My name is Pascale and I practice Yoga Yherapy with Reiki and guided meditation to those seeking holistic healing, nervous system regulation, and self-care. With these practices, I support you to slow down and reconnect to your body, breath, and authentic self. My goal is for you to feel lighter, freer, and more connected to yourself in your day to day.
I am a certified 500+ hr Yoga Teacher trained in many yoga styles, such as Ashtanga Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Pre and Post Natal Yoga and Kid's Yoga. I am also a Yoga Therapy Intern, currently completing a 4 year, 800 hr Yoga Therapy training.
"Yoga therapy is a holistic healing art. Rather than prescribe treatments, it invites presence and awareness. Using age-old yogic approaches to deeper presence and awareness, we are able to know ourselves more fully. Out of that knowing, we are more easily moved to embrace the opportunity for change, growth, and enhanced well-being in body, feelings, thought, and spirit."
Michael Lee, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
What is Yoga Therapy?
Yoga Therapy is a new and increasingly popular field of practice that integrates the wisdom of eastern mind-body practices with our current understanding of modern science and medicine.
A Yoga Therapist, typically having completed an 800 hour training that includes a 150 hour practicum, will suggest yoga practices (and other complimentary holistic practices) tailored to your needs, desires, and goals.
These practices can include the following:
- asanas (physical postures)
- pranayama (breathwork)
- guided meditation
- physical exercises
- yoga nidra (guided relaxation)
My approach in Yoga Therapy is to support you to relax, connect with your body and breath, and connect with your source of peace and wisdom within. This can involve slow, embodied movement or more active, engaged postures, depending on what you need. It can also involve guided meditation, guided relaxation, restorative postures, and energy work (Reiki) to support further relaxation.
Sessions can also include a more scientific approach, integrating yoga therapy content such as anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, neuroscience, the nervous system (including polyvagal theory), psychophysiology of stress, pain science, breath mechanics, and research on yoga’s therapeutic effects on mental and physical health.
"Pascale is such a warm hearted and empathetic yoga instructor. She is in tune with the needs of her students. Pascale is able to push people while respecting their limits and offering alternative poses when needed. I have always enjoyed her classes and the way she takes the time to get to know her students. Her love for what she does is inspiring and keeps me coming back for more of her yoga classes!"
Annika Krouse
What can you expect from a Yoga Therapy Session?
The first appointment, lasting 1.5 hours, consists of an initial assessment to get to know you better and better understand your needs, goals, and desires. In this appointment, I will ask for clarifying information (besides what you submitted in the health history questionnaire) about your health history and your primary concerns (physical, mental, and emotional).
Based on this assessment, our objective judgements and our intuitive feelings, we will proceed with a yoga practice that may combine a combination of physical postures (asanas), breathwork (pranayama), meditation, mindfulness techniques, and relaxation practices. I also offer Reiki in restorative (passive) postures when relevant and desired.
Throughout the session, I guide you through the suggested and agreed upon practices, offering adjustments, modifications, and verbal cues to ensure your comfort and safety and to allow you to receive the maximum benefit of the postures and practices. I also invite inquiry to encourage you to periodically reflect on how you feel throughout the practice. This will enable you to notice the postures effects and acknowledge which practices benefit you most.
At the end of the practice, I invite you to sit or lay in silence and notice how you feel before sharing this with me. We also decide together what you will do on your own time before we meet again. We refer to this as your "home practice", as cultivating a personal practice is part of the objective of Yoga Therapy. The more consistent your practice, the greater the benefit on your physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
In follow-up sessions, lasting 1 - 1.5 hours, we build on the exploration that we began in previous sessions so that you can cultivate even greater self-awareness, self-love, and self-compassion. You continue to practice Yoga on your own, even if it is for 5 minutes per day.
Yoga Therapy sessions generally involve more embodied practice and less talking, as I have learned throughout this professional practice that you hold the answers within you. The more time that we devote to movement and stillness, the more likely you are to find peace within and experience the insights that you seek. I have come to understand that my role is to support you by holding space and helping you feel safe to go within and feel fully and breathe deeply by providing a non-judgmental space.
"Yoga therapy is the application of Yoga to individuals to empower them to progress toward greater health and freedom from disease."
Ganesh Mohan, Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda
What are the benefits of Yoga Therapy?
Yoga Therapy invites embodied practice that allows for mind-body integration. When we bring our attention to the movement and spaciousness of the breath and the sensations in the body, we experience stillness in the mind. What results is a sense of peace.
The more we allow ourselves to ground in the body, the more alive and vibrant we feel. We also tend to feel more relaxed, calm, and refreshed. In this way, we experience less "stress" and we feel free to engage more with life and do the things that we enjoy. Fear has less of a hold on us.
The calmer and lighter we feel, the better we feel in the body. The Yoga practice therefore has tremendous benefits for physical health. This sheds light on the mind-body connection. Increasing a sense of inner calm can also positively impact sleep quality.
The yoga practice invites lots of movement, which enhances flexibility, strength, balance, mobility, circulation, joint health, posture, nervous system regulation, and overall physical resilience while reducing pain and stiffness.
Breathing in yoga enhances nervous system regulation, oxygenation, lung capacity, stress reduction, mental clarity, emotional balance, and overall energy levels while promoting relaxation and mindfulness.
Yoga therapy fosters self-awareness, emotional resilience, and mind-body connection, helping individuals reconnect with their values, build self-confidence, and cultivate a deeper sense of purpose and inner strength.
Services
I offer private sessions, group classes and workshops to empower students to feel their best and live their best life through a regular practice and healthy lifestyle habits.
Yoga Therapy Sessions
Private Yoga Therapy sessions tailored to your personal goals, needs and desires. Include an initial assessment and follow-up sessions with the intention of cultivating a personal yoga practice to achieve short and long-term mental and physical health goals.
Price: $80 per hour.
Yoga Classes
Group classes integrating Yoga Therapy education and techniques to reduce pain, increase mobility and flexibility, reduce fear and anxiety, and improve emotional health and vital energy.
Price: $15 per class.
Workshops
Workshops are intended to provide educational content, techniques and Yoga Therapy approaches addressing specific therapeutic concerns, such as joint pain, mental health, and more.
Price: See event description
Yoga Classes and Workshops
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