Yoga Therapy for Anxiety - 4-week workshop
Schedule
Thu Apr 09 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
43454 Crossroads Drive, Ashburn, VA, United States, Virginia 20147 | Ashburn, VA
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This 4-week Yoga Therapy workshop is for adults and teens 17+ with a diagnosis of and/or experiencing symptoms of anxiety. Each week will include evidence-informed practices and will build on practices previously learned. Practices will include yoga asana, pranayama, mindfulness, meditation, and self-reflection.Anxiety is rampant in our world today. As many as 25% of the population will experience an anxiety disorder during their lifetime. Research has shown that yoga therapy is beneficial as a supportive therapy in treating anxiety disorders. It is cost-effective and easily accessible to most. In addition, there are no known side effects. Yoga therapy supports the physical, psychological, and emotional well-being and addresses each synchronously. Participants will develop and practice tools and strategies to positively affect anxiety.
The Yoga Therapy for Anxiety workshop will include an emailed intake and pre-workshop call for each participant, four 90-minute group yoga therapy sessions, and a follow-up call with each participant. $100 for the 4-week series. Scholarships available: email [email protected]
Meet Nancy McGovern, Yoga Therapist:
Nancy McGovern, MS, C-IAYT, RYT-500
After completing high school at Florida School of the Arts, Nancy received a BFA in Dance from Florida State University. Following graduation, Nancy moved to Washington, DC to intern at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and has lived in the metro area since.
Nancy performed with local dance companies including Classical Ballet Theatre, American Contemporary Ballet Company, Ballet Center Productions and Arlington Dance Theatre. She also performed with local theater companies and on camera as 25+ year member of SAG-AFTRA.
Nancy spent three years as the District Director for the Muscular Dystrophy Association before starting her first business, Dance To You. As owner, director, and primary instructor, Dance To You’s, Kids ‘N Motion program taught dance & tumbling in area preschools for 25+ years. In 2017, Nancy became a certified yoga teacher and began to add yoga and mindfulness to the Kids ‘N Motion curriculum. In July of 2018, Dance To You was renamed Corner of the Sky.
When the COVID pandemic forced area preschools to shut down, Nancy felt called to continue her education, completing a 2-year Master of Science degree in Yoga Therapy at Maryland University of Integrative Health. She plans to use her education to help children, adolescents, and adults ease mental and physical suffering by sharing the many beneficial tools yoga and yoga therapy have to offer.
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