Class Description: Yoga for Depression is appropriate for beginners and all levels of yoga practitioners. This class is designed to assist students in managing mood, energy, and depression. Many elements of yoga are utilized, including physical postures and movement, breath, mantra, meditation, relaxation techniques, and yogic philosophy. Various styles of yoga may be offered, including hatha, kundalini, vinyasa, gentle, yin, and restorative. Through class participation students can gain increased mind and body awareness, improved strength and confidence, increased self-compassion and acceptance, practical techniques for uplifting energy and mood, a deeper connection to the essential self, and more. (75 minutes)

Instructor Bio: Jaime Seelmeyer is a local yoga student and teacher, reiki practitioner, psychotherapist, and facilitator of healing. Jaime began her yoga practice as an outlet for stress and self-care while in graduate school. She quickly learned that the benefits of yoga reach far beyond stress-management, discovering an unparalleled form of healing and management of her own anxiety and depression through yoga, as well as a deep connection to self and beyond. Jaime is passionate about sharing the healing elements of yoga with her students as they find inner strength, harmony, and peace. Her classes emphasize body/mind alignment, breath, energetic awareness, and self-acceptance. Jaime received her 200-hour training at Yogaia Yoga School and studied Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan with Sierra Hollister. In 2017, Jaime opened Omology, a holistic mental wellness practice, offering integrative therapy, therapeutic yoga, kundalini yoga, reiki, energy therapy, and mental wellness coaching. Visit Omology here.