XL: 8 Yoga Poses For 8 Thinking Patterns
With Shengnan Lu
Discover how your body's stories mirror your mind's patterns. Through 8 yoga poses paired with CBT insights, you'll observe unhelpful thinking patterns in your movement, breath, and posture — and gently reshape them with awareness and self-compassion.
This workshop invites you to explore the deep connection between your thinking patterns and body patterns. Through 8 yoga poses — each one reflecting a common unhelpful thought pattern — you’ll be guided to move with awareness, observe with curiosity, and reframe with compassion.
By combining Yoga with the practical insights of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), this session helps you explore the stories you unconsciously live by, and begin to reshape them with gentleness and clarity. During this workshop, you will expect:
>> Explore 8 yoga postures, each connected to a common unhelpful thinking pattern (such as all-or-nothing thinking, mind reading, or should statements)
>> Notice how these thought patterns show up in your body, movement, and breath.
>> Learn simple CBT-inspired writing tools to reframe automatic thoughts into more balanced perspectives.
>> Discover how your yoga practice can become a daily training ground for awareness, resilience, and self-kindness.
You’ll walk away with:
A clearer understanding of eight common unhelpful thinking patterns
Practical tools to shift from self-criticism to balanced awareness
A more compassionate and curious relationship with yourself
A renewed sense of purpose and depth in your yoga practice
What to bring: comfortable clothing, a journal, and a pen
Yoga Moves XL Series
Our series of workshops with you in mind. We want to help you explore your yoga, your mind, your heart more in depth than you might be able to in class, at an affordable price with our top teachers. Bring a friend or make new ones in these fun filled learning spaces. Our members enjoy a 20% off discount on our XL Series.
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Date & Time: Saturday 14 March | 14.30 - 17.00
Location: Studio One | Sint Janshovenstraat 1 | Utrecht
Price: €35 | 20% off for Infinity & Balance Members
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