THERAPY SESSIONS
Harmonizing responsibilities values & principles of Eight-enhancements (Aztanga) and Sentient-plexus (Chakras) within the Bio-enviro-psychi-socio-philisophical (Panchamaya-kosha) model of care
AromaTherapy (+$10): essential oil utilization can be added to any Session. Proprietary scents are placed at/near the seven major power centers (chakras) of the body for increased vitality. An additional five system scent palette is optional. Feel the essential (pun intended) benefits!
HeatTherapy (+$10): Add to any Session as warmth, can increase metabolic-immune processes benefitting training effects. Heat helps facilitate body-systems which may benefit lymph function and joint lubrication. Heated Sauna Beds are researched to indicate relief of depression therefore, a heated room Session may increase optimism. Notice the effects from training in a warmed room heated to around 90* Farenheit!
ARx & HTx (+$15): Notice the benefits of Aromatherapy & HeatTherapy together; feeling sentient!
Therapy Pose (Asana) ($75): Work on strength, stretch and stability progressions, believing in yourself (astikya) to activate inspiration💛 SMART Goals are a way of knowing how to unite/yoke (yoga) to your intentions (sankalpa)💜 Autonomous Asana, as a lifestyle, belongs in your home practice once therepeutically able. Choose safe, reliable best practices without dis-ease (dukha) for gentle (sukha) care; whereas yoga, uniting [to your true-self (Atman, Parusha)] is a cure.💝
Physical Rehabilitation ($75) Specifically designed for clients seeking specialized alignment(s), a centered frame, body balance, flexibility, stability, strength, surgical recovery and or pain relief! Includes safe movements, attentive breaths & proper technique for body integrity, wellness, and recuperation. Utilizing a functional format to improve form as form improves function.* For more information click this subpage link or copy and paste into the web browser https://yogatrainingtouch.blogspot.com/2023/10/yttphysicalrehab.html
Energy Facilitation / Restorative ($75): An easy (sukha) practice integrating subtle energy healing through meditative movements and visualizations of sentient-plexus (chakra) correlations. Seven to twelve calm, relaxing & supported poses (asana). Progress through the body intending (sankalpa) benificence. Utilizes the Bio-enviro-psychi-socio-philosophical model to safely harmonize connections; integrating elements of protection from illusion [panchamaya-kosha] helpful to overcoming harm/stress/dis-ease (dukha) for ease (sukha). Celebrate the values of sentience from a greater scope including benificent:
- Longevity; a biologically proficient physical body including systemic muscular, sexual/reproductive, digestive, cardiovascular, pulmonary, lymph/immune, endocrine, nervous and skeletal system infogrammatics, along seven to twelve sentient-plexi (chakras) during seven plus variable poses (asana) sustained by natural whole plant foods, enhanced by posture holding (asana), flowing (vinyasa) and quick-moving (kriya)!
- Vitality; environmentally attentive (dharana) to the breath (pranayama) benefits subtle emotional energy sustained by fresh air. The Emergency Medical Technicians Outdoor Guide states normal breaths occur in a 3:1 ratio. Therefore, emotionally regulated breaths can occur in a 4:1 ratio. Helping parasympathetic relaxation pranayama to peacefully celebrate civil (yama), polite (niyama), posture (asana) by noticing and training breath (pranayama)!, and meditation (dhyana) benefitting a living-meditation (samadhi).
- Mentality; psychologically mindful to sensory-withdrawal/holding-tension (pratyahara) for a mindful mature mind sustained by thoughts about inherent sentient (chakra) rights values "Qualia". Qualia is individual, personalized experience (Parusha) epitomizing personality. Responsibly containing thoughts by listening until ready to reveal intentions/goals (sankalpa). Patience (santosha) is a virtue!
- Intellectuality; sociologically supporting psychology and protecting philosophy is intuitive intelligent intel. Sustained by relationships and enhanced (aztanga) by attention (dharana) to details.
- Spirituality; intends (sankalpa) to uplift the spirit oscillating above from the comforting cheer of modern mantra and historical Sanskrit settling into meditation. Holistic Wellness; see also Lifestyle Medicine & Tai Therapy live your best knowing you are enough "anyway" (posted at Mother Theresa's Ashram Calcutta) affirmed by summary mantras.
Lifestyle Medicine* ($70): An holistic approach to wellness with journaling; involving body, energy, mind, intellect, and spirit. Feel the benefits. For clients interested in living their best life, feeling stuck, have a major diagnosis or more than one. Holistic Health Assessment is required*. Begin your lifestyle journey at YT(T) with a recommended Weekend Retreat; learn to sustain & enhance (aztanga), following through with goals/intentions (sankalpa) - see retreat page.
Tai Therapy ($80) For those seeking a relaxing experience with touch and pose (asana) to renew mind, body & spirit! Rest and relax in Restorative poses during this session with plexus (chakra) informed touch. Feel the beneficial effects of therapeutic touch throughout your body. Procures movement through an asana sequence for optimal effects!
