YOGA CLASSES and YOGA THERAPY
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Yoga with PT Wisdom
This class will combine my experience as a PT with Yoga. We will focus on an area of the body for about 8 weeks. I will utilize Yoga practices and education on anatomy, breathing mechanics and the nervous system, as well as optimal technique/alignment for your body. This class is designed for beginners. For those with Yoga experience, it will help refine your movements and deepen your practice as you enhance your foundation.
This will be the flow through the body for a year cycle, with a class break in the summer:
Oct/Nov Low Back
Dec/Jan Pelvis
Feb/March Breath / Torso
April/May Shoulders
June Neck
July/Aug: NO CLASS
Sept Hips
CLASS TIME/LOCATION
WEDNESDAYS 3:00- 4:15 pm
No Classes July/Aug
Please bring your own mat and 1 blanket. Blocks, bolsters, blankets and straps are available for use during class. Bringing your own props is welcome.
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Come Lay Down - Restorative Yoga
The Restorative Yoga class is about deep rest. This is not about stretching. It is about releasing into support. In Restorative Yoga you have the opportunity to slow down enough to sense what is present in your body, mind and heart. In this class, you can build the capacity to settle your nervous system and move between deep rest and right sized activation. Resting or slowing down in this way is deep medicine. No experience necessary. Come lay down as an act of liberation!
CLASS TIME AND LOCATION
WEDNESDAYS 4:30 - 5:30 pm
No Classes July/Aug
Please bring your own mat and 1 blanket. Blocks, bolsters, blankets and straps are available for use during class. Sandbags and eye pillows will also be available for this class. Bringing your own props is welcome.
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Reclaim Your Attention
I offer this class with deep respect for my teacher Sarahjoy Marsh. These classes will include a mix of physical postures(asanas), breath practices (pranayama), meditation, chanting, mindfulness and Yoga philosophy. This class is focused on releasing accumulated residue and metabolizing life experience. My style is to move with deep attention. The pace is slower than a fitness or exercise class. My hope is that you will leave these classes feeling that all layers of your being have been tended. This class is designed for those with some Yoga asana experience (a strong beginning or intermediate level).
CLASS TIME/LOCATION
THURSDAYS 9:00 - 10:15 am
No Classes July/Aug
Please bring your own mat and 1 blanket. Blocks, bolsters, blankets and straps are available for use during class. Bringing your own props is welcome.
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Chair Yoga
This class is based from a chair as the primary prop. So much can be tended using a chair to support the body in a seated or standing position. This class is designed for those who would be more supported using a chair than the floor. The chair can also be a wonderful way to deepen a Yoga practice by approaching postures in a new way.
CLASS TIME/LOCATION
THURSDAYS 10:30 - 11:30 am
No Classes July/Aug
Chairs are provided. Please bring your own mat and 1 blanket. Blocks, bolsters, blankets and straps are available for use during class. Bringing your own props is welcome.
YOGA THERAPY
Yoga Therapy is applying the techniques, philosophy, wisdom teachings and practices of Yoga to create an individualized program that supports a person’s wellness. Yoga Therapy empowers a person to sense their inner wisdom as central to the process of supporting their physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual wellbeing. In sessions with me, we will utilize a variety of practices, which may include:
Breath practices Physical movement Restorative postures Mindfulness practices
Chanting Meditation Visualization Imagination
Art activity Journaling
Guided Self-inquiry
Daily rhythm/Lifestyle recommendations through the lens of Yoga
Development of a consistent practice appropriate for your current needs
Yoga Therapy is an evolving healing journey that brings balance to the body and mind via the path of Yoga. The presence of the Yoga Therapist as a consistent, caring other creates the possibility of healing what is difficult to tend alone. The issue bringing you to Yoga Therapy may be manifesting in your body, mind, heart or spirit. We will engage with whatever is present for you through the lens of Yoga. I would be honored to support you in embodied wellbeing with the vast tradition of Yoga as our foundation.
CONTACT FOR YOGA THERAPY APPOINTMENT
Office phone: 206-442-2088 (voice only, not text)
Office email: onebodypt@mail.com
*as with my PT practice, I am typically booked out 3-6 months. Please consider one of my weekly Yoga classes, listed above, as a way to engage in between appointments or if waiting for appointment availability.
PAYMENT
Yoga Therapy is not currently recognized as a service covered by insurance and is therefore a cash pay service. My rate in the absence of a sliding scale is $130/hour. I am happy to work with your financial needs as I am dedicated to making Yoga Therapy accessible. Please read my sliding scale info here. I also accept vouchers through VYFS.
Sunflower: $200-131/hr
Dahlia: $130/hr
Climbing Rose: $129-60/hr
You will find my cancellation fee policy here. Non-emergency cancellations of less than 24 hours notice will be charged $120.
MY YOGA TRAINING
I began Yoga Teacher Training in 2017 with Sarahjoy Marsh, MA, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT certified yoga teacher at the Daya Foundation. Consistent yoga practice with the guidance of Sarahjoy so profoundly enhanced my wellbeing, that I decided to continue training and completed 800 hours in 2023 to receive Certified Yoga Therapist credentialing.
Sarahjoy brings many facets of the Yoga Tradition to her students, teaching from all 8 Limbs, yoga philosophy, the science of Ayurveda, the importance of service and social and climate justice. She also infuses neuroscience, polyvagal theory, interpersonal neurobiology, art therapy and her mental health background into the trainings. I have heard her describe Yoga as “a discipline, a science, an art and a devotion”. Dr. Shankaranarayana Jois and Saraswati Vasuvedan are her living teachers in India; she also had the privilege of studying with Eknath Easwaran, who is no longer living. She honors her teachers from India and humbly brings forth their wisdom and the wisdom of their teachers before them. I am honored to be part of this lineage, that goes back through T.K.V. Desikachar to Sri Krishnamacharya and his teachers before him. I hope to be a clear vessel for the teachings of yoga to come through me.
The Yoga Tradition is thousands of years old and has been in a contact zone with Western culture for quite some time. As a white bodied person, it is important to me to stay true to the teachings of Yoga and not to extract and consume parts. Go HERE to read more about what Yoga means to me.