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   Yoga    
  
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
  
Thai Yoga Massage Therapy
  
Ayurvedic Assessment and Counseling
  
Marma Therapy
  
Comprehensive Customized Sessions
  
    
For more information and/or to schedule a private session, call: 410-662-9642

 
       Yoga Sessions:  Private.  One-on-one yoga Sessions providing individualized
                             attention to meet your needs and intentions.
                             No prior yoga experince necessary.
                             1 and 1 1/2 hour yoga sessions
 


  Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy      
 
Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy takes the next step in
 healing; it goes to the essence of self-transformation.  It
 is nurturing, healing and life-empowering.  This practice
 joins the wisdom of hatha yoga with the wisdom of
 body-mind principles and contemporary psychology.  It is
 client-centered, rather than directive or instructional.  It
 recognizes that each person is unique and it does not hold
 up any ideal way of being.  It is non-prescriptive – it does
 not tell you what it thinks you aught to be doing with your
 life.  Rather, in a setting of unconditional, nonjudgmental,
 positive regard, using assisted yoga postures and
 non-directive dialogue, you are invited to focus on the
 deeper layers of connection between your physical bodily
 sensations and emotions and thoughts (ideas, memories,
 images).  Through this process of exploring and
 verbalizing your experience you may access underlying
 meanings and causes of bodily held sensations and how
 they relate to your day-to-day life – to the choices you
 make… and, to the choices you don’t make.  Long held
 bodily tensions and pain shift and along with symptomatic
 release you may experience deep relaxation, mental
 clarity, a clearer sense of purpose, and change on a life-level.  The result is powerful – a new and
 empowered life.  No prior yoga experience is necessary.     

  "Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy is an holistic healing art.   It invites presence and awareness, rather
  than prescribe treatments.  Using age-old yogic approaches to deeper presence and awareness
  we are able to know ourselves more fully.  Out of this knowing, we are more easily moved to
  embrace the opportunity for change, growth and enhanced well being in body, feelings,  thought,
  and spirit."  
                                  Michael Lee, Author and Founder Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy


  Thai Yoga Massage Therapy 
 Drawing from the teachings and approach of the 
 Lotus Palm School of Thai Yoga Massage, this is a
  loving-kindness practice employing yoga postures along
  with the knowledge of energy lines in the body.  It was
 developed by an Ayurvedic (Eastern Medicine) doctor, 
 Jivaka Kumarbhacha, in India over 2000 years ago as a
 response to the bodily aches and pains of the monks at
  the temple who sat for long periods of time in meditation.  As such, it combines the science of Ayurveda with yoga
 and with the underlying principle of “metta” – a Buddhist principle for loving kindness.  It gets to
 the heart of what is behind any yogic based healing practice: compassion.  The effect of a
 compassionate presence, along with the knowledge of how energy (prana) moves in the body
 and yoga postures, is subtle and deep healing.  It is a healing practice that is worldwide and is a
 routine form of health care throughout Thailand.

 Thai Yoga Massage Therapy is not a ‘massage’ in the popular sense.  The client is fully clothed, it
 is performed on a mat on the floor, and there is no kneading of muscles.  Rather, while being held
  in a yoga postures, sometimes using props like a bolster so that the client can relax, the
  practitioner uses a rhythmic rocking motion to gently lean into points along the energy
  lines that run through the body.  The practitioner may use his or her thumbs, palms, elbows,
  forearms, feet or knees. This allows the practitioner to sense points of tension and tightness so
  that the practitioner can meet the unique needs and comfort level of the individual.  Practitioners
  who also have knowledge of Ayurveda and different constitutional types can completely customize
  the session to respond to any current imbalances the client may have.
 
  The result is that physical and concurrent mental, emotional and spiritual energy blocks are
  opened.  Held tensions are released creating a free flow of balanced energy and an enhanced
  state of well-being.   Physiologically there is an overall cleansing of toxins from the lymphatic
  system, joints and muscles resulting in less stiffness and pain.  The overall effect is a profound
  sense of centered well-being, peacefulness, rejuvenation and restoration. During the session
  many clients experience a state of Yoga Nidra, a very restorative and deep healing form of
  relaxed consciousness.  No prior yoga experience is required.


Ayurvedic Health and Wellness Services - Articles

  Ayurvedic Assessment and Life Style Counseling: Ayurveda is the sister
  science of yoga. Ayu means “life”and Veda means “knowledge”.  Ayurveda, in its
  simplest meaning is the “science of life”.

  Clients are assessed to determine their overall basic constitution and any current
  imbalances.  This assessment includes pulse diagnosis and will give you information
  about your basic physical constitution and how to maintain overall good health. 
  The assessment will include information about the kinds of yoga practices that will
  support you, as well as breathing and meditation practices, diet, herbs and spices,
  and life style. 
 
  This is a valuable practice if you want to learn more about yourself and specific
  ways you can take charge of your own health using natural options and making
  changes in your life-style for overall health maintenance and well being.  1-2 hours
 


  Marma Point Therapy:  The science of Marma (sensitive points) in the body
  that have direct pathways to organs, tissues, mental and emotional/mental
  states is an ancient Ayurvedic healing practice. Depending on your specific
  imbalances, various marma points will be cleared of blockages and opened.  This
  is a profoundly powerful practice with deep healing.
 
  Marma Therapy is a healing and restorative practice that works at the vibrational
  level of the body to open and clear the body of toxins.  It restores and balances
  the essential life force “prana” enabling and sustaining good health. This very 
  gentle yet powerful practice addresses the whole spectrum of physical, mental,
  emotional and spiritual health.  Marma Therapy releases, stimulates and treats
  areas of stuck prana and creates a greater receptivity for new prana and health.
  Prana is our source of life energy - without prana there is no life. 1 hour
 

 

  Comprehensive Customized Sessions.  For a comprehensive wellness approach
  you may want to consider various combinations of the above modalities: Find out
  through an Ayurvedic assessment what imbalances are present, open the
  vibrational channels with a preliminary Marma therapy sequence using transdermal
  herbs that target your specific needs, and a customized Thai massage.  Follow
  this up with a customized yoga practice plan targeting your sepcific needs. 
  3 hours.
 



  Cost of services
  1 hour yoga instruction: $50, or 1 1/2 hour: $75
  1 hour Marma Therapy: $50
  1 hour Ayurvedic Assessment/Counseling: $60 each hour
  1/1/2 hour Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy: $75
  1 1/2 hour Thai Yoga Massage: $75
  2 hour Thai Yoga Massage: $95
  2 hour Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy: $95

  * SPECIALS *
   3 hour Comprehensive: $150 (Includes Ayurvedic Assessment (1 hour);
       Marma Therapy 1/2 hour), plus 1 1/2 hr. Thai Massage.)
    
   Senior (65+) and College Student Specials:
         $60  for 1 1/2 hour sessions
         $75 for 2 hour session
  
   Special Package of 4 Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy sessions (1 1/2 hour
       each): $260.00

All payments must be made in full at the time of service.

 Checks or cash accepted.