So many of us have experienced challenges to our mental health in the past several years. In times of prolonged stress and uncertainty, we all need tools to help us skillfully navigate difficulty and find a sustainable way to keep going. With Mental Health March we’re offering a care package for your body, mind and nervous system that can help you respond wisely to the different ways that stress impacts your whole being.

Sources of chronic stress (like a pandemic, economic inflation and systemic racism) can challenge your resilience and ability to bounce back from the road bumps of everyday life. Whether you notice a tendency towards checking out, shutting down, over-thinking or lashing out, it’s totally normal to be struggling sometimes - and, there are ways to lend yourself a helping hand.

Drawing on the wisdom traditions of Yoga and Ayurveda as well as contemporary science, the practices we’re offering are simple tools that will empower you to deepen your relationship with yourself through self-compassionate awareness and action. Discover the inner resources you already have, with a little guidance from our caring teachers.

This series contains four streams of practice, each designed to help you move through different stress responses: 

1. CHECK-IN: Short and simple practices to check in and gauge how you feel.

2. GROUND: Practices to help ground and calm you when you’re feeling anxious. 

3. EXPRESS: Practices to express and move through irritability and frustration.

4. ENLIVEN: Practices to mobilize and invigorate when you’re feeling stuck or depressed.

You’ll get access to 20 practices from March 1-31 in Branches On Demand.

• Get 20 curated practice videos
• Access videos via Branches On-Demand via on our streaming service from anywhere you have internet: a computer, tablet, phone or smart TV
• Branches On-Demand includes a tonne of other practice videos, with entry points for many areas of interest; be sure to explore and see all of our great content
• Connect with our teachers and your fellow participants in the comments section