Kay Slater Yoga

07/04/2025

Anytime is a good time for a TPI Assessment. With results to share with your golf professional, a custom fitness plan is created. Often simple additions within your pre- and post-play routines can make a big difference.
The two most common takeaways during a TPI Assessment are a new awareness of movement patterns and the necessity for maintaining core strength.

I am still learning to navigate inquiries without an active website. Rates listed in comments.

23/12/2024

C-IAYT recertification complete.
Wrapping up 2024. A year that was full of all the things.
Counting every blessing. Gratitude for support through the dips.

Blessings to all for a prosperous and healthy New Year in 2025.

Streamlining all things business, I am closing my website in January and will migrate much of that information to my pages on Facebook and Instagram. Still seeing a few clients privately. If I can help with anything, please reach out. If you just need a new set of ears to listen, please reach out.

All of my love,
Kay

09/07/2023

Workshops offered by SCHYS this summer at The Natural Spine in Culpeper, VA.

04/06/2023

He is great, we are OK and now he’s off to UVa.

16/03/2023

I still love working with kids and teens, customizing yoga sessions with their athletic pursuits. Enjoyed yoga last night with the WAHS Varsity Soccer team.

Golf, softball, baseball, running, lacrosse, swim, now soccer. It is a privilege to work with clients that "stretch" (a little yoga humor) my skills and learning as a yoga therapist and teacher.

28/10/2022

Your yoga practice should bring pleasantness.

Yoga should not hurt. One of Krishnamacharya’s repeated statements to me on asana was, “Practice in a way that does not cause any pain.” Bhagavan Patanjali himself says that asana should bring sukha—pleasantness. There is a difference between challenge and pain. You can challenge yourself, but do it wisely. Hurting your body is not the way to gain insights or find freedom.

Many practitioners of yoga pursue extreme positions at the cost of body pain. This is not hatha yoga. Hatha yoga is not force that causes pain. It is the use of physical effort, of body and breath, to create restraint and thereby bring stillness. In raja yoga we cultivate that effort principally in the mind. If there is pain, you will not have stillness; your body and mind will become disturbed.

This is a very simple rule: do not cause pain through asana. Find a way to move and breathe without unnecessary discomfort. That is your first and most important challenge. Only then should you take on other challenges.

👉 In-depth Svastha Yoga Therapy training (300 & 800 hours) is now online. Learn more at: on.svastha.net/3IcJFAZ. Signup to our newsletter: svastha.net/signup.

07/12/2021

900-hour, 3 year, Yoga Therapist certification complete. The learning continues. I am deeply grateful to so many that have supported, loved, listened and encouraged me through this journey. Greg, Eddie, my faithful yoga study partner, Greta, mom/papa, Karen, and a few special sistars⭐️; JJ Gormley and the amazing SCHYS faculty; my co-trainees; friends and family that helped me with 150 practicum hours; and even more courageous friends that volunteered for sessions in front of our group on virtual and in-person training weekends. “To be a good fisherman you must detach yourself from the dream of the fish. This makes whatever is caught or found a treasure.” - Mark Nepo

30/10/2021

Vagus Nerve study has been part of my curriculum at SCHYS.
I incorporate VN toning in my daily yoga practice, and most of my yoga classes and yoga therapy sessions.

Once you know a little about the science behind the vagus nerve, it is eye opening to understand how yoga supports this health, and what yogis have known for thousands of years.

Physicians as far back as the Roman Empire have been grappling with how the vagus nerve impacts bodily function. We’ve now learned that simple movement and breath exercises can be done at home to manually stimulate the vagus nerve in times of stress to trigger the body’s natural relaxation response. And for patients with conditions ranging from epilepsy to rheumatoid arthritis to Crohn’s disease, electronic vagus nerve stimulation is offering hope and showing long-term results. The power of the vagus nerve lies in its ability to impact physical and emotional conditions that have proven to be difficult to treat with traditional drug and medical interventions. The hype is now consensus; the future of medicine and self-care will be interwoven with our understanding of the vagus nerve and how it works.

Read the full article by Suzanne Krowiak for Yoga Tune Up here ➡️ https://bit.ly/vagushighway

28/10/2021

Virtual appointments still available for our Sleep and Insomnia Yoga Therapy Clinic November 5, 6 & 7.
Please let me know if you're interested.

We have another chance for a FREE Yoga Therapy Session November 5- 7, 2021.
This weekend will be all virtual so you can have your session from the convenience of your home.
While we'll take anyone wishing for a private session, we're especially looking for those with Sleep or Insomnia issues.

07/03/2021

Explore the tools of yoga (movement, meditation and breath practices) that can ease stress, anxiety, insomnia, headaches and more.

05/02/2021

Recurring plantar fasciitis? Sciatica? Stress or sleep issues?
Enjoy a free yoga therapy session and help a yoga therapist in training, all from the convenience of home via Zoom.

Appointment times still available for 9:30AM and 11AM on Saturday, February 20 and Sunday, February 21.

09/01/2021

Looking for help with back pain, neck pain, stress, or any other issue that yoga may offer some help? Sign up for FREE yoga therapy session . . .