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YOGA THERAPY
I support people navigating life transitions, grief, chronic pain, stress, burnout, anxiety, and fatigue—times when life may be asking us to slow down, listen more deeply, and find new ways of being with ourselves.
Through personalized care plans and a thoughtfully tailored blend of ancient and contemporary practices, I meet each person where they are, helping them cultivate greater ease, resilience, and a more compassionate relationship with themselves, their bodies, and their nervous systems, as they reconnect with their own inner resources for wellbeing.
My approach is grounded in creating a supportive space where clients can soften, slow down, rest, regulate, and reconnect with themselves. Through breath, mindful and embodied movement, deep rest, self-inquiry, rituals, sound, and other somatic practices.
I hold space for clients to develop greater body awareness, notice patterns and responses, and discover tools that can help them navigate life with greater steadiness and agency.
I believe that meaningful change can emerge when we are given the space to listen to the body, tend to our needs with compassion, and reconnect with the inner wisdom, intuition, and resources already within us.
The International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) defines Yoga therapy as “ the professional application of the principles and practices of yoga to promote health and well-being within a therapeutic relationship that includes personalized assessment, goal setting, lifestyle management, and yoga practices for individuals or small groups.”
- International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) Updated June2, 2020
Yoga therapy techniques support conditions such as:
❋ Chronic pain / pain
❋ Cancer and other autoimmune disorders
❋ Grief
❋ Nervous system disorders
❋ Neurological disorders
❋ Addiction
❋ Stress and burnout
❋ Fatigue
❋ Sleep disorders
❋ Anxiety
❋ Depression
What happens during a session:
Sessions may include breathing practices, physical postures and movement, meditation, self-inquiry, guided relaxation, sounding, yoga philosophy, visualization and imagery, Mudras (hand gestures), Ayurvedic principles and lifestyle, talking. All tailored to adapt to the clients concerns, needs and goals. Using the tools of yoga to bring you to better health, joy, and ease of moving in the world.
Yoga therapy meets each and every person where they are. No health presentation is too great nor too small. Yoga therapy sessions are client-focused, and compassion-focused.
Sessions are private and confidential.
Prices:
Initial Consultation (90 mins): 180 €
Follow up Session (60 mins): 138 €
Bundle new client (1×90 mins +4×60 mins): 680€
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS DURING OUR FIRST SESSION
When you book your first session, I’ll send you an intake form—a questionnaire designed to help me get to know you better. It covers different aspects of your lifestyle, medical history, sleep patterns, and current physical, mental, emotional, and energetic state, as well as your personal needs, intentions, and goals.
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Booking
your time
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Send back the intake form
Fill in the intake form and send it back prior to our first session.
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First session of 90 mins
We will use the intake form, personal interview, postural, breath and movement assessment to start co-creating your personalized care plan and routines, integrating yogic practices.
FOLLOW UP SESSIONS
During the session we work together personalizing practices that work for you and support your body’s innate capacity to heal and restore. We check progress, address further issues of concern, and refine or modify your care plan.
After each session I email you a summary of the session, including findings and recommendations and your individualized care plan- so you can integrate it in your routine.
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Although yoga as a practice is therapeutic, there are significant differences between a yoga teacher and a yoga therapist and between a yoga class and a yoga therapy session.
THE YOGA CLASS
Yoga teachers may offer a variety of yoga classes, including classes for individuals or groups of people with specific conditions. Some examples include yoga arthritis, yoga for pregnant women, yoga for heart patients, and yoga for cancer survivors. In these classes, yoga teachers must learn the contraindications for working with people that have these conditions and respect those contraindications while teaching the students appropriate yoga. The intention in these types of classes is to teach these students how to practice yoga while respecting their health conditions.
THE YOGA THERAPY SESSION
The intention changes in yoga therapy sessions for individuals or groups with specific conditions. After an appropriate intake and assessment, therapists will often focus on the specific symptoms that trouble their clients and identify methods to help them manage those symptoms. Examples include helping clients with pain management, fatigue, or sleeplessness. In addition, the therapist's role is to empower clients to take a more active role in their self-care. The therapist’s job is less about teaching yogic techniques and more about helping clients to overcome their challenges and gain independence. Hence, the job of the therapist represents a different focus, a different type of education, and a different skill set.
Commonly, students report great and even therapeutic benefits from their yoga classes, no matter which type of class they are attending. This occurs because of the inherent therapeutic potential of yoga, but it should not obscure the distinction between a yoga class and a yoga therapy session. Although the distinctions may seem subtle, it is important for the yoga student and the yoga therapy client to be clear about their intentions when seeking out yoga professionals. It is also extremely important for yoga professionals—whether teachers or therapists—to be clear about the intention and orientation of their work, honest about their level of training and understanding, and realistic about their skill sets. Although both yoga teaching and yoga therapy are valid and valuable professions, they are different.