movement medicine
hatha / vinyasa yoga & PIlates CERTIFIED instructor
OFFERINGS:
Group Sessions:
AT IRONWOOD YOGA STUDIO
Sister Bay, Door County, WIsconsin
YOGA:
9 AM SUNDAYS HOT VINYASA FLOW
5 PM TUESDAYS HOT VINYASA FLOW
$25 / PERSON DROP IN CLASS
REFORMER PILATES:
8, 9, 10AM & 5PM
WEDneSdays, FRIDAYS, saturdays
$40/ PERSON, RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Private sessions:
YOGA:
75 minute 1:1 sessions: $75
groups: $75 +$20/person after 1
REFORMER PILATES:
50 MINUTE SESSIONS 1:1 OR DUETS, PRIVATE GROUP SESSIONS, MAX 7
$95/PERSON, BASED ON AVAILABILITY
by APPOINTMENT ONLY
if session is HELD at Ironwood YOGA Studio, The room will be warm if desired and props will be provided.
movement has the ability to connect us together in this human experience, IT TRANSCENDS LANGUAGE AND HAS THE CAPACITY TO SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
MOVEMENT LIGHTS ME UP AND I LOVE SHARING THAT sensation WITH OTHERS.
MY TEACHING STYLE AIMS TO GET YOU WARM & GLOWING, INVIGORATE YOUR BODY, CALL UPON YOUR INTROSPECTION, & HONE IN YOUR PROPRIOCEPTION WITH MOVEMENT FLOWS THAT EQUALLY CHALLENGE & CALM
YOUR MIND + BODY.
I STAND FIRMLY BEHIND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT optimal, functional MOVEMENT + integrated breathwork IS MEDICINE FOR BODY, MIND, HEART, & SOUL.
credentials
200 HR YTT
CERTIFIED HATHA VINYASA YOGA INSTRUCTOR
HARI OM YOGA SCHOOL
CASCINA BELLARIA, ITALY
MARCO MANDRINO
2017
150+ HRS CONTINUED EDUCATION YTT
MOVEMENT FUNCTIONALITY & SUSTAINABILITY
YOGA PROJECT OF DENTON, TEXAS
STACY & DAVE DOCKINS
2020
PILATES REFORMER TEACHER TRAINING
BALANCED BODY LLC
STUDIO B PILATES, BEVERSDORF & LUEDTKE
MOVEMENT PRINCIPLES 2023
REFORMER I, II, & III 2024
PILATES ADVANCED TEACHER TRAINING
OR KAHLON, PILATES & OR, SANTA BARBARA CA
2024
M O V E M E N T M E D I C I N E
// INNER RHYTHM //
MY yoga + PILATES PRACTICES ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE ART + SCIENCE OF MOVEMENT AS MEDICINE.
MOVEMENT IS LIFE!
WE MOVE TO FEEL ALIVE,
WE MOVE TO REAWAKEN OUR SENSES,
TO RECONNECT OUR BUSY MINDS & ACTIVE BODIES BACK INTO THE PRESENT MOMENT.
YOGA OFFERS A BEAUTIFUL tapestry OF FLOWING MOMENTUM, INNER FOCUS, & PLAYFULNESS IN THE BODY WHILE DRAWING FROM THE BREATH as our CENTER to RETURN TO BALANCE.
MY TEACHING STYLE IS BREATH LED + BODY FOCUSED, CLASSES ARE TAILORED TO FIT THE NEEDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT.
I BELIEVE THROUGH MOVEMENT + BREATH AWARENESS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS BLOCKED ENERGY CAUGHT WITHIN OUR FASCIA, TISSUES, & BONES, LEARNING TO RELEASE + RELIEVE OUR BODY'S SYMPTOMS.
MY PRACTICE & TRAINING
FROM EARLY ON, I WAS DRAWN TO MOVEMENT ARTS.
BEFORE DISCOVERING YOGA, I WAS ATTRACTED TO DANCE AND CHOREOGRAPHY AS MEANS OF PHYSICAL EXPRESSION OF MY EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE, AS AN OUTLET FOR MOVING energy THROUGH MY BODY,
WHAT CANNOT BE EXPRESSED IN WORDS CAN OFTEN BE ACCESSED WITH MOVEMENT.
MY EARLY GUIDING INFLUENCES WERE CLASSICAL BALLET WITH MARTHA GARVEY, MODERN DANCE WITH ANDRIA NIKOUPOLIS, AND MEDITATION WITH BETH COLEMAN; LOCAL LEGENDS FROM THE DOOR PENINSULA IN WISCONSIN,
YOGA HAS BEEN A GUIDING PILLAR IN MY LIFE FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS.
MY FIRST deep DIVE INTO YOGA CAME FROM TRAINING UNDER UNIVERSITY OF MILWAUKEE'S DANCE DEPartment CHAIR, DANCER & CHOREOGRAPHER JANET LILLY IN 2004. SHE TAUGHT AN INSPIRING IYENGAR YOGA COURSE WITH THE PRECISION & DISCIPLINE OF A CLASSICALLY TRAINED DANCER. THIS LAUNCHED MY PERSONAL PRACTICE.
YOGA HAS OFFERED ME A HOME + SANCTUARY EVERYWHERE I'VE LIVED IN THE WORLD. IT GAVE ME A COMMON LANGUAGE TO SPEAK and A built in TRIBE TO GATHER AND MOVE WITH.
MY 200HR TEACHER TRAINING IN 2017 WAS IN SEZZADIO, ITALY UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF MARCO MANDRINO & HARI OM YOGA SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS GIULIA MANZATO, EMANUELA BORIOTTI, & EMANUELA GENESIO. HARI OM IS NON-DOGMATIC; INCORPORATING A VARIETY OF STYLES INTO THEIR CIRICULUM, HATHA + VINYASA, TAI CHI, ANIMAL MOVEMENT, MARTIAL ARTS, & GUIDED MEDITATION. DISCIPLINE & DEDICATION WERE STRONG FOUNDATIONS WITHIN THE COURSEWORK.
IN 2020 I STUDIED 150+ HRS UNDER STACY & DAVE DOCKINS OF YOGA PROJECT WORKING TOWARD MY 500HR CERTIFICATION. YOGA PROJECT'S FOCUS ON CLINICAL, EVIDENCE BASED STUDIES TO INFORM A TEACHING STYLE WITH TRAUMA AWARENESS & INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS AT THE FOREFRONT, KEEN ON REPROGRAMMING DYSFUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT PATTERNS IN THE BODY.
in 2023 - 2024 I TRAINED WITH BALANCED BODY PILATES SCHOOL TO BECOME A PILATES REFORMER INSTRUCTOR, FOLLOWED BY AN ADVANCED PILATES TEACHER TRAINING WITH CLASSICALLY TRAINED BALLET DANCER OR KAHLON IN SANTA BARBARA, CA.
PILATES brought A STRONG ADDITION TO MY YOGic KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION, ENHANCING my ANATOMICAL UNDERSTANDING & HEIGHTENED AWARENESS of SOMATIC CONTROL FOR REHABILITATING + STRENGTHENING THE BODY so we can age WITH GRACE & AGILITY.