What is Yoga Therapy?

        From the moment we are born, we begin to filter and absorb the experiences around us - both positive and negative. At most stages, we cannot separate these and we are not aware that our bodies process the powerful painful and negative feelings by storing them in different parts of our body, where they are manifested into physical pain, emotional discomfort, and stress. Therefore, you already have everything you need to free yourself from this emotional and physical pain - it lies within your own body! Yoga Therapy is a safe, gentle, effective one-on-one approach to help each individual. Some of its benefits include a release of physical and emotional stress, relaxation, and the ability to make a much stronger connection between the things you do and how you feel on the inside and out.
       Those who try Yoga Therapy say that for the first time, they "feel free." Yoga Therapy helps you look inside yourself and explore your feelings, leading them into consciousness and release. It helps you understand the mind-body connection, and opens your eyes to the truths within the body to help you resolve and release all your negative emotions in a very "freeing" experience. Research proves that Yoga Therapy is an effective treatment for many common ailments, and that it is useful in treating many chronic illnesses that have tried many other modalities. Additionally, Yoga Therapy is beneficial in treating relationship issues both present and past, recovery from substance abuse, and chronic pain. Denise (a Registered Yoga Therapist trained at Phoenix Rising and LifeForce's school of Yoga for Depression - see bio for more details), will develop a customized treatment plan that best fits with your particular lifestyle and needs.

~ Emotional Yoga Therapy
       In Emotional Yoga Therapy, Denise will guide you to focus on your emotions, memories, and feelings. Emotional Yoga Therapy combines classic yoga techniques with elements of psychology to allow you to reconfigure all of your self-imposed limits. You will focus on breathing and stretching and allowing all your deep-seated feelings to be reached and uncovered, whenever you are ready to do so. She will meet you exactly where you are when you are ready for a healing transformation.

~ Structural Yoga Therapy
       When you are emotionally or physically ill, your body's natural harmonies are out of sync, disrupting its range of motion and muscle strength. In Structural Yoga Therapy, you are placed into assisted and guided yoga poses that are specific to your body's own needs. This allows you to focus on your body's own inner strength, freeing you to concentrate on awareness, mindfulness, and using your breath to relax and release all your tension. Structural Yoga Therapy can alleviate or eliminate pain, discomfort, and inflammation, increase circulation, and encourage calming breathing techniques, relaxation, and meditation. Because your yoga poses are supported, there are no physical requirements for participating in Yoga Therapy, so you can experience all the benefits of the Therapy no matter your physical condition.