OUTDOOR MEMBERSHIP
Monthly [$20 (1st Month is $10)]: This outreach program is a Standing Session outdoor practice through scheduled appointments available for up to thirty minutes for a maximum of sixty minutes per week! Sessions are formatted to Center, Swoop, Cycle, Salute, Stretch, Stabilize, and Strengthen. Please bring a waterbottle (super healthy people drink water), layer & utilize sunscreen as needed being prepared with protective outdoor gear and polite nose only yoga breaths especially when the air is smokey for natural filtration affirming, "clean air, without smoke, abatement". Includes 20% off the first and 10% off subsequent other Sessions when utilizing all 60 minutes of the Outdoor standing practice for the week; prepay monthly or time of 1st "Class"!
ADVENTURE SESSIONS
Begin by centering to button or hug (bandhas), during postures (asanas), helping energy align the body. While breathing (pranayama) elongate the exhalation for parasympathetic, relaxation, responses. Next, practice or perform movements (vinyasa) aligning sentient-plexi or chakra feeling sensations. Decrease risk of injury by noticing body and breath while touring the mountain(s), town(s), rivers and lakes via trails, streets or waterways. Notice views and hold in poses (asana) to strengthen, stabilize and stretch. Enjoy a final relaxation (s(h)avasana) and return to Yoga Training (Touch) or Another Place of Agreement!
Outdoor ($45): Train out in nature. The elements of sunshine, nature sounds, and fresh air improve vibrant well being. This Session can help prepare for Adventure Yoga optimizing health. Home is where the heart is and Earth is our Blue Boat Home. Prepare to feel at home anywhere!
CYCLE, HIKE and or RUN ($45): Explore around Mount Helena and or Summit with Various Other Mountains interspersing asana from Yoga Trainining (Touch) or Other Places of Agreement. Begin Centering at YT(T) or other Trails, checking in with the body, and Swoop to warm-up preventing injury, with various Yoga Poses for Strength, Stability and Stretching along the way. Bring Your Own Bike (BYB) to YT(T) as needed and ride the trails and or streets. Adventurous options include Side Trailing along Mount Helena towards Spring Meadow, along LeGrande Canyon Boulevard, and or other trails and streets on and near Mount Helena or Other Places of Agreement. Yoga is for you when the process is the destination. A final relaxation (S(h)avasana) is provided as well!
WALK TO HISTORIC SIGHTS ($45): Begin at YT(T) to adventure through the 'hood" of the Historic Victorian Era Houses of Helena's Upper West side, a few minutes West of the Downtown Walking Mall. Exploring Downtown is an option as well. Center, Swoop, Cycle, Salute, Strengthen, Stabilize, Stretch and S(h)avasana. Learn about the people and places making the Capital City of Helena great.
SNOW ADVENTURES ($45): Must have your own snowproof clothes including face, head, foot, body and hand protection. Sessions available when the snow allows at YT(T) or Other Places of Agreement. From the base up centering, swooping, cycling, saluting, strength, stability and stretch. The safety of a yoga prevention practice in the snow for fun adventurous stretching, stabilizing & strengthening in the snow, ends with snow angels.
STAND UP PADDLE (SUP) BOARDS ($45 with your own board, $60 when YT(T) arranges for gear, Board and travel): Travel together from YT(T) or meet at Spring Meadow or Other Place of Agreement. Begin, centering near or on SUP Board depending on comfort level, and end meditating in S(h)avasana. Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced options avialable with Standing, Inverted, Prone, Sitting and Supine Poses (Asana) on SUP Board.
DAY, 1/2 DAY, WEEKEND RETREATS, CAMPS & STAYS
Personalized Retreats, Four Hour Half Day ($180), Eight Hour Day ($260), Twelve Hour All-day ($440) & Weekend ($769): An all inclusive weekend stay at Studio 18A provides intensive yoga with a view (YT(T) Video With Katie A.). Outdoor trainings are available, consultation, assessment(s), and personalized sessions with fresh plant-power food. See Personalized Retreat Page by clicking the side bar for specifics.
MOVEMENT CAMP (Camp Price Match Available): Variety of Sessions from which to choose. Options available such as Yoga Yard, farthering exploration with Outdoor Adventures and or other Sessions. Notice the effects surrounded by the natural environment and calm serene surroundings in this private area or other place of agreement as stretching, stabilizing and strengthening brings greater awareness of thyself.
Overnight Stay $75: Room with King sized bed, shared bathroom; reservations available.
Tent Site $20: Boardering Mount Helena with cityscape views nestled mountainside.
Meals $20: Satsung Style or To-go ~ Includes Nori Wrap or Spring Rolls, Dahl, Smoothie, MatchaChai, Hummus & Energy Snack per availability
TRAINING SESSIONS
Basic ($45): Incorporates the benefits of yoga to improve performance, body function, weight control and prevent injury etc.. Includes, flowing movements, salutations & poses for strength, balance & flexibility with touch for modifications and relaxation responses.
