Private Yoga Sessions

In private yoga sessions, I focus on helping you build attunement with your own body to support your unique capabilities and growth goals. I’ve taught in studios, gyms, community centers, jails, places of worship, and in private homes. I truly believe yoga is for every body.

Private yoga instruction can be an ongoing experience or a short-term project. Working one-on-one can provide:

• A low stakes introduction to physical asana and confidence building.
• Tailored, experienced hatha vinyasa sequencing.
• Immediate feedback and adaptive alignment coaching.
• Supportive yin or restorative yoga.
• Spiritual exploration and guided meditation practice.

Additionally, I specialize in an adjunctive treatment model called trauma sensitive yoga, which works to address complex trauma through developing self-agency and exploring choice-making through a yoga practice.

What Is Trauma Sensitive Yoga?

Trauma sensitive yoga provides an opportunity to practice movement in your body on your own terms. Offered privately or in a small group, trauma sensitive yoga gives participants the chance to explore choice-making, body awareness, and sharing power with your facilitator. It does not seek to process or “fix” trauma, but rather empowers you with tools to navigate your own healing.

Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), developed at the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, is the original and most studied form of yoga that supports trauma survivors. TCTSY is an empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

TCTSY practices can be beneficial as a supplemental treatment if you are already in therapy, but you are not required to be in therapy to explore TCTSY. Additionally, many people can benefit from a TCTSY facilitation style. You do not need a formal diagnosis to use this modality to support your own healing.

Private and small group TCTSY facilitation can be supportive for a variety of experiences, including:

• Grief and loss
• Adjusting to a diagnosis for self or loved one
• Life stage transitions
• Complex or relational trauma
• PTSD
• Chronic stress and burnout
• And many more

Location

I currently offer in-person sessions at both:

Vital Integrative Medicine, at 200 E. Del Mar Blvd., Suite 216 | Pasadena, CA 91105 and at the historic St. James’ Episcopal Church, 1325 Monterey Rd. South Pasadena, CA 91030.