Overcome Your Overthinking

Overview

Gain mastery over your body and mind to minimize unproductive thoughts, anxiety, and negativity, using mindfulness techniques.

Course No. 40120

Have you ever made a decision that you felt confident about and then second-guessed it? Overthinking is a common practice, second nature to many. Heidi Sormaz, with a PhD in psychology from Yale and two decades of meditation and yoga teaching experience, understands the struggles of overthinking.

In this course, you’ll explore the science behind cognitive behavioral therapy and acquire effective exercises to break the cycle of overthinking. Learn about the triggers of overthinking and how mindfulness techniques can help create a calmer mindset.

Video Lessons List

1. Are You an Overthinker?

Get a foundational overview of what makes a thinker become an overthinker. Introduces common forms of overthinking.

Duration: 31 min

• Conquer the Illusion of Control

Explore what you can control in life and learn the exercise “name it, to tame it” to interrupt habitual thought patterns.

Duration: 32 min

• Interrupt the Emotional Cascade

Understand how physiology and psychology intertwine and discover the vedanā mindfulness practice.

Duration: 32 min

4. Engage Your Body to Stop Overthinking

Learn how yoga addresses emotional cascades and connects physical and mental states through breath.

Duration: 23 min

• Simple Yoga to Calm the Mind

Demonstrates sophisticated techniques, alternative stretches, and poses that can be performed anytime.

Duration: 30 min

• Practice Mindfulness for Self-Soothing

Shift your attention pattern through mindfulness meditation and seated techniques.

Duration: 31 min

• Try the Power of Yin Yoga

Focus on compassion practice combined with the physiological calming effects of yin yoga.

Duration: 34 min

• Name and Tame Your Emotions

Recognize and address emotions mindfully through body scans and emotion labeling practices.

Duration: 36 min

• Express Gratitude to Change Your Thinking

Understand the significance of gratitude in shifting focus from negative to positive emotions.

Duration: 25 min

• Think Clearly with Cognitive Restructuring

Learn cognitive restructuring techniques to change your thoughts and avoid assumptions.  

**Duration:** 26 min

• Solve Problems More Effectively

Discover tools to transition from overthinking to effective problem-solving through goal setting and writing.  

**Duration:** 31 min

• Cultivate an Upward Spiral

Use scientific insights to broaden your attention, change your thought content, and shift perspectives.  

**Duration:** 32 min