Thai Yoga Therapy

Thai Yoga Therapy -- (Nuad Boran) is translated as Thai Massage. This ancient energy-based healing technique goes beyond massage as more of a healing or therapeutic form of bodywork. This method combines assisted yoga poses, acupressure, and reflexology. It comes from the ancient Indian medical practice called Ayurveda. It was further developed in Thailand over 2,000 years ago. Sometimes Nuad Boran is sometimes referred to as "lazy man's yoga" because the practitioner is the one putting the client into yoga poses to stretch and manipulate the body in order to release blocked energy from one's body going beyond what one can do for oneself with his or her yoga practice. The benefits of this practice are:

• relief for pain and muscle tension
• a strengthened and rejuvenated body, mind, and spirit connection
• greater flexibility and range of motion
•  improved alignment of the spine 
• a general increase of energy
• an opening of the meridians and blocked areas of the body
• greater circulation in the blood and lymph systems
•  a balanced nervous system
•  deep relaxation
  Herbal Compresses that contain herbs for detoxification, inflammation, and general well-being can be added to this session for a wonderfully relaxing, therapeutic session! **Thai Yoga Therapy sessions are 90 minutes and 120 minutes long for a complete session.** Home visits available.

Thai Foot Reflexology

Thai Foot Reflexology— a wonderfully relaxing sample of what a full Thai session could be like for you! You can book me for a group of people or receive at the River Source naturopathic clinic on Mondays or Thursdays.

"Shiva" Yoga

Shiva Yoga— (Transformative Yoga) a specialized yoga program combining Thai Yoga Therapy/ active assists. Home visits available.

• to a yoga routine in order to get you deeper into your poses. 
• Private sessions only. This experience is truly transformative!

Yoga Specialized

Yoga Specialized -- designed to focus on one's particular dis-ease or movement restriction. You will be given a specific routine that you can bring home and implement for symptom relief. The first contact will be over the phone describing your symptoms so I can develop your routine. Then it will take between 2 and 5 sessions to teach you the routine, correct your practice, and let you go to perform your routine regularly at home for only 15 to 60 minutes a day. Refresher classes available for you as well. Special programs include: yoga for back injury and general pain reduction; yoga for fibromyalgia and other auto-immune disorders; Parkinson’s Disease; yoga for gastro-intestinal discomfort, etc….DVD will be made of your routine and given to you!

Corporate Yoga for Corporal Wellness

Program designed to be taught at your workplace as a seminar or as a regular class for employees to take time and unwind, reduce or eliminate mental stress, increase mental acuity, increase positive thoughts which manifests as positive cell responses and positive intentions; detoxify body, facilitate proper alignment, restore balance and general well-being. Program is a collaborative program with The Art of Wellness and/or Valley of the Sun Wellness Institute.

Yoga for Smoking Cessation

Yoga for Smoking Cessation is a 7 week course designed to give you methods for practicing on your own a smoking cessation and craving reduction program. Practices learned are visualization techniques; setting one's intentions; pranayama and nadis (breath control); meditation; pressure points and yoga postures to reduce cravings, anxiety, anger, and promote calmness; and use of jala neti (a cleansing process). Neti pots and salt included. If your committed to quitting, results will occur.

Awakening Yoga

Awakening Yoga— come join us in the morning for a great series of stretches and poses you can easily use at home, breathing and meditation techniques, and fun. Each class may vary.

Astanga Yoga

Astanga Yoga -- a set sequence of poses performed with rhythmic deep breathing designed to stretch, strengthen, and promote balance of all body systems. Once familiar with the sequence, you are able to perfect your poses (asanas) and enter a deeper level of meditative state of mind reaching a higher spiritual connection as well (samadhi). This traditional form of yoga from Patanjali and passed down to us by K. Pattabhi Jois can, ultimately, enhance one's purpose (dharma) and goals in life. Modifications taught to make this rigorous form accessible to (almost) everyone!

Tibetan Heart Yoga

Tibetan Heart Yoga-- is the traditional yoga practice of the Tibetan monks— a form of Tonglen Yoga. It is a class for those who desire to deepen their prayer and meditation practice by sending out healing power to loved ones and all those who suffer, eliminating their suffering. It is only 30 to 45 minutes long. The poses are simple and very yin. It is an intense spiritual experience. 

Yoga for Athletes

Yoga for Athletes-- A performance enhancing program. It is designed to teach overall conditioning, strengthening, opening, and balancing muscle groups and movements specific to your game. The mental acuity developed through this program will take your game to anew levels!! If I get at least 4 athletes of similar sport/ muscle group I will design a specific program for you! So get a group together and call to set a schedule.. 

Meditation and Relaxation

Meditation and Relaxation — Take time out for yourself and come to a restful, sacred spot to practice meditation and relaxation techniques. Drop Ins welcome for this class.

Mysore

Mysore-- is a minimal guidance practice of the Primary Series with the instructor. This practice is for those who have already done at least 2 cycles of sessions with me or with another studio and desire an extra day of practice to work on the flow of your asanas (poses), your drishti (focus), and your pranayama (breathing) in order to reach a higher level of meditation. $5 drop in fee only.

Strength Training/ Yoga on the Ball

Strength Training/ Yoga on the Ball-- is an 8 session program designed to give you a strength program for you to learn well and leave with after the 8 sessions. This program teaches yoga and pilates moves using your own body weight with Swiss balls and exercise bands to demonstrate you do not need expensive equipment to strengthen your body. 

Sr. Yoga

Sr. Yoga — everyone can do yoga (with the aid of modifications) and this class will help those of you who consider yourself Senior Citizens (and/or are AARP cardholders! ha, ha) improve flexibility, strength, balance, stamina, circulation, and overall well-being. The loss of flexibility is one of the primary factors in aging so lets do yoga and be age defiant!

Holistic Life Coaching

Holistic Life Coaching– Putting my 7 years experience as a addictions counselor and 10 years as a business consultant, I am offering compassionate coaching for those in recovery and who wish to improve their overall health. Life coaching is like having your own cheerleader to talk to, a listening ear, and personal counsel. I will help you stay on task to reach your goals you have set out before you so that you can reap the abundance of the Universe that is there for you when you choose so! Assignments to help you along will be given and reviewed weekly.