools to benefit my whole pregnancy journey. I would love to teach! I want to focus on motherhood initially and devote myself to that, but I think yoga is absolutely essential in terms of helping people become more in touch with their bodies I’ve been teaching my friends and it’s encouraging this course is already impacting my group of friends. FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE IYTA DIPLOMA OF YOGA TEACHER TRAINING. FOLLOW THIS LINK https://iyta.com.au/.../international-diploma-of-yoga.../

07.01.2022 Learn to simply Be!!!

07.01.2022 Term four commences from 5th October. "SPRING INTO SPRING"

06.01.2022 Wishing you all a Happy Diwali! Diwali is a five day celebration known as the festival of lights. It is traditionally celebrated throughout India, Nepal and by ...Hindus, Sikhs and Jains all around the world. The word Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word Deepavali, meaning "rows of lighted lamps". Houses, shops, workplaces, temples and public places are all decorated with these small oil lamps called diyas. The celebration is an incredible event with lots of fireworks plus delicious sweets are made so as you can imagine it’s very popular with everyone! Diwali is festival of new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil, and light over darkness. It symbolises the return of Ram and Sita after 14 years in exile. Diwali also celebrates the goddess of wealth and prosperity, Lakshmi. Some believe it falls on her birthday and the day she married the Lord Vishnu. Wishing you an abundance of prosperity for the year ahead.

04.01.2022 Practice! Practice! Practice!

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03.01.2022 Take a [square] breath! Samavritti pranayama also known as ‘The Square or Equalising Breath’ is just the thing in those moments when you may be feeling anxious... or nervous about doing something, such as presenting a speech. Samavritti: sama means equal or perfect and vritti literally means movement or action. With Samavritti Pranayama the ratio is 1:1:1:1. and a good way to practice is to visualise a Square To start, you inhale through the nose for a count of 3 - 4, hold the breath in for a count of 3-4, exhale through the nose for a count of 3-4 and hold the breath out for the same count. Continue on in this way for several minutes and if the mind wanders bring your focus back to the practice and to your breath. Remember with all pranayama practices if it doesn’t feel right then come back to the natural breath or maybe reduce to a 1-2 count. A wonderful practice to develop breath awareness and breath control. Through regular practise the length of the breath can be increased. It instant brings a sense of calmness to the body and mind. To learn more about this and other Pranayama practices. Check out the IYTA’s Meditation and Pranayama course. by following the link below. https://iyta.com.au/yoga-teacher-/meditation-and-pranayama/

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02.01.2022 My wish for You All xxx