Yoga Asana
Movement as a way to listen.
I teach yoga with an emphasis on awareness, exploration, and connection.
Rather than asking every body to move in exactly the same way, I encourage you to notice how movement feels in your own body and explore variations that work for you.
A practice may include flowing movement, strength, mobility, stretching, breathwork, and moments of stillness.
The goal isn't simply to become better at yoga.
It's to use yoga as an opportunity to become more familiar with yourself.
Yoga Nidra
Rest is a practice, too.
Yoga Nidra is a guided practice typically done while lying comfortably and remaining still.
Unlike a movement-based yoga class, there's nothing to perform or accomplish. You're guided through practices involving body awareness, breath, sensation, and attention while the body is given space to rest.
For people who find it difficult to simply stop, Yoga Nidra provides some structure around doing less.
It can be practiced on its own or incorporated into a broader yoga or relaxation practice.
1. Start with curiosity.
Instead of immediately labeling a sensation, movement, or experience as good or bad, we can get curious about it. What do you notice? What changes? What feels supportive?
My Approach
2. Adapt the practice to the person.
There isn't one correct way for every body to practice yoga. Movement can be modified, supported, slowed down, or changed entirely based on what you need.
3. Let rest belong.
Rest doesn't have to be earned. Stillness, breathing, and restorative practices can be just as meaningful as movement.
4. Take the practice with you.
Yoga doesn't have to end when you step off the mat. The awareness we practice can show up while you're working, parenting, walking, resting, or simply moving through your day.
Yoga for everyday life.
You may only spend an hour on your mat.
The rest of your life happens everywhere else.
For me, yoga is valuable because the practice can change the way we experience those ordinary moments. We can become more aware of when we're tense. More curious about what we need. More willing to rest. More connected to how we move and breathe.
Yoga doesn't have to take you away from your life.
It can help you become more present within it.
Practice with me.
I currently offer Yoga Nidra Massage sessions at Wink Salon + Spa in Mendon, MA.
Whether you're looking for movement, rest, greater body awareness, or simply some intentional time for yourself, you're welcome to begin where you are.