About Therapeutic Yoga
Are you interested in using the tools of yoga to address such issues as structural pain, problems from chronic illness and/or emotional disturbances? Private instruction is a wonderful way to bring yoga into your life through one-on-one instruction. Therapeutic Yoga assumes that each person is unique and that we need to understand the individual’s current condition, needs, and personal potential, and then appropriately apply the yoga techniques to aid them. Some issues for which Yoga therapy can be helpful: low back, shoulder, or hip pain, sciatica, high blood pressure, constipation, IBS, asthma, arthritis, anxiety, and depression, just to name a few.
Using one or all of the tools of yoga (such as physical postures, breath awareness exercises, relaxation, meditation, chanting, self-study) and lifestyle (such as diet, exercise, sleep or stress management) my goal is to enhance your health and well-being by reducing symptoms, facilitating healing, restoring balance, increasing self-understanding, and encouraging prevention.
No special equipment is required. Sessions are tailored to meet your special needs, and a personal practice is developed to encourage working on your own. Sessions are usually for 1- 1.5 hours at $60/hour. I hope to inspire and empower you to reach your full potential, both physically, mentally, and emotionally leading to a healthy, joyful, and productive life.
To get more information or to schedule an appointment, please call K.O. at 517-485-5659 or email her at ko@kathyornish.com. You can also see her website at www.kathyornish.com.
Please see www.viniyoga.com or International Association of Yoga Therapists for more information about Yoga Therapy.
About K.O.
Kathy Ornish (K.O.) was exposed at a young age to yoga through her family’s close association with Swami Satchidananda, the founder of Integral Yoga. She is deeply thankful to her teachers who have guided her, both as a practitioner and as a teacher, on her journey to convey the incredible breadth and beauty of Yoga. Using a broad array of the tools of yoga, her teaching incorporates a mindful approach to all aspects of the practice. From 1990-2000, K.O. was a Professor of Sculpture and Ceramics and she has been teaching yoga since 2000.
Presently, K.O. is a certified Viniyoga Teacher and Therapist. She has completed the 500 hour Advanced Teacher Training Program and 500 hour Yoga Therapy Program through Gary Kraftsow's American Viniyoga Institute (A.V.I.). Viniyoga evolved out of the teachings transmitted by T. Krishnamacharya and T.K.V. Desikachar of Madras, India. It is a style of yoga that emphasizes the appropriate application of the many tools of yoga (asana, pranayama, meditation, relaxation, chanting, mudras, bandhas, ritual, etc.) and adapts them to meet the unique condition and need of the individual. She also regularly studies with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Spiritual Head of the Himalayan Institute and successor to Swami Rama.
This 5000 year old tradition is still an extraordinary transformative tool, and K.O.'s hope is that she can help you achieve your highest potential (physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually) by using all the methods of yoga. She is honored to help you get a glimpse into the best that you already are!
