I am certified in Integrative Yoga Therapy. IYT yoga is designed to be very rehabilitative. Joseph Le Page, the founder of IYT taught me that yoga therapy is a Healing Journey unique to each individual. The role of the Yoga Therapist is to guide the student through a safe, effective, and highly personalized practice. I get to know my students� bodies and health needs, and teach them things that will make them feel better. I am very skilled at identifying movement imbalances and postural issues, and working with students to strengthen and stretch the necessary muscles to create balance and harmony in the physical body. Balance is wellness, imbalance leads to pain and injury! You can visit IYT�s web site at www.integrativeyogatherapy.com.
I have also had training in Ashtanga Yoga. Ashtanga links powerful, flowing movements with deep, rhythmic breathing to enhance concentration and relaxation. It purifies the body and cleanses the central nervous system. This form of yoga is very intense exercise and should be approached cautiously as a beginning yoga student. Ashtanga Yoga tends to work for students who love to exercise, or who are easily distracted when they are trying to meditate in still, quiet positions. My personal practice is Ashtanga based, very powerful. I combine my years of experience and my love of vinyasa (series of poses strung together in a flow) into classes which are uplifting, challenging, and rewarding!
I am certified to teach Pilates, and I have combined it with yoga to create a class which is exercise-oriented, but retains a focused breathing, meditation, and relaxation practice. It�s excellent for developing strength in the abdominal area, and in the low back and for finding inner peace and harmony.
In addition to my training as a yoga teacher, I have extensive experience as a Social Worker. I believe this combination allows me to create a classroom atmosphere that is supportive, accepting and emotionally open. It�s important to me that my students be comfortable in my class, free to explore their own boundaries, which means that my focus is not striving to make a pose look a certain way, but instead on focusing into your heart and reconnecting with your innate wellspring of inner peace. Whether you�re working hard or relaxing deeply, the yoga to me is always about the peacefulness it brings!
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