Therapeutic Yoga is a personalized approach to movement, recovery, and wellness that integrates the principles of yoga with a deep understanding of anatomy, rehabilitation, and functional movement. Suitable for individuals of all ages and abilities, sessions are tailored to each client’s unique needs, goals, and health history.
The initial session includes an assessment of mobility, range of motion, posture, movement patterns, areas of tension, strength, balance, and pain. From there, sessions are designed to restore mobility, improve flexibility and strength, reduce pain, enhance balance and coordination, and support overall function and independence.
Using modified yoga postures, breathwork, restorative techniques, and adaptive movement strategies, clients are guided through a practice that is both safe and effective. Props and supportive equipment may be incorporated to accommodate injuries, post-surgical precautions, neurological conditions, chronic health concerns, or age-related changes.
Therapeutic Yoga can support recovery from orthopedic injuries and surgeries, neurological conditions, chronic pain, balance impairments, stress-related disorders, and the physical challenges associated with healthy aging. In addition to improving physical function, the practice promotes nervous system regulation, body awareness, resilience, and overall well-being.
Whether your goal is recovery, prevention, improved performance, or maintaining an active and independent lifestyle, Therapeutic Yoga provides a personalized path toward moving with greater ease, confidence, and vitality.
Meditation
Meditation and Kriya Yoga are personalized practices designed to support nervous system regulation, focus, emotional balance, and stress resilience. Each session is tailored to the individual, incorporating techniques such as breathwork, mindfulness, mantra, visualization, and Kriya-based practices based on goals, experience level, and lifestyle.
From a neuroscience perspective, consistent meditation practice has been shown to positively influence brain function, including reduced activation of the amygdala (the brain’s stress and threat response center), along with improved attention, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility.
Sessions are individualized to help clients develop practical, sustainable tools for managing stress, improving concentration, enhancing sleep quality, and supporting overall mental and physical well-being.
Children’s Yoga
Children’s Yoga offers a playful and engaging approach to supporting physical, sensory, emotional, and social development through movement, breathwork, mindfulness, and creative exploration.
Using imaginative themes, games, storytelling, yoga poses, obstacle courses, and sensory-rich activities, children are encouraged to build strength, balance, coordination, flexibility, body awareness, and self-confidence in a fun and supportive environment. Activities are designed to provide proprioceptive, sensory and vestibular input, helping children develop sensory processing skills, improve attention and focus, and strengthen self-regulation.
Classes may benefit children with autism, ADHD, sensory processing challenges, neurological conditions, developmental differences, and behavioral or emotional regulation difficulties. Through movement and mindful play, children learn valuable tools for managing their bodies, emotions, and interactions with the world around them.
Whether exploring a rainforest, becoming a superhero, diving beneath the ocean, or embarking on an imaginative adventure, each class is designed to inspire creativity, foster confidence, and support healthy development through joyful movement.
Yoga & Art
Elizabeth is also available to teach a yoga & art combination class.