Core($45): Tune into the transference of strength by feeling reverberations to and from appendicular, leg and arm systems benefitting core strength and vie-a-vie. The abdominal cavity, solar plexus (manipura chakra) in subtle anatomy terminology can be known as the body’s powerhouse. Core correlations include the celebratory color yellow; value three; physical activity (PA) such as core moves which are held (asana) isometrically, sequenced in flows (vinyasa) and quickly (kriya) linked, without comparisons, intrinsic. You may notice spiritual growth, without egocentricity, ecocentricities. Believe in yourself, therefore anyone and everyone else, being the inspiration (astikya) with, "abs of steel, six/eight pack abs & or a full metal jacket" protecting your body's temple!
Stability* / Balance ($45): Choose balancing poses (asana) and stabilize, breathe (pranayama), withdraw (pratyahara) from instability, and focus (dharana), enhancing proprioception, the bodies awareness (samadhi) in space! Utilize energizing body holds/hugs (bandhas) during asana including the feet (pada-bandha) supports the body, pelvic floors/perinium (mula-bandha) supports lower appendicular skeleton, core (udiyana-bandha) supports lower axial skeleton, upper back (rhomba bandha) supports the upper axial skeleton & chest, hands (hasta-bandha) supports the entire body in hand stabilizing poses, and neck (jalendhara-bandha) supports the head. Strengthen and stretch while stabilizing, feeling muscle cohesion, making dream poses a reality!
Sport/Work Specific ($45): Whatever your fortay, in whatever way you like to play and work this yoga session has the answers for keeping your body centered, with movements for strength, balance, and flexiblity, while learning meditations for relaxation and sport specific improvements! Attending to the key issues of your body, sport and or work. Try this sessions focusing on what is important to you!
Strength* ($45): Strengthens your body for holding yourself strong, utilizing pose (asana) progressions for continual improvements; mission possible!
Stretch* / Flexibility ($45): Helps unwind and improve flexibility throughout your body! Wherever you may feel tight and sore there are flexibility poses to help relax and release. Try this session for improvements!
SPECIALTY SESSIONS
Aerial (45): Float in pose (asana) supported by a hammock style cloth! Easily invert, stretch, balance, and strengthen. Flow through asana with an easy swing!
Chair ($45): Yoga with a chair for disabled persons. Intended to increase range of motion and provide support for centering, strengthening, balancing, stretching and relaxing.
Fun ($45): Includes Storytime Yoga and fun games like Yoga, Yoga, Pose (Duck, Duck, Goose) and Choo-Choo Breath (kapalbati), animal poses for posture. Basics for strengthening, stabilizing and stretching along with a final relaxation known as the Angel Game can benefit anyone. Sessions may contain 'teaching moments' to learn about our responsibilities to one another (yama) and ourselves (niyama). Laughter is the best biproduct!
Game Board ($45): A fun game for all levels! Celebrating life while waging peace with responsibly protected principles for a happy blissful spirit, a healthy physical body, powerful emotional energy, a wealthy mature mind, and a wise intelligent intellect. Bliss be!
Lift ($45): Training with weights, increases muscle, metabolism (fat burning), optimism, and bone density, decreases bad stress. Includes Upper body: Wide Abductor Squats (Konasana), Regular/Low Glute Squats (Utkatasana/Malasana) and Soleus onto balls of the feet. Gastrocnemius Raise (Tadasana) onto balls of feet, Quadriceps Group Lunges (Unjaneyasana), Hamstrings Group Dead Lifts (Uttanasana/Digasana), Adductor One Leg Squats (Garudasana); Mid Body: back rows in Thunder Bolt or Fierce Pose (Uttkatasana), Pectoralis chest press in bridge (setubandhasana), as well as basic supine and prone poses (asana); Upper Body: repeats Utkatasana/Malasana/Tadasana during Bicep Curls, Unjaneyasana during Tricep Overhead Press as well as Chaturanga Dandasana/Nakrasana and Setubandhasana during Basic Tricep Press and Overhead Press among various others (shoulders are fantastically fun)!
Partner ($45)*: This one mat format is just 20% more to bring a friend or practice with your provider enjoying yoga with someone you trust. Flowing movements, optional stacking poses like double plank, balancing poses hip-hip, wrapped in stretching poses that offer adjustment & support. Partner Restoratives and other Sessions are also available!
DEEPER DOCTRINES
Affirmation (Mantra @ $45): Thrive during this Chakra Bloom, Movement Meditation Session. There are 7-12 supine-prone poses and variations. during repetitions (kriya) flows (vinyasa) and holds (asana). The ground supported (supine) practice vital breaths (pranayama) occur one per movement during the vinyasa portion of the session. Going deeper by affirming color, element, classic practice (ashtanga) and subtle-plexus (chakra) correlations during Kriya. A summary affirmation-meditation (mantra-dhyana