Yoga
I’ve been practicing yoga for more than twenty years and teaching since 2005. These teachings have helped me find balance and stability in my body, my life, my relationships, and my work. As a teacher, I love the moment a student discovers a new connection with their body. There may be a look of surprise, a quick intake of breath, or simply a release of tension that allows them to breathe with more ease and settle into a posture. It’s a beautiful thing to witness, and it’s an experience that I know to be available to everyone and every body.
What is therapeutic yoga?
My practice uses the principles and movements of yoga to recognize habitual movement patterns, quiet compensating movements, and discover movement that is easy and functional. Most of us have some kind of compensation pattern, and they develop to help us as we heal from injury, recover from surgery, or use repetitive movements in work, sport, or play. Over time, these compensations can lead to tension, disrupted breathing patterns, and even chronic pain. With attention, awareness, and careful guidance, we unwind these compensations and return the body to a more balanced state. This work allows you to improve function, performance, and yes, even reduce or eliminate pain.
I started teaching yoga postures to people living with chronic pain about five years ago. I saw many positive results as my students learned to move more efficiently and trust their bodies again. Many students experienced some reduction in pain, but I knew that more was possible. I continued to study and found experts in the field of yoga, physical therapy, and movement science, and discovered a method and approach that allows me to put my years of yoga training, my in-depth knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology, and my love of teaching movement to even better use. I’ve been working with patients one-on-one since 2021, and they are seeing great results.
“Since working with Amy I feel less crooked. I am able to ride in the car without pain, and my back hurts less. I am able to ride my horse without rib or back pain. I feel my balance is improving. I am very happy with these results. I was beginning to wonder if I would feel strong again, and know I am on the way.”
Is Therapeutic Yoga Right for you?
Are you dealing with acute or chronic pain? Have you been told you’ll just have to live with it?
Do you know, somewhere deep inside yourself, that this isn’t true, that there’s another way to be?
Do you want more ease, more flexibility, more strength, better performance?
Do you want to feel more engaged in your health and more connected to your body? Are you tired of pills and interventions designed to ‘fix’ you?
Do you want to support your work with a physical therapist, a bodyworker, a personal trainer, or even your doctor?
If you answered Yes to any of these questions, then Yoga Therapy might be just what you’re looking for. Let’s work together! In-person and Virtual Sessions available
