Private Yoga Sessions
Spend one-on-one time with a member of our staff. This is instruction convenient to your personal schedule and needs ... plus the optimal practice opportunity and attention without other students in the same room.Some students attend a combination of group classes and privates; some students attend private sessions only. You can schedule a private session once a month; you can schedule private sessions twice a week. You and your instructor will find what is best for you.
Reasons that students choose to take private sessions include:
- Harmonize your yoga practice with your abilities and aspirations
- Truly relax and focus—you’re the only student in the room, with no group class distractions
- Discover the power of confident graceful movement
- Partner with Valerie to create a yoga routine personalized for what matters to you
- Learn to use special yoga supports to strengthen your body without straining it
What students say about private yoga instruction
"Ongoing, weekly private sessions with Valerie have allowed me to spend time with myself and pay attention to what my body is trying to tell me. I have Fibromyalgia, and yoga has definitely helped me not be in as much pain as I have gained strength and flexibility. This is the only way I truly feel I am relaxed and my body can restore itself. The one on one time allows Valerie to see what my needs are, and I can be focused without the distraction of others." -- Shirley E."I have taken many yoga classes over the years in many different cities. Working privately with Valerie has taken my practice to a new level. She works with my abilities and limitations, she clues into what I need to work on, and she has helped me get past my fear of inversions! Her studio is a center of calm in my life. I only wish I had started working with Valerie sooner!" -- Tara O.
"As much as I enjoy the community we form in group classes and the expert teachers, I find private lessons with Valerie to be especially helpful. Working one-on-one with Valerie enables me to focus on specific areas of need, such as lower-body strengthening, balance, core strengthening and breathing. My home practice is much more enjoyable and beneficial because of Valerie's recommendations and targeted student specific instruction." -- Joanne J.
"I have found that taking private lessons has added to the richness of my yoga practice. With Valerie's gentle and compassionate guidance, I am making changes to my practice based on my individual needs at the time of each private session. These sessions, along with attending class twice weekly, completes my desire to grow in my yoga practice and still have the sense of the wonderful community at Sunrise Yoga Studio." -- Fran G.
Yoga Therapy
Yoga therapy applies the physical practice of yoga, often including meditation and breathing practice, to health conditions including shoulder and back pain, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, and more. It doesn't replace your current doctors, treatments, and medications. Instead, it works alongside them.According to Yoga as Medicine: The yogic prescription for health and healing by Timothy McCall, M.D., this is a partial list of health conditions shown by scientific studies to benefit from the practice of yoga:
- alcoholism and other drug abuse
- anxiety
- asthma
- cancer
- depression
- diabetes
- fibromyalgia
- high blood pressure
- irritable bowel syndrome
- multiple sclerosis
- osteoarthritis
- pain (chronic)
- scoliosis
- increases flexibility
- strengthens muscles
- improves balance
- improves immune function
- improves posture
- improves lung function
- leads to slower and deeper breathing
- discourages mouth breathing
- increases oxygenation of tissues
- improves joint health
- nourishes intervertebral disks
- improves return of venous blood
- increases circulation of lymph
- improves function of the feet
- improves proprioception
- increases control of bodily functions
- strengthens bones
- conditions the cardiovascular system
- promotes weight loss
- relaxes the nervous system
- improves the function of the nervous system
- improves brain function
- activates the left prefontal cortex
- changes neurotransmitter levels
- lowers levels of the stress hormone cortisol
- lowers blood sugar
- lowers blood pressure
- improves levels of cholesterol and triglycerides
- thins the blood
- improves bowel function
- releases unconscious muscular gripping
- uses imagery to effect change in the body
- relieves pain
- lowers need for medication
- fosters healing relationships
- improves psychological health
- leads to healthier habits
- fosters spiritual growth
- elicits the placebo effect
- encourages involvement in your own healing
Session details
Fees for a private session are as follows:- 30 minutes = $40
- 60 minutes = $75
- These fees apply to 1 or 2 persons at the studio. Please inquire for the fee for 3 or more persons or to have a private session in a location other than the studio.
To schedule a session, please contact us.
Private session policies:
- Sessions are to be paid for in-full prior to or on the day of the scheduled appointment.
- Late for an appointment: The private session has a scheduled start time and end time. The session will end at the scheduled end time even if you are late.
- Cancellation /changes to an appointment:
- For cancellations/changes made more than 12 hours away from the appointment time may be made via email or phone. If you do not receive an email back confirming your message, then you must call to cancel.
- For cancellations/changes to an appointment that is less than 12 hours away, contact the teacher by phone. Email is not acceptable for anything less than 12 hours.
- Cancellations/changes made less than 12 hours from the appointment time and no-shows are subject to full payment of the appointment at the discretion of the teacher.