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Yoga Therapy setting is a “Less is More” concept. A slower-paced practice with alignment corrections is offered for your body’s specific requirements where each individual’s concerns and misalignments are considered. In the physical yoga therapy practice, we combine and explore various traditional and therapeutic yogic postures with supports were needed to assist your alignment and give you support. Somatic and Tensegrity movements are used to help build muscular & neurological connections building whole body system knowledge and strength in all parts of the body from head to toe. Gentle flowing movements link with breath to warm the body moving within a range of motion that is in your comfort zone, boosting positive energy and releasing stagnant energy connecting the breath & body to flow in sync with one another. In a class room setting or privately we also explore Yin & Restorative postures as well as slo-mo ball releases to assist the letting go of holdings in the deep connective tissues and fascia, various breath techniques are taught with the focus to activate the parasympathetic nervous system (relaxation response) & deepen breath awareness in the body. Learning to move Prana (energy created by the breath) through the body helps cleanse and clear space in the whole body and its many layers releasing held physical, mental & emotional tensions.
In the Registered Group Yoga Therapy Classes, we begin with a 15-minute check-in. Followed by anatomy education with visuals and discussion on what we will be exploring in class that day. During the class, you have the freedom to ask questions as they arise. It is advised in each practice to honor being in the present, staying mindful & open-minded and taking the time to explore your bodies sensations, your pain-free range of motion, explore the emotions that may arise during practice, as well as the thought patterns that come into play. There is no separation between your mental, emotional, physical and energetic Body & Health it is all connected. In these practices we become vary much aware of this.
Annie’s Yoga Therapy classes, workshops & private sessions recognize that the many layers of self are all connected and when we pay attention and listen to all these messages this is when we learn to accept what is in the present, take time to BE with in love & patience, moving through mindfully letting things go when ready and ultimately we then grow.
Our Goal is to “Move into Ease, Joy, and Comfort in your Body Mind and Spirit”
Yoga Therapy Registered Classes
Spring 2024 Online & In-person
Mindful Movement Mornings
(5 Week Session)
Mondays 9:15-10:15am
April 8th – May 6th
Investment: $90
Location: Squamish Dance Centre 38924 Queens way
This practice incorporates a blend of gentle somatic & yoga therapy slow, mindful movements that unwind long held, stress-based patterns and/or injuries. Therapeutic and corrective exercises called Somatic Movement Flows® erase chronic muscle pain and significantly increase flexibility though self-correction. GSY® is revolutionary in its ability to improve overall health, wellbeing, and personal performance. This is an embodied educational progressive practice. Making you feel rejuvenated and able to move through your day with more ease and positive insight. This Practice will move to Thursdays at Squamish Dance Centre for the summer months and the Monday Class will continue up on the Sea to Sky Gondola see details HERE Gondola Yoga
Unwind & Rest – is Back!
(8 week online class)
Wednesdays 7:30 – 8:30pm
April 10th – May 29th
Spring Special $50
This online class includes the recording which you can revisit all week long as often as you need a little unwind & rest break 😊Unwind & Rest is a yoga therapy-based practice blending mindful movements & yogic postures with nervous system-nourishing breath work and ending with Yoga Nidra (deep physical rest while the consciousness awakens). To unwind from your day and prep for a good night’s sleep!
“Annie is an incredible yoga teacher and person. With her soothing personality and calming voice tied with her knowledge of many yoga practices and anatomy; she has been a key component to my physical and emotional healing during a really challenging time in my life. I am continuing to take her therapeutic yoga privates and workshops. She is very thorough and sends me a follow-up email with key information that we went over during the class. She is one of a kind and I highly recommend her!” ~ Monique ~
