Embody & experience mindfulness-based yoga & meditation for stress reduction.

Experience the heart of Yoga & Mindfulness with Lisa Pollard. 

Mindfulness-based yoga & meditation practices which explore the inter-connectedness of movement & stillness in the spirit of self-care. Lisa's open-hearted approach to facilitating mindfulness creates a warm inviting space to discover the joys of these mind-body practices. 

Lisa has 30 years of ongoing yoga & mindfulness self practice, join Lisa  to embody & enjoy ongoing practice to support well being, reduce stress, anxiety, and tension in the body, heart, and mind. 

Touch gently into the present moment, remembering to be awake and see things as they really are. Learn to cultivate kindness, patience, and generosity towards yourself and others. May your practice continue to grow and nourish, listen deeply and trust this unfolding exploration into presence.
Love & Blessings 
Lisa

Lying Down Yoga Sequence

Lying Down Body Scan

Awareness of Breathing, Body & Sounds

Standing Yoga Sequence

Four Postures Practice

Rest & Renew

Sitting, Walking and Breathing

Mindfulness Bells

Releasing Tension

Immune Support & Vitality

Smiling Inside

Soothing & Calming the Mind

Moving with the Breath-Release Agitation

Caring for Your Spine

Calming the Nervous System

Alternate Nostril Breathing

Healthy Joints - Freedom of Movement

Comfortable with Silence

Stability & Balance

Stop, Sense & See

Release & Refresh

Mindfulness Bells - Extended Practice

Pausing into Presence

Remember to Breathe

Steady & Smooth

Breathing Hands

Tuning in & Being With

The Seed of Meditation

Open Twist to Support Internal Organs

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Sensing, Soothing & Rocking

Walking Meditation - Extended Practice

Gayatri Mantra - Dedication to the Sun

Healing Chant

Opening Chant - Ashtanga Yoga (8 Limbs)

Legs on the Lounge - Body Scan

Shhh Breathing for Ease

Shoulder Breathing

4 Part Breathing

Soothing Through Touch

Centering & Grounding

Humming Breath for Ease

Straw Breathing to Calm the Mind

Supporting the Eyes

Heart Space

Healing Hug

Releasing Stress

Standing Yoga & Pause Breathing

Yoga & Lions Breath

Yoga, Breathing & Sound

Fear Is Here

The Sacred Pause

The Mermaid Pool

Chair Posture

In & Out

Kneeling Posture

Breath & Body

Legs on the Chair

Feeling Tone

Coming Home

Awareness of Breathing

Standing Mountain

Thoughts & Feelings

Walking Meditation-Sense Doors

Neck Care Sequence

Pleasure Walk

Sounds & Thoughts

Caring for your Spine

Body Sweep Part by Part

Breath & Sounds

Centering Breath

Travel Sleep Stories for deep rest & renewal, a place to unwind with curiosity and listen to storylines from the heart. Make some time to calm the nervous system and let go into deep listening; allowing time to rest, restore, and renew at bedtime for deep sleep.

Join Lisa Pollard and listen to travel sleep stories for deep rest & renewal. The gentle supportive guidance will support a calm place to unwind, with curiosity, with storylines from across the globe of heart and adventure. Make some time to calm the nervous system, allowing your mind to let go into deep listening for deep sleep.

Surf to Sand

On the Meekong with Annie

Fabulous in Fiji

5 Weeks in India

Siem Reap with Libby

Cycling Around Uluru

Yoga in Santorini

New York to Toronto

Bali to Lombok

To the Top

Chicago Lights

Los Angeles To Mexico

Lisa Pollard

Yoga & Meditation Teacher

AFGHANISTAN

ALAND ISLANDS

ALBANIA

ALGERIA

AMERICAN SAMOA

ANDORRA

ANGOLA

ANGUILLA

ANTARCTICA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ARGENTINA

ARMENIA

ARUBA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHAMAS

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BARBADOS

BELARUS

BELGIUM

BELIZE

BENIN

BERMUDA

BHUTAN

BOLIVIA

BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA

BOUVET ISLAND

BRAZIL

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

BULGARIA

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA

CAMEROON

CANADA

CAPE VERDE

CAYMAN ISLANDS

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

CHILE

CHINA

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

COLOMBIA

COMOROS

CONGO

CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

COOK ISLANDS

COSTA RICA

COTE D'IVOIRE

CROATIA

CUBA

CURACAO

CYPRUS

CZECHIA

DENMARK

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

EGYPT

EL SALVADOR

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ESTONIA

ETHIOPIA

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)

FAROE ISLANDS

FIJI

FINLAND

FRANCE

FRENCH GUIANA

FRENCH POLYNESIA

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES

GABON

GAMBIA

GEORGIA

GERMANY

GHANA

GIBRALTAR

GREECE

GREENLAND

GRENADA

GUADELOUPE

GUAM

GUATEMALA

GUERNSEY

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUYANA

HAITI

HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)

HONDURAS

HONG KONG

A short guided breathing practice with sound and vibration to calm the autonomic nervous system. This practice can allow a long out-breath which encourages a deeper in-breath to calm the body and reduce agitation.

