Bring therapy + movement together.
You can do yoga without ever leaving your chair or your therapy session.
The right kind of movement is potent.
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It opens portals into yourself.
Your body holds onto memories and patterns differently than your mind. Respecting both your body’s way of remembering and your own unique relationship with your body, we can use movement to open new pathways for self-understanding and self-resourcing.
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It releases tension and increases strength.
Chronic illness and pain, mental health challenges, chronic stress - heck, life in general - can all increase tension in your body. Learn how to dispel that tension and gain movements that feel empowering.
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It helps rebalance protective systems.
Our body tries hard to protect us from harm but sometimes that comes at a cost. Rebalancing our nervous system or protective systems like a persistent pain or dizziness system through mindful, intentional movement is supportive and research-based.
Whether you love yoga personally or you’ve heard it can be helpful, you can use yoga as a way to compassionately explore your body-mind connection, your nervous system, or the ways in which your body or mind is unconsciously protecting you.
Curiosity is one of our most powerful tools. We start with the question: “What happens when…?”
We make movement intentional and accessible. We listen to you and your body’s “no,” “yes,” and “maybe.” We discover. We experiment. We gather information. We learn.
Yoga means to bring together, or to yoke. To do yoga means to bring your attention to your body, or to your breath, or to the present moment - to whatever feels compelling or accessible at that moment in an embodied way - in order to see how it helps your healing journey.
Yoga therapy can be either separate from any psychotherapy sessions or integrated into your psychotherapy sessions. Reach out to learn more about how it might nourish you.
You don’t need to be flexible to do yoga.
Winter, a certified yoga therapist since 2018, has been teaching accessible, empowering, and trauma-sensitive yoga since since 2009. She has worked in healthcare, yoga studios, and private settings. At Stanford Health Care-Tri-Valley, she integrated yoga therapy into patient care and co-taught the ARISE Program for persistent pain and dizziness.
About Winter
“Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your perceptions need you, your feelings need you. The wounded child in you needs you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. ”