Seated Mindful Movement for Stress Relief

Sundays at 9:00pm

30min

About this Class

This seated class includes very gentle, slow movement and is suitable for all levels. Stress can make it difficult to deal with both common and crisis situations. Taking time to calm your mind and body through mindfulness can improve our digestion, sleep, concentration, and coping with life's challenges. Seated Mindful Movement for Stress Relief invites you to engage with evidence-based therapeutic traditions, somatic healing methods, and Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery. You'll get practical self-soothing techniques you can use in your day to day life. Engage in mindful muscle relaxation exercises, breathing exercises, meditation, and seated restorative stretching to improve your mood and restore a sense of control as the week comes to a close.

No Experience Required

This class is appropriate for all students with all experience levels, including new and beginner students who are still learning the basics.

Gentle, Seated

Gentle, seated with slow hand movements.

Recommended Props

Required: A seat without arm rests. Optional: Paper & pen, essential oil/body butter, a yoga strap/scarf, a blanket/towel, candles/oil diffuser/incense; resources that make your space feel safer, such as a drink and your favorite playlist.

Teacher Demoing

Your teacher demos the whole class.

🎥 Camera-On Classes

We require all students to have their camera ON for the duration of class. This is for a few reasons: for the safety of all students, and for the teacher to be able to give in the moment feedback and support. Read more about this here.

🎥 Camera-On Classes

Meet Your Teacher

Alynthia PennJoined February 2026

A demanding career in K-12 education led Alynthia to bring co-regulation, stress relief, and trauma healing to the classroom community through yoga. Lifelong learning has taken her across the country and around the world to support positive change in marginalized places with organizations like Memphis Teacher Residency, Peace Corps Response, and Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network. Researching the benefits of mindfulness while witnessing the global decline in school mental health ultimately led her to pursue certification in Dance and Movement Therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. After decades of bringing the creative arts and social emotional literacy to children, she officially became a Registered-Dance Movement Therapist (R-DMT) with the American Dance Therapy Association and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) with Breathe For Change.

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What Students Are Saying

Evelyn O

Simply enlightening and therapeutic. Amazing class meeting my wellness goals. Instructor's guidance to attention on the body, mind and spirit connection. LOVE it! Intend to sign up frequently. Thank you, Alynthia look forward to future classes.

Aug 31, 2026

Brenda E

Great class and instructor. Felt relaxed.

Jul 23, 2026

margaret d

amazing how slow, deliberate movements and postures can awaken the whole body.

Jul 9, 2026

margaret d

smooth, soothing movements that help us to pay attention to tensions in the body and breathe release ... such a helpful class! she definitely can lead us through relaxing, gentle movements ... today my body had more aches than usual and under her tutelage I was more comfortable in my body after the class than when I started the class

May 21, 2026

margaret d

gentle body tapping across the entire body WITH HUMMING ... what a great way to cleanse the body! what a comfort. Alynthia has a gentle caring voice and offers precise instructions. I must add that she provides a fantastic (curated) playlist to accompany our humming practice. yay.

Apr 30, 2026

margaret d

what a relaxing half hour mid-afternoon this class offered me. wow. I've never tried gentle swaying AND humming or tapping AND humming -- it raised the bar for relaxing my (naturally) nervous tension. highly recommend this class. her voice was so soothing and matched our purpose in class -- to relax our body and our mind. success. her directions were clear and helpful. she's good!

Apr 2, 2026