Yoga

Why Yoga with Betty is Different

LEARN HOW TO SELF CORRECT: After teaching hundreds of people, since 1995, and practicing body work for 25 years, Betty realized that everyone has at least one out of 5 major issues with bad posture and movement. When teaching large classes where she could not physically adjust everyone, she developed a specific type of instruction.

ALIGN & STRENTHEN: Similar to Iyengar yoga, (which focuses on proper alignment) she will demo the common mistakes, with corrections and show easy modifications to keep your body safe and get the most out of your session.

GAIN NEW INSIGHT & FEEL BETTER: Increase awareness in your posture, movements, thinking and breathing patterns. From Betty’s hands on experience of rebalancing people’s neuromuscular system, she will know what your muscle, ligaments, joints and soft tissue feels like just by looking at you. This gives a deeper understanding of how to help you.

THE ‘QUICK RESET’ CLASS: Consistency is more effective than duration, when it comes to retraining the mind and body into a healthier way to function. Once you have learned the basic moves and how to correct your alignment, 5 to 15 minutes once or twice a day might be all you need. If you have time and interest or chronic issues, then the 30-50 minute class will benefit you more.

Choose from these classes or customize your session:

1) Full Session: 30 – 50 minutes

2) ‘Quick Reset’: 15 minutes

Beginner Yoga: You are a total beginner or have taken some classes. You’d like to learn breathwork and the poses safely and choose which poses are

Intermediate: You’ve been practicing for a few years and feel fairly strong and balanced in poses. You’d like help correcting posture, increasing strength, balance, flexibility and deepening your breath. You’d like learn guided meditations and chanting.

1. HEADACHE AID: Release tension in the eyes, jaw, neck and shoulders.
2. REFUEL: Boost your digestion and adrenal function to release and restore balance in your energy.
3. DETOX: Flush the lymphatic system and release fatigue and inflammation.
4. DECOMPRESS: Relieve back pain and restore spinal health.
5. CORE: Get true core power and feel more centered and balanced.
6. FLEXIBLE FLOW: Become more flexible and increase fluidity between poses and in your daily life.
7. IMMUNITY: Clear lung and sinus congestion, strengthen the thymus gland and put your body into a state of healing.
8. DEEP SLEEP: Release cortisol and boost GABA and oxytocin, to feel more calm.
9. ENERGIZE: Boost endorphins to create more mental clarity, clear congestion in the lungs and sinses.
10. RELAX & RESTORE: Restorative stretches to balance the nervous system and release physical tension.

Betty’s Yoga Journey

Betty is certified in Anusara Yoga, Level 2 Reiki and Deep Tissue Massage. She has 25 years experience in chiropractic, gait and postural analysis, exercise physiology, therapeutic manipulation, Breathwork for anxiety, detox and mental clarity, as well as practice in Somatic movement and trauma based healing.

She lived in an Ashram for 2 years. She did intensive trainings in Hatha, Kundalini, Tibetan and Tao Yoga. Tibetan and Rudra meditation, Chanting, Whirling Dervish Dance, Sufi study, and nutritional cooking.

She has researched and used many healing modalities for the recovery on herself and others. Injuries include; Head Trauma, broken ankle, Rotator Cuff tear, torn Labrum, Plantar Fasciitis, Plantar Fascial Rupture, Ruptured Bursa Sac, gluteal tendonitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Dislocated Patella, torn Meniscus and ACL, Sciatica, ‘Sunken Chest Syndrome’ Hiatal Hernia, Bulging Disc, Oral Surgeries which can create TMJ and neck tension, Migraines, Restless Leg Syndrome, Stiff Joints, Inflammatory issues due to scar tissue and musculoskeletal imbalances.

Benefits of Yoga with Betty

Poses, Breathwork and Meditation are the most common to practice out of the 8 limbs of Yoga. You can create mindfulness, self awareness, shifting out of old patterns of belief and movement, a greater connection to Source energy, the Divine, Spirit, God, the universal flow. (If you’d like to deepen your yoga practice and learn more, please ask Betty.)

BENEFITS

PHYSICAL: Improved immunity, digestion, cardio-respiratory function, blood purification, balance, joint mobility, muscular strength, body awareness. Relief from chronic pain.

MENTAL: Improved mental focus, presence of thought, sleep, clarity in decision making, positivity and willingness, curiosity, creativity, support of others.

EMOTIONAL: Improved ability to be less reactive and stay centered, better mood, sense of peace and calmness, feelings of connection with a larger force, release of sadness and negative thoughts.