FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Restorative Exercise & how can it help me?
Restorative Exercise classes include simple stretches, balances, and body weight exercises. The exercises can be incorporated into your day to day life without breaking a sweat, just breaking old habits. You’ll learn about alignment and how to adapt your own exercise practice leading to standing, walking, bending, reaching and twisting better.
What should I expect from a Yoga class?
Hatha yoga slow, mindful flow classes focus on stretching, basic standing poses, and relaxation. Vinyasa classes build a sequence that flows steadily with breath. The mixture is a fusion of pose alignment, flowing vinyasa, body-weight exercises, and light resistance training and meditation.
What props do I need for class?
I have an injury (foot pain, knee pain, hip pain, arthritis, tendinitis, etc.), how can you help?
Who can attend classes in ASL instruction?
Classes instructed in American Sign Language are open to anyone who can understand sign language without the use of spoken English. When I do lots of demonstrations people, with little sign skills, can follow along. The feel of a class instructed in ASL is different than one with voice instruction. This is about accessibility in language as well as the physical body.
Is this covered by Medical Insurance?
This work is not covered by medical insurance. But the investment in your health will more than pay for itself if you consider how much you have already spent on therapeutic practitioners, medication, expensive equipment and programs, special shoes, chairs, and more.
How challenging are your classes? Are your programs appropriate for me?
Absolutely! I teach first by sharing micro-movements and foundations at the core of any strength and stretch program. Then I give options for how to expand and explore the exercises depending on your focus and energy level. I’ve noticed that it’s not always the newer-movers who are challenged, sometimes the most experienced movers have the hardest time unlearning what they are used to doing to find the biggest benefits for the brain and body.
I'm pregnant, are these classes safe for me?
What are your Qualifications? What's your background?
I am a Certified Personal Trainer – Restorative Exercise Specialist™(CPT-RES), Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT-500) with Yoga Alliance, a student of Yoga Therapy (with Open Sky Yoga - Expected Certification 2023) and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.