Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Emily Garrett Yoga

I have a shoulder injury, so it's very difficult for me to do many activities involving my arm. Having heard that yoga can be therapeutic, I tried to take some beginning group lessons, but found that many of the positions done in class ended up exacerbating my injury. Somewhat frustrated, I decided to try a private lesson. I found Emily Garrett's website while surfing the web for a yoga instructor in Burlington Vermont. Within a week we had our first appointment and I've been seeing her ever since.

Emily is a Kripalu-trained yoga instructor who teaches group and private classes in Burlington and abroad (she'll be teaching a retreat in Costa Rica in February 2007). Emily's approach to private classes is centered around a student's healing themselves. She considers the student’s personal history, physical ability, breath capacity, and emotional patterns when creating therapeutic sessions. Her goal is to help her students gain balance and a deeper understanding of themselves.

I am so happy that I found Emily. She has created a yoga routine for me that works around my injury and leaves me feeling empowered, not frustrated. Her patience and guidance are helping me to look differently at myself and my body. Over the last months, through gentle yoga, I feel myself getting stronger, more flexible and more optimistic.

Emily teaches group classes weekly at Burlington Yoga and Yoga Vermont.

Emily Garrett Yoga - www.emilygarrettyoga.com - Burlington, Vermont - 802.862.3591.

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