I am currently completing the final clinical practicum portion of my training toward becoming a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) through the International Association of Yoga Therapists.

Think of "Resident Yoga Therapist" as similar to the residency stage in other helping professions: I have completed the educational portion of my yoga therapy training and am now gaining additional experience working directly with clients as I complete the requirements for certification.

This means you receive individualized yoga therapy from someone with extensive yoga teaching and adaptive yoga experience, while also helping support the final stage of my professional training.

Once I complete my practicum and all certification requirements, I will be eligible to apply for the C-IAYT credential.

Until then, I use the title Resident Yoga Therapist to be transparent about exactly where I am in my training.

In a group yoga class, the teacher creates a practice for the group. You may be offered options and adaptations, but everyone is generally moving through the same overall experience.

A private yoga session gives you more individualized attention. The practice can be designed around your preferences, abilities, goals, and what you'd like to work on.

Yoga therapy goes deeper. We begin with a comprehensive intake and look at you as a whole person — not just your physical practice. Together, we identify what you'd like support with and develop an individualized plan using tools from across the yoga tradition.

The simplest distinction?

Group yoga asks: How can I participate in this practice?
Private yoga asks: What kind of yoga practice would support me today?
Yoga therapy asks: What's happening in my life, and how might the tools of yoga support me?

People come to yoga therapy for many different reasons. You might be navigating chronic illness, disability, brain injury, pain, fatigue, stress, neurodivergence, changes in your nervous system, a major life transition, or simply a season when your usual ways of caring for yourself aren't working anymore.

You don't need a diagnosis — or even a perfectly defined "problem" you want to solve.

Sometimes we begin simply with: "Something isn't working, and I'd like some support."

Yoga therapy isn't intended to diagnose, treat, or cure medical or mental health conditions. Instead, it can complement the care you're already receiving by helping you explore practices that support your well-being and relationship with yourself.

Yoga is much bigger than physical poses.

Depending on your needs, our work might include gentle or adaptive movement, breath practices, meditation, yoga nidra and deep rest, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, somatic exploration, yoga philosophy, self-inquiry, routines and rituals, or other tools from the broader yoga tradition.

You won't necessarily do all of these. Part of our work together is discovering which tools actually feel useful for you.

And sometimes our practice may be very simple. More isn't always more therapeutic.

Our initial 90-minute intake gives us time to understand the bigger picture of what is bringing you to yoga therapy.

We'll talk about what you're experiencing, what you'd like support with, your daily life and routines, previous experiences with yoga or other practices, what already helps, and what doesn't.

From there, we'll begin identifying areas we may want to explore together and develop an initial home practice.

You don't need to prepare a perfect health history or know exactly what you want to work on before you arrive. We'll figure that out together.

Not at all.

You don't need to know yoga poses, be flexible, meditate, understand yoga philosophy, or have an established practice.

If you've practiced yoga for years, wonderful. If you've never stepped onto a yoga mat, you're equally welcome.

We start where you are.

Then we don't do them.

Practices can happen standing, sitting in a chair, lying down, in bed, supported by props, or sometimes without physical movement at all.

There is no physical ability you need to reach before you're "ready" for yoga therapy. The practice is adapted to your body and capacity — not the other way around.

Accessibility is a core part of how I practice.

My approach is informed by extensive experience working with people navigating brain injury, chronic illness, disability, neurodivergence, fatigue, sensory differences, pain, and fluctuating capacity.

That might mean taking breaks, reducing sensory input, changing positions less often, keeping practices short, meeting from bed, turning cameras off, slowing down, or changing the entire plan because today is different from the day we expected.

You do not need to be "well enough" to show up.

At the same time, yoga therapy does not replace medical care, physical therapy, psychotherapy, or other healthcare you may need. When appropriate, I may encourage you to involve or consult members of your healthcare team.

That's expected.

Your practice isn't a prescription you have to complete perfectly between sessions. We'll experiment, notice what happens, and adjust.

Some weeks you may have capacity for a longer practice. Other weeks, your practice might be three minutes of breathing in bed — or choosing to rest instead.

Changing the practice isn't failing the plan. Responding to what your body needs is part of the practice.

Usually, yes — but we're not assigning yoga homework for the sake of homework.

We'll build a realistic home practice based on what we're exploring together and the amount of capacity you actually have. It may be a movement practice, a breathing technique, a meditation, a rest practice, a reflection, a small routine, or something else entirely.

The goal is for yoga therapy to become useful outside of our sessions, not just something that happens during the hour we spend together.

No.

Yoga therapy can support physical, mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual well-being, but it is not a substitute for medical care, psychotherapy, physical therapy, or other licensed healthcare.

My role as your yoga therapist is not to diagnose or treat medical or mental health conditions. When something falls outside my scope, I'll encourage you to work with an appropriate healthcare professional.

Yoga therapy can also work beautifully alongside the care you're already receiving.

Yes! Yoga therapy works surprisingly well virtually because we're building practices for your actual environment and your actual life.

Meeting from home also means you can use the chair, bed, wall, pillows, blankets, and other supports you already have available.

Virtual sessions are available to clients in locations where I am able to practice, and local in-person options may also be available.

That's exactly what the 25-minute consultation is for.

We'll talk briefly about what you're looking for, what you're hoping to receive support with, and whether yoga therapy — and my particular approach to it — feels like a good fit.

There's no obligation to continue.

If you decide to move forward, the cost of your consultation is applied toward your initial intake.