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Starting with your very first session, yoga will strengthen your mind, body, and soul. |
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Watch the video above to learn how you can get FREE yoga instructional videos during the 30 day yoga challenge. Visit www.30dayyogachallenge.com or www.youtube.com/dashama for more info.
Watch the video below. It is an example of the Sun Salutations which is a warm up, designed to loosen your muscles and joints, to get you ready to practice yoga. Specifically, it is a series of yoga poses, connected by the breath. Sun Salutations, like most things that have to do with yoga, are simple, effective and fun to learn.
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Are you looking for a way to tone your muscles, dissolve some stress from your life and just feel really good starting as soon as possible? You've come to the right place. Yoga can do all of that for you. My clients end each session with sincere gratitude and happiness, eager for their next session. Wouldn't you be grateful too if you were losing weight, improving your flexibility, and dissolving stress easily without diet pills, starving yourself, or having to lift weights in a gym? Are you wondering if yoga can help you?
"Years of leg and back pain, weakened muscles, and limping had eventually damaged my hip joint. Severe osteoarthritis required an immediate total hip replacement. My children were toddlers. I looked forward to being able to walk and not have constant pain, but this was not realized even 7 years after surgery. I saw Physical Therapists, orthopedic surgeons, chiropractors, acupuncturists, other yoga teachers, and a neurologist. My hip movements were severely limited and so were my daily activities. Nothing was working... I was eventually recommended to Dashama Gordon for restorative yoga. For the first time, someone carefully figured out which specific muscles were causing the pain and limitation. She carefully positioned and repositioned me until the weak/atrophied muscles were finally stretched. She was sensitive to my pain and limits. Especially important is that she encourages me to focus on not holding my muscles back out of fear. I need to relax mentally, so I can relax physically. I feel confident and safe with her knowledge of how the body works and inspired by her wisdom of the mind's power. I can now touch the floor while standing, sit on the floor and get up with my own muscle power and tie my shoes. My flexibility is now greater than I imagined possible. I have confidence that with Dashama's guidance my body will continue to improve in strength and flexibility. My goals are to ride a bicycle, play on the floor with my young children, take long walks and am looking forward to doing the full wheel pose!" Sharon Kilstein, December, 2007
Click here for more testimonials Another great story... When I first met one of my clients she was experiencing low energy, had excess weight that she wanted to lose especially in her legs and midsection, had aches and pains in her lower back and shoulders and was stressed out from having a "to do" list as long as she was tall! She had tried several methods to alleviate her problems already. She tried Pilates, but her legs didn't get any thinner. She was drinking coffee constantly, and feeling even more drained than ever before. She was seeing a chiropractor regularly, but her back and shoulders were still bothering her continually. She tried drinking wine to relieve her stress, which only helped temporarily. In the end, all of her problems were still there. She had been resistant to trying yoga, because she believed it was some strange, foreign practice where people had to sit in a corner in an impossible pretzel looking position, chanting strange words to a Hindu statue. Isn't it funny how the answer to what you're seeking is always in the last place you look? She finally decided to try yoga. Wow was she surprised! Before her first session, I went over a thorough questionnaire to assess where she was currently and what her goals were. That way I was able to custom design a program specifically to match her needs. She wanted to tone the muscles in her lower body, relieve stress and improve her flexibility. The first session, I came to her house, making it convenient for her and she felt more comfortable knowing that she would have hands on personal attention throughout the entire session. Before we began, I explained what she should expect during the session, so nothing would come as a surprise. I told her that I would be demonstrating, as well as verbally cueing her every step of the way. I explained that there may be some poses that she may find strange, but reassured her that I would not put her into any positions that would lead to her injury. Then I shared with her the breathing techniques that we use in yoga that help to balance the mind and calm the body. During the session, we laughed, we breathed, we sighed loud sounds of relief after difficult poses, and had an over all great time! At the end of the session, she melted into a deep state of relaxation while laying on her back, listening to the calming sound of tranquil music and my voice guiding her through the meditation process (Sivasana). She was so grateful that I delivered to her exactly what I said I would. She is now a permanent yoga client of mine and looks forward to her private yoga sessions with me each week. She is getting stronger, her muscles are looking more toned and her stress levels are much lower on a daily basis, due to the "homework" assignments I have given her to do on her own when I can't be with her. She is just one of the examples of the reason I love teaching yoga. It makes such a difference in people's lives, I feel very fulfilled with my work. |
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I will create a customized yoga program for you: 1. It begins with assessing where you are currently in your practice. 2. After the assessment, I will determine if there are any current physical constraints that need to be considered in the creation of a safe and effective program. 3. Then we will map out your goals for the future and where you are going. 4. Finally I will teach you how to, and then motivate and inspire you to reach those goals. My schedule for this season if filling very quickly, but if you are serious about wanting to lose weight, tone your muscles, and dissolve some of the stress from your life, then I am interested in working with you.
Pick up the phone and call me today! 561-445-2145 |
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I pray that your experience with yoga will be one of discovery and magic. Each time you practice yoga, allow your mind to let go and become the witness to the life force that is within you. It is in the silence that we can truly hear the answers to the questions that we are seeking. |
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