ADAPTIVE YOGA
Adaptive Yoga is for persons with mobility limitations and or restrictions resulting from injury, illness, or chronic disease.
Adaptive Yoga practices include what all yoga practices do; joining movement with breath, action with mindfulness, as well as stillness and quieting of the mind through guided mediation and silence. The word ‘yoga’ means to yoke/join or union. Yoga is a practice of deepening our awareness of how we are connected to the world around us, and to ourselves, with the intention of bringing healing and peace to body, mind, and spirit.
Regardless of the body a person is living in, or whatever ailment they may live with, it is my aim to guide my students and clients to experience themselves in their entirety, not just the parts of their body that feel good, or the parts that they have control over, but the ability to experience themselves in their wholeness. I strive to empower my students find to a greater sense of overall freedom, to minimize suffering and to experience an overall sense of well-being that serves them in all parts of their existence on this physical plane.
Yoga therapy can be adapted to any person or population and can be an integral path to deepening one’s connection to oneself and the world around them.
For persons living with incurable dis-ease in the body or mind, Yoga Therapy can initiate some healing aspects, and bolster the quality of everyday life.
All bodies are different and all yoga is adaptable. We all differ in our shape, strength, flexibility, mobility, height, weight, tension, energy level, and ability at any given time. Adaptive yoga is a way to raise your awareness of all these variables. Only you know how it feels to be in your body.
RESTORATIVE YOGA
Restorative Yoga is a practice of conscious deep and purposeful rest. It is a passive form of yoga in which bolsters, blankets, and other props are used to facilitate fully supported poses so the body and mind can fully let go. This class is an excellent practice for the overactive mind and body, for healing old injuries, and is an incredible salve for emotional distress and anxiety. Restorative Yoga triggers the parasympathetic nervous system, bringing the body back to homeostasis through deep relaxation.
This class is open to all levels, including beginners.
Physical limitations can be accommodated.
YIN YOGA
Yin Yoga selectively targets areas of the body, specifically the body’s connective tissue to moisten and elongate the tissues. Therefore, while holding a yin pose, the practitioner typically experiences a sensation of ache and gentle discomfort in the parts of the body that are being stretched. By targeting specific areas, not only the connective tissue gets elongated, but the energy channels are stimulated and enhanced. Yin Yoga is highly therapeutic since it affects not only the physical body, but also the emotional, mental, energetic and subtle body, as well as to create more spaciousness in the body.
YOGA MEDITATION/NIDRA
Yoga Meditation/Nidra is the practice of deep and purposeful rest while experiencing a guided meditation through body awareness.
We spend much of our time in light and sound, forcing the body into wakefulness and the fight or flight response, where we are always on alert, doing, thinking, and overthinking.
Yoga Meditation/Nidra has been found to soothe the nervous system, which results in physical, mental, and emotional relaxation in our body.
PRIVATE SESSIONS
Laura does in-person home visits on a limited basis and with Covid-19 Protocol in place.
Receive Yoga Therapeutics and protocols for specific areas of concern, bodywork, breathwork, meditation designed to fit your personal needs.
