Yoga • Therapy • Community
First Appointments
During this session, I focus on listening to your concerns, asking questions to help clarify the aims you have for your health, and creating a personalized yoga practice that moves you toward those intentions. Your personalized yoga plan is woven together from an array of yogic tools, including movement and specific yoga postures, breath practices, adjustments to your current routine/lifestyle, meditation, and reflective self-inquiry. I write out your yoga wellness plan so you can practice at home and make recommendations to local teachers and classes if your plan includes a studio practice, and I refer you to local health care providers as appropriate. This consultation can be a stand-alone appointment, or you may decide to schedule additional therapeutic sessions as needed. Why Choose Yoga as a Therapeutic Tool?
Yoga, both as a system of beliefs and collect of practices, contains an array of potent tools for well-being. In particular, it offers people the opportunity to breathe, move, and practice being present. From a 2016 randomized controlled trial looking at the use of yoga to support people living with low moods published in Depression and Anxiety, a peer-reviewed journal : "Yoga plus regular care was more effective in reducing symptoms of depression compared with regular care alone." |
Follow-up Sessions
Yoga therapy sessions begin with grounding practices to help you turn inward and identify your intentions for our time together. I then use tailored movement, breathing practices, restorative and assisted yoga postures, deep and reflective listening, guided self-inquiry, meditation, and other tools to address your needs. Monthly Individual Yoga Therapy Membership
I use a variety of yogic tools and principles to support you in creating a personal wellness plan to support your body, your psyche, and your spirit. The approaches I use are most effective when practiced over a period of time, so I created a monthly yoga therapy series to make it easy to commit to self-care with a deep discount on therapeutic sessions and group classes at Ease Mountain Yoga. Your first package includes your 90-minute intake session. I specialize in working with people who are living with low moods, depression, anxiety, grief, traumatic loss, and significant life transitions. Each month, we schedule two individual therapeutic sessions and you receive a pass to take up to 10 classes at Ease Mountain Yoga & Nourishing Arts per month. |
9573 Highway 9 • Ben Lomond, CA • 95005 |