Thank you for your ongoing practice.
Best wishes
Lisa 

This guided meditation is to support you to look after your neck and encourage gentle movement here. We can often carry lots of tension in the upper body from stress and overthinking. I hope you enjoy this practice and it can support you in balance and well-being. 
Best wishes,
Lisa Pollard
www.lisapollard.com

Extended version of mindfulness of bells, allowing attention to rest with the sound of the mindfulness bells. Cultivating your practice to introduce silent practice and coming back to where your attention is within the silent practice. Enjoy your practice and I hope it continues to grow each day. 

Heart Space is a short guided meditation to cultivate gratitude as an antidote to fear or worry. Touch and breath is cultivated in this practice to support ease. 
Thank you for your practice today.
Best wishes
Lisa 

A short guided practice using touch and warmth to soothe the eyes which can become tired from too much screen time, reading and just being tired or stressed. Learn to pause take a breath and use your hands to support well being. I hope your practice grows each day.
Best wishes
Lisa 

The body sweep is an invitation to take care of your body, part by part as you explore the language of sensation. Learning to stay present with the physical body and be with any part of the body in this caring careful way. I hope your practice supports you to back into balance today.
Thank you for your ongoing practice.
Best wishes,
Lisa Pollard
www.lisapollard.com

Supporting your immune system is an important part of your meditation practice. When we meditate, the by-product of the practice can be an increase in energy, feeling more engaged with life, and a stronger immune system. We can do some simple movements each day to invite wellness into the body. Whatever ever we do with the body affects the mind and whatever we do with the mind affects the body. Enjoy your practice and I hope it supports you into wellness each day. Explore these simple body practices to encourage a stronger immune system for you, especially when the season changes, during illness, or recovering from a virus. I like to do these practices each day to bring energy into the body, heart & mind. 

Feeling Tone is a short guided meditation to learn to pay attention to the feeling tone in the body. Feeling tone is the second foundation of mindfulness and this is where we register if something feels pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral. This practice helps us to know what is unfolding in the body, heart & mind and informs us of what is here to be known, moment by moment. We learn to relate to our experience or understand the hedonic tone, being with different feeling tomes without judgment. We can become more resilient as we learn to stay even if our habitual habit is to want to push away or pull towards these various states in the body. Thank you for your practice today and I hope it can support you to be with what is. 

Gayatri Mantra - Om Bhur Bhuva Swaha or chanting to the divine light within and the strength & beauty of the sun, may this divine light illuminate us. I hope you enjoy listening to this chant, it can be a lovely way to start the day and to open to the benefits of meditation and strengthen your breathing. May you feel nourished by the  sound and vibrations in your body today. Thank-you for your practice and being present with this ancient chant to awaken the senses and the heart.
Best wishes
Lisa 


Shhh breathing for ease is a pranayama practice to learn to make a gentle, smooth, steady sound with the out breath. This can invite ease in the physical body and the mind. The breath becomes a bridge between the body and the mind. Notice how extending the out breath can support the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system to rest, repair & digest. 
Enjoy your ongoing practice and this can be a great practice when tension and stress is building in the body heart & mind. 
Thank you for meditating with me today.
Love and blessings 
Lisa 

Coming home is a short guided mindfulness practice, an invitation to come home to the body, mind & heart. Learning to open your awareness to seeing in your visual field and hearing. Find a place where you could perhaps see in nature or out a window. This practice invites you to open and close the lenses of your awareness, noticing what you can see and hear, and then coming home to the body breathing. I hope your practice can support you to open and close the sense doors as you rest in the present moment. 
Best wishes,
Lisa Pollard
www.lisapollard.com

This short guided mindfulness meditation invites the attention to rest at the end of the out-breath, when there is a quiet pause or gap, often called the seed of meditation. This is when the physical body becomes still, just for a moment before the next in-breath enters the body. Try resting in this quiet place and discover the joys of meditation as your practice invites you into stillness and quiet. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to meditation and the exploration of these mind-body practices. May you find ease and peace within the experience of your practice today. 
Best wishes
Lisa 