Individual Private Sessions

When you schedule a private session, I tailor our time together to your individual needs. 

Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced student, you can revitalize your practice with a personalized session or series. Call me at 513-255-0166 or email me to discuss your goals and intentions. Individual sessions are an effective way to develop and hone the most therapeutic, invigorating, and transformational sequences for your body and mind.

Learn how to:

• Start practicing the basic postures and
  breathing practices of yoga so you get comfortable enough to join a class or practice on your own.
• Prevent injuries and work therapeutically with your injury-prone areas or physical challenges.
• Align the body in subtle ways to maximize benefits of each posture instead of falling into your own personal "escape hatches."
• Let go of habits that no longer serve you (and those around you).
• Use yoga to cross-train for your favorite physical activity and prevent injuries.
• Develop deep and even breathing, so you can find that calm steadiness throughout your day.
• Explore the aspects of yoga that lead to meditation and self-realization.
• Deepen your ability to engage the essential "core" support of your abdominals, pelvic floor, and deep back muscles.
• Overcome obstacles like fear, tension, or muscle imbalances by approaching new postures with sequences specially designed for your goals and intentions.
• Fire up your long-time practice with new approaches and inspiration!

And of course, we can meet at times and places that are best for your schedule. I will bring all necessary props and equipment.

Hourly Rates

Single sessions: My hourly rate for single private sessions in your home or office is $100.

Series of Sessions: A series of sessions, scheduled and paid in advance, is discounted by ten percent. Call me for details.

Sliding Scale: If you cannot find a group to split the hourly rate, or your condition is one that requires one-on-one work, call me to discuss a sliding-scale rate based on what you can afford.

Starting Safely

We will use phone or email to discuss your intentions, interests, and goals for your session(s) and any existing conditions or past injuries you've had. You will feel better after the first session!

Of course, be sure you have a doctor's go-ahead before beginning this or any other program that includes physical activity.

Yoga and Pilates are NOT substitutes for the care of a doctor, physical therapist, or other medical practitioner. They are excellent methods for maintaining health, building physical fitness, dealing with mental and emotional stress, and delving more deeply into one's philosophical and spiritual appraoches to life. They can also be useful when combined with Western approaches to healing the body from illness or injury, but you must talk to your medical professional about what we will be doing, and ask specifically whether it is good for you to:

1. flex and extend your spine--lumbar, thoracic, and cervical--while bearing body weight
2. twist your spine and bend sideways
3. fold forward and bend backward
4. constrict the glottis slightly as you breathe
5. go partly and/or fully upside-down
6. lie on your back for up to ten minutes

If any of these are contraindicated, we can avoid them while we focus on what will help you feel better.

Small-Group Private Sessions

You can also schedule sessions for small groups. I charge the same hourly rate for small groups as for individuals, so splitting the cost can make your sessions very affordable.

Small-group sessions can be held in a studio, home, workplace, or other suitable space. I  bring props as needed. These sessions are a fantastic way to build common ground and have fun within the group, at the same time that you're strengthening the body and de-stressing the mind.

I work with:

• couples and friends who want to try something new together that builds strength and flexibility.
  
• groups of moms/dads who get together for a class once a week while their kids are otherwise engaged.
• workplace groups that benefit from the reduced stress and increased productivity and morale that emerge from an in-house yoga and/or Pilates class.
  

In-Class Private Sessions

In an in-class private, you get the benefit of two teachers: As the class’s regular instructor cues the entire class through the sequence, I work with you individually to guide you through each and every movement and posture. I provide minor and major adjustments to adapt each posture to your body and ease areas of tension.

This physical guidance can allow you to let go of habits of movement and  begin to redistribute muscular effort more effectively, instead of relying
solely on the muscles that habitually contract in your body.

The close attention encourages you to remain aware of your breathing and bodily experience at every point. From vigorous Sun Salutations, through standing, seated, and reclining postures, you are guided to develop strength, flexibility, balance, and concentration. In the final posture, Savasana, you are carefully adjusted and massaged to release physical and mental tension, allowing full and deep relaxation.

Sharon Gannon and David Life pioneered this technique of in-class individualized attention, which can be as therapeutic as a full body massage, releasing the tension that inhibits full freedom of movement.