Yoga Therapy is the professional application of the principles and practices of yoga to promote health and well-being within a therapeutic relationship. Through mindful movement, breathing, and meditation, yoga therapy supports greater harmony, joy, and peace in your life.
A Yoga Therapist is trained to guide you with yoga and create a therapeutic environment for somatic exploration. Using mindful movement, breathwork, and meditation, a yoga therapist supports you in working through challenges and fostering greater well-being.
Your first yoga therapy session includes a personal assessment covering health and lifestyle questions. Based on this, meaningful yoga poses, breath work, visualization, mantra, and/or meditation techniques are selected to support self-care. Initial sessions are 90 minutes and may include a physical assessment to address postural alignment.
Yes. Personal guidance and mindful attention from a yoga therapist can significantly support back pain relief. With breathing techniques, postures, and meditation, a therapist provides a personalized yoga program designed to meet your current needs.
Yes. Personal guidance from a yoga therapist can be life-changing for anxiety. Through breathwork, yoga postures, and meditation, a therapist can help relieve anxiety with a personalized yoga program tailored to your needs, wherever and whenever you prefer to practice.
Yes. There are a variety of reasons to choose private yoga attention. As unique individuals with ever changing needs, personal guidance and mindful attention to help with stress, anxiety, depression, back pain and better sleep can be life changing. Whatever your reason for seeking personal attention, virtually anyone interested to incorporate more yoga in their life, can benefit from the guidance of a yoga therapist.
Therapeutic yoga is beneficial for the beginner who is open to a new experience and ready for a change. Anyone who is curious about what yoga has to offer and is ready to be proactive with their wellness can find improvements to their health and lifestyle.
Yes! Lori loves working with prenatal women and has done so for over 20 years. With so many changes happening in the body during pregnancy, it is a great time to slow down and nurture yourself. The benefits of nurturing mom and baby with yoga can have such positive long term effects. Take care of #1 awhile creating a calm and loving environment for your baby.
There are definitely aspects of yoga that can be drawn upon to facilitate healing, with or without an injury. After an intake and physical assessment, we would find a combination of yoga stretches, physical exercises and meditations to make progress. However, when chronic discomfort or pain has manifested, the process of unravelling it can take some time. Thus, it is best not to look for instant results and gratification even though you will likely feel better right away! If you are ready for self inquiry and self help to get to the root of the discomfort or pain, then you are likely a great candidate for therapeutic yoga. Please know, that Lori may also encourage the support of other health care professionals. You may contact lori@bodyharmony.ca to arrange for a Complimentary 15-minute Phone Consultation to assist in determining if yoga therapy is for you.
For a first time private session and subsequent follow up sessions, a small investment in your health is required. Please see Private Yoga Packages for details on pricing. Please know, it is a good idea to have your own personal yoga mat, however Body Harmony can provide one along with any additional props that may be required during the sessions.
Yoga sessions are held either online or in person at Body Harmony Yoga or Urban Balance Wellness in North Vancouver, BC. The most suitable option for where to hold sessions would be discussed during the free (and optional) 15 minute phone consultation. Please contact lori@bodyharmony.ca for further information or see the Yoga Schedule for private and group session availability.
Lori certainly takes health and safety precautions for in person yoga sessions. Client care is of utmost importance. A mask may be worn by the therapist at the discretion of the client, and the client may also choose whether or not to wear a mask. As well, a physical assessment and/or hands on approach to healing is offered only with written and verbal consent from the client, and at the discretion of the therapist. The benefit of seeing a trained yoga therapist who is cognizant of the scope of practice and boundaries is central to maintaining safe, responsible and effective patient centered healing environments. Please know that the most suitable option for either online or in person sessions would be discussed during a free 15 minute phone consultation. Contact lori@bodyharmony.ca for further information.