Viniyoga Lineage

Krishnamacharya is known as the father of modern yoga and especially the Viniyoga lineage. His son, Desikechar, was the teacher to many of my teachers that I continue to study with today. I always think that it is my good fortune that I came in touch with all these amazing human beings and I am so indebted to all the teachers who have committed their lives to yoga. I am trained in the Viniyoga tradition, and I am an internationally certified yoga therapist. Yoga Therapy certification is generally three years long and requires over a thousand-hour training.

Discover Balance & Freedom Through Yoga Therapy

Sometimes, it seems like my life is a two-part continuum – before yoga and after yoga. A few years ago, I had started to practice yoga on a daily basis. Initially, it was to alleviate some breathing issues I had at that time, but then slowly the motivation for doing yoga started to shift as more and more of my life started to make sense. I mean make sense in a different way! In a way, life no longer seemed so fragmented. Unbeknownst to me, there was some integration that was happening within while I was working on my breathing. This process is like carefully holding onto one end of an entangled knot of thread and gently pulling on it to untangle it. None of this, did I have to do alone. I have a mentor with whom I work, as the unfolding continues. While this process goes on, life-long, it also invigorates me and lays a path forward. A path on which it would be my delight to support others who are seeking ways to alleviate suffering and find balance.

“Yoga is a slow burn. The fire of yoga cooks slowly and gently. Through a dedicated, repeated and open-hearted commitment we change the trajectory of our lives from dullness and instability towards clarity and luminosity.”

— Ranju Roy

Personalized Viniyoga Sessions for Holistic Healing and Balance

A typical Viniyoga session is nothing but individualized yoga, tailored to help you find relief from physical, physiological, mental and or emotional discomfort/pain/uneasiness. After gaining an understanding of your habit patterns broadly in physical, breathing, mental and emotional areas; a personalized yoga practice that includes movement, breathwork, meditation as appropriate will be designed and taught. Over the course of time, there will be different iterations of the practice to make it suitable and meaningful to the shifts that occur in your life as a result of practicing yoga. Because Viniyoga is individualized, yoga postures can be modified and usually are, to make it accessible to individuals with physical and or other limitations, as much as for those individuals with none. Often yoga therapy clients come seeking yoga at least initially as an adjunctive to their existing treatment plans from other providers.

In yoga therapy, the hope is for you to develop a sense of internal relatedness and connectedness, by becoming more aware of your body, breath, mind, feelings, and spirit. As we bring more into the fold through practicing yoga, a certain kind of refinement develops and the focus shifts from layers of external to internal, at a pace that you moderate. More importantly, as a result of practicing yoga over a period of time, you will learn how to apply insights from yoga practice into the rest of your life to aid in healing.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yoga therapy is yoga designed specifically for you. This practice will challenge you just the right amount, offering support and direction so you can experience balance and a sense of peace in all areas of life. For example, if your goal is to reduce shoulder pain, a yoga therapy practice will not only help alleviate the pain but also strengthen the area.

  • Yoga therapy often has a ripple effect, when you practice specific postures while breathing a certain way – linking movement with breath, the mind tends to settle. This is because you are directing the mind to focus on something. As the mind becomes calmer, you will experience more spaciousness. In other words, when your system gets a taste of this balance it will begin to operate differently.

  • Yoga Therapy is different from a regular yoga class because your needs and capacities are integrated into designing your practice. When you engage in this tailored practice, it benefits you much more. It’s like getting to your destination faster by avoiding traffic.

    • Yoga therapy is suitable for anyone seeking relief from physical, mental, or emotional challenges. 

    • Anyone interested in developing a regular yoga practice.

    • Anyone interested in deepening their yoga practice.

Fee for Yoga Therapy Session

  • Initial Session – 1.5 hours/$116

  • Follow-up – 1 hour/$90

  • 3 Session Bundle (Initial session+2 follow-up sessions) $280

  • 3 Follow-up Session Bundle $260

  • Please fill out the contact form or send me an email if you are interested in a weekly or bi-weekly private yoga.

  • For sliding scale and special pricing please contact info@just-this-moment.org.

*You will be charged for cancellations made within 24 hrs. of appointment.