What is yoga therapy?

Yoga therapy is not a traditional yoga practice. Yoga therapy uses gentle and slow movements to help you be more aware, become more grounded, and create space for you to move out of your head and into your body. Yoga therapy is a safe, holistic practice that can be especially helpful post trauma. It connects you with your body, breath, and movement to bring increased awareness, to rewire your nervous system, and to assist with moving out of fight or flight mode and into parasympathetic mode. You have control and we will use practices that feel useful and comfortable for you.

What does a typical session look like?

Each session will vary per person. Typically we’ll start the session reviewing what practices work for you, what’s not working, and make adjustments to address current needs and triggers that have come up for you. We will use research supported practices like guided meditation, breathing techniques, and body movement in each session. Individual yoga therapy sessions are built specifically for you. Modalities will include specific yoga movement, polyvagal theory informed practices, breathwork, guided meditation, distance reiki and/or sound healing.

How many sessions do you recommend?

In order to see true results and transformation through these practices we need to develop a consistent routine (sadhana). We will meet weekly or biweekly to check in on your progress. Having regular meetings keeps you accountable, helps reinforce tools and practices you are learning, and allows us to progress the practices weekly.

What are some of the health benefits?

The benefits of yoga therapy are innumerable and include: improved quality of life, overall sense of well-being, decreased stress, decreased symptoms of anxiety and depression, having access to tools you can use daily to manage your triggers and stress, decreased joint pain, decreased chronic pain, improved lung capacity, and improved mobility.