Yoga with John P.

Yoga = "Union" or joining Linking the breath to movement, or linking the mind and the body, linking the transcendent and the material, balancing effort and ease... overall the effects of these various joinings is a heightened sense of presence which can be profoundly healing. While my Yoga training was in a traditional "vinyasa" (flow) style, it was also heavy on the philosophy and was taught by a Yoga Therapist, and my teaching since that time has only made me more gentle and focused on the "presence" part of yoga rather than the "progress" part. I love to craft individualized yoga practices that include gentle movement and lots of breathing and meditative exercises to help anyone in their healing journey. The healing may be physical: an injury, a chronic tightness, imbalances from habitual movement patterns, or the healing may be mental/spiritual: a loosening of the grip of anxiety, learning the skill of pause and mindful reflection, and a deepening awareness of what it is to be in this moment, in this body. I am no guru, I love to help people listen to themselves and tap into their own body's innate wisdom and capacity for healing, and this may look like a lot of traditional yoga poses, or something very different! I love learning from each client and am serious about play and joyful discipline.