Yoga and Yoga Therapy

Developing a personal yoga practice is a great way to improve health and create balance in the body. It is the perfect adjunct to therapeutic bodywork, and brings you consciously into your own healing/strengthening/opening process.

Tony is a Portland-based RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher), trained at Karma Yoga in Detroit, MI and by Shiva Rea in Venice, CA. His practice has been influenced most by Shiva Rea's Prana Flow style and Erich Schiffman's Freedom Style. Tony guides students to increasingly develop a deeper awareness of the internal creative impulse to movement, in order to improve body awareness, release tension and build focus.

Prana Flow Vinaysa
Shiva Rea's creative Prana Flow style helps awaken the body's intuitive intelligence. Shiva's style helped Tony heal from a yoga-related injury by introducing more balance and fluidity into his Ashtanga practice. Through that process he began to trust his body's innate intelligence, following its impulse to move in ways that help him heal, expand and grow stronger. Prana Flow teaches how to expand your body's limits with compassion and creativity, increasing fluidity and decreasing rigidity in the body. Watch an interview with Shiva Rea here.

Yoga not only heals and strengthens your body, but can also deepen your awareness of self, and of the mind-body-heart connection. Too often these 3 parts of ourselves don't connect. When you approach your body with respect, compassion and an attitude of curiosity, you learn and grow more than you could by pushing and forcing.

Tantra teaches that in the awakening of the pulsing creative spark to move that lies within, opening takes the place of obstruction.

Private Yoga Instruction

What is a Private Session Like?
In a private yoga session we work together to create a practice tailor-made for your body. The practice could include fine-tuning postures, exploring new movements and developing a personal practice. I will assist you by coaching your body into healthy alignment, and sometimes with hands-on modifications if necessary. Many therapeutic sessions include Active Isolated Stretching techniques (read more on my page about Muscle Release Technique). We finish the session with a silent resting period or a guided meditation, your choice.

 

 

Visit my Prana Yoga website for more details about yoga.

Meditation and nutritional coaching available. Call 512.394.8826