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Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
Why try Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy?
- Relieve physical manifestations of stress and anxiety.
- Reconnect with your body after illness or injury.
- Receive support during life transitions.
- Deepen your experience of yoga, meditation, and psychotherapy.
What can I expect from a yoga therapy session?
- A 90 minute one-on-one session in a private studio environment with a professionally trained therapist.
- Supported yoga stretches in which you control the intensity.
- No yoga experience required.
- Simple dialogue brings your awareness to the present moment and encourages you to explore what arises.
- Each session ends with an integration process where you can incorporate your newfound wisdom into your life.
- You may experience deep relaxation, profound release of physical and emotional tension, fresh insight, and a renewed connection to your inner strength.
helped me find the key I had been searching for, to open a door to greater possibility.
How much?
Your initial 90-minute session is $110, with following 75-minute sessions for $90.
Special offer: Save $20 if you pay for session #1 and #2 together.
This pricing is current as of Sept 1, 2011.
How often?
Most people find that 3-5 sessions are necessary to discover the full potential of the work. Those dealing with issues that require more support may wish to receive a session every week, while others find that once every 4-6 weeks is good way to stay in touch with themselves and enhance their process of growth and self-discovery.
Where?
Our studio.
Frequently Asked Questions
Phoenix Rising encourages you to witness yourself and provide answers to your own questions. The practitioner's role, much like a psychotherapist, is to listen to you in a loving and non-judgmental way. Unlike most psychotherapy, PRYT addresses the body directly through touch. Psychotherapy may involve analysis of feelings and behaviors. A Phoenix Rising practitioner trusts that insight and change will arise spontaneously when a client opens to the transformational process of listening to and talking with the body. It is not within our scope of practice to diagnose our clients or recommend medication.
Phoenix Rising makes use of many postures that will be familiar to yoga students. Unlike a Hatha yoga practice, a PR therapist moves the client into supported stretches, while the client remains passive (somewhat like Thai massage).
The practitioner follows the client, rather than instructing. In this type of yoga therapy, the practitioner doesn't try to fix, adjust or teach the client - as one might experience in a class or private yoga lesson. Instead, the client learns to access their own internal teacher!
All yoga has the potential to be yoga therapy. Yoga becomes therapeutic as soon as the practitioner becomes quiet enough to listen to the body. PRYT just emphasizes these natural qualities that lie at the heart of every Hatha yoga practice.
You do not need to have any previous experience with yoga to try PRYT, nor do you need to be flexible. It is recommended that you are comfortable with being respectfully touched while clothed in a private studio setting.
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy is for anyone who is curious to learn more about themselves and find new tools to create the life they want. You are a good canditate for the work if...
- You are looking for a deeper practice of self-awareness and discovery, similar to yoga and psychotherapy
- You are recovering from an illness or injury that has left you feeling out of balance.
- You suffer from chronic pain that alludes diagnosis.
- You want to reconnect with your body.
- You are in the midst of a transition in your life, and are looking for support and guidance to help you through changes.
- You are moving into a new life stage: college, a new career, starting a family, divorce, menopause.
- Your body is affected by stress and anxiety, limiting your ability to enjoy your life and hindering your performance at work.
Learn More
- Visit the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy official website.
- Read Nick's reflections on this powerful work on his blog.