Aging with Strength and Vitality: Gentle & Therapeutic Yoga

Has your fitness level, strength, or mobility taken a hit in the past several years? 

I have been working with clients to stay strong, agile and mobile for  20+ years. Whether you want to maintain or regain mobility or are living with other health complications, I make gentle and therapeutic yoga accessible to everyone.

Gentle Yoga Testimonials

“GENTLE yoga, at last. I have participated in other yoga classes and have never felt so safe and so cared for at my ability. Colleen provides a variety of ways to practice each pose or exercise according to your comfort level, always avoiding pain.”

— Carol M.

“Colleen leads me to a place of calm awareness in my body regardless of how achy or not my body was to begin with. I know that if I start in pain, that by the end, something will feel more at rest!”

— Jana P.

“Colleen’s Gentle yoga teaches me to move slowly and pay greater attention to how I'm using my body. Colleen knows how to address many issues older adults face, teaching techniques I've been able to bring into daily living.”

— Patricia H.

What to expect:

Movement

  • Begin to increase mobility with regular practice. Learn movements and poses that you can do at home

  • Learn safe techniques to get up and down from the floor

  • Begin to build strength with regular practice. Learn where your weaknesses are and how to gain more strength.

  • Become more confident with movement.

  • Learn various ways to practice and improve balance and agility

  • Learn how mindful movement can help create new brain pathways, decrease stress and keep you safe.

  •  Learn techniques to help relieve back pain and how to work with chronic pain

  • Reduce tension

Philosophy

  • Learn some of the basic philosophy of yoga

  • Enhance your understanding of why yoga works

Breathing

  • Learn how breath is related to core strength

  • Improve your breath efficiencyLearn various breathing techniques to help with stress, fatigue and feeling calm.

  • Link breath with movement to increase a sense of presence and awareness

Mindfulness/Centering

  • Learn techniques to increase body and mind awareness 

  • Gain greater self-acceptance and self-care

  • Learn techniques for reducing stress, anxiety and depression

  • Increase confidence