Hi! I’m Satya.
I support all kinds of people in their spiritual journey. See what I offer and if it feels right you can book sessions with me. Please contact me with any questions.
My yoga teaching emphasizes spiritual, emotional and physical integration. Each session is unique, as I am sensitive to the spontaneous exchange between students and myself, and am responsive to what is needed in the moment in collaboration with a planned, creative and intelligent sequencing of postures. From my bodywork training, I have a deep understanding of body alignment and offer extensive hands-on adjustments. I bring emotional intelligence to my teaching that supports each individual to continue their healing in a compassionate way, and emphasize developing sensitivity to the energetic flow of life.
Classes
A typical class begins with chanting and centering, establishing the spiritual mood. I check in for specific requests and then we go into a fun, intelligent and creative flow meeting the needs from the students , emphasizing breath with movement and using music as a backdrop. Classes normally drop into a creative vinyasa flow, and include inverted poses with an emphasis on inner experience. We normally end with Shavasana to integrate the practice. Students leave feeling more deeply embodied and connected to themselves.
Private Yoga Sessions
For those who want to bring a deeper, whole-body orientation to their practice. Sessions help you to come into the pelvis and ground of being so that you can expand into more effortlessness in the poses and open to the flow of energy. Sessions are also useful for those who feel uncertain about how to align their body in specific poses.
Massage
Again and again, clients have told me that what makes my massages different is the deep presence and contactfulness I bring to them. I meet you in the depth of being, not just in your physical body. All of the layers; physical, emotional, and spiritual will be touched. I create a rhythm between us that can go very deep, or be more an unwinding and a light flow. These will mix together according to your current needs. I often use essential oils to support balance. I might include the totality of the body, or focus particularly on opening one area. I often incorporate stretching and use shiatsu on meridian points.
Cranio Sacral
Cranio Sacral is particularly useful to open up the channels in the body that are connected to the bone and the spinal fluid. I use this method especially for those who have difficulties in the pelvis or hips, including digestive and abdominal issues, or for those who have neck issues. I begin by taking inventory of the body to check alignment, moving from the feet to the head, then gently manipulate the structures, giving the body space to unwind and fall into place.
Spiritual Counseling
These sessions are more dialogue focused, though some hands-on work might be utilized. We begin by talking about the areas in your life where you feel stuck in how you are relating to the world. It can be physical, emotional or spiritual. We look deeply to create movement, and you will be given tools to work with them on your own. This can be anything from organizing your finances to dealing with difficulties in relationship or addictive behaviors. Sometimes a stuck place will move once we get technical skills, or insights in how to deal with life from a spiritual perspective. In addition to individuals, I have also worked with couples and families who want to bring more awareness to their relationships.
Amanae
Amanae is an embodied journey that takes us back to remembrance and direct experience of the self. It releases trapped energy and emotions held in the body, allowing us to access our light. Amanae transformed my life and is now a deep passion of mine that I would love to share with you.
Hands-On Inquiry
This is a mind-body dialogue process. As you relax on the table, I allow the synergy between us to guide me to where to work on the body, and then hold my hands there and ask questions so that part of the body can speak for the soul. Sometimes I concentrate on one part of the body, and sometimes I’m guided to move onto another. The benefit of hands-on work is the tactile support for your process — the contact supports the soul so that it can reveal more.
Structural Bodywork
This is a session where I focus on addressing certain issues in the body for example low back pain, shoulder, or neck issues. I start the session with taking inventory of what is hurting, what needs support, if injured how it happened. Then the body will be addressed with deep direct work in conjunction with indirect work to open and unwind the challenging areas. The end of the sessions involves integrating and balancing the spinal fluid and working with the nervous system. In the direct work I blends deep muscle release with fascial structural organization to help the body adapt to more harmonious function. After opening and organizing I then incorporates unwinding in the muscle and skeletal structure to take memory out of the ligaments and joints where the body is holding more deeply. Cranio Sacral work is then performed at the end to unwind the nervous system in relation to the problem area and integrate the more direct work.
