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YOGA FOR THE REST OF US!

NOW A GENTLE, ADAPTABLE YOGA THAT BRINGS RESULTS

Adrian’s Yoga is an adaptable approach for doing poses and stretching (needing a chair or less supine positions) that fits your body, level, and goals. Classes are available for Beginners, Intermediates and Those Returning to the Mat to Restart Their Yoga Practice. All sessions are done by Zoom in the privacy of your own space. For Scheduling and Payment please see below.

Yoga restores health, strength, and a feeling of well-being. It is done with gentle movements, rest and breath work as well as guided meditation. This therapeutic and gentle approach is invaluable for accessing a deep self-care and healing work for teachers and students alike. It is an approach that I use for the yoga classes I teach and my own yoga practice. I have found that my students gain many benefits and awaken to a yoga practice that becomes more than a lifestyle; it becomes an integral part of their well being.

Yoga for beginners and those seeking a more adaptive approach is a gentle paced yoga practice that is designed to restore a calm to your body and mind. The challenges we meet in life are in a sense symbolic of a yoga practice:  we meet the challenges on the mat with a clear mind that neither forces nor retreats but stays balanced by simply observing what is. We practice using the breath to release the tension from the body and the stress from the mind.  I end my yoga classes in a guided meditation or body scan to give the student complete access to a calmer body and mind. Your yoga sessions will introduce your body and mind to gentle yoga poses that will help tone and rejuvenate your body no matter what level you are.

Information and Suggestions for Your Yoga Practice

Props we typically use in yoga class are: a blanket or bolster or cushions, blocks, and strap. You can substitute any of those props with whatever works best for you such as books for blocks. Consider a good yoga mat that gives you cushioning and traction on the floor or rug so it won’t slip. Have your props handy before class so you can grab them when needed.

Use a couch, bed, chair or cushions whenever you feel the need for support rather then be in the supine position on the mat.  Use a chair or wall for support for standing poses or to sit and modify the poses (a chair without arms is best if you are sitting).

Find a quiet place where you will not be interrupted during our class (please turn off or set your cell phone to do not disturb. 

You may want to have some water handy to stay hydrated during or after the class.

I will give you an alternative or modified pose as often as I can to help you adapt the pose to your current needs. Please listen to your own body when doing any yoga class and stay with a poses only if your body wants you to – use another pose or pause and come back into a pose whenever you need to. For those with high blood pressure, it’s best to keep your head elevated above or at waist level when doing inversions or bending forward/backward.

Please consult your health practitioner whenever beginning any new fitness class such as a yoga practice or any fitness program.

For online classes, if there are technical problems with your internet service or computer or other device such that you cannot hear and/or see me teaching the class or technical problems are on my end, please be assured that you can make the class up at a later time (eventually recorded classes will be available). I will make every effort to provide a full visual and clear audio during our classes online. If you have a question or immediate concern, please let me know before class begins. Always do a volume and visual check once on Zoom to make sure you will get the full live stream of class.

Cueing

• You will be hearing my verbal cues to help you transition into and out of a pose or from one pose to another. Take your time with your yoga practice. I will cue you periodically and guide you to check in with your breath and to bring the mind back into the experience and to be present. If you are new to yoga class or have not done a yoga practice for a while, remember that real presence and awareness happens when you ‘go with the flow’ of the whole experience.  I will encourage you to explore the poses on your own and if you find a pose too challenging, please do another pose that you are familiar with and feel confident about doing – or take a pause and rejoin the pose when you are ready or do a pose that works for you. 

• In the beginning of each class and the end of each class, I always do a series of gentle stretches to help relax our bodies for the poses and help our bodies release any tension from doing the poses. 

• About breathing -- do it! I will cue the class about inhaling as we go into a pose and exhaling as we come out of a pose. Breathe naturally whenever you need to rather than get caught up with when to inhale or exhale with poses. It’s best to simply breathe naturally until you get use to the poses rather than lose your focus on what you are doing.

• The last 7 minutes I lead my yoga students in a guided meditation body scan with soft music or silence in the background. The first 3 - 4 minutes you will get verbal cues to help you release stress and tension in the body and the last 4 minutes you will rest quietly until the meditation or Savasana ends. This posture is done in a supine position usually and typically ends yoga practice as it helps to gradually relax one body-part at a time, one muscle at a time and release thoughts or quiet the mind.

SCHEDULING AND PAYMENT

Currently, Scheduling and Payment will be done by email. Or you may text 540.850.7773 and let me know you wish to set up Adaptive Yoga sessions. You can also visit my Contact page and put Adaptive Yoga in the Subject window and state in the body of the message two days with time preference(s) that will work for you for a one hour session or four sessions (once weekly). Our sessions will be on Zoom and you will receive a link for joining our session. Adaptive Yoga sessions are for one person. However, once you have your first session, you may ask to have one other person join you - and they can join your sessions once they do an initial Adaptive Yoga session with me as well. Note: In your first Adaptive Yoga session, you will get an overall assessment of physical condition, challenges and setting up poses that are designed specifically for you.

Adrian’s Yoga offers optimum benefits of increased strength, flexibility and confidence that you will see and feel at the end of 4 personalized sessions.

Payment

• Adaptive Yoga - $150 Evaluation Session 90 Minutes

  Includes assessment, groundwork for specific poses and movements adapted to you, pdf instructions and more. $98

• Adaptive Yoga 60 Minutes once a week - $200 Total for 4 sessions.

  More poses and movements are added with each class as you increase strength, flexibility and confidence.

  Each session includes your personalized guided meditation at the end of class. Classes will be scheduled once you sign up and let me know best times/days for availability.

Once you contact me and let me know what days/times you wish to do your Adaptive Yoga sessions, I will confirm a day/time and give you a link to PayPal or Venmo for payment. You will also get a link to join Zoom for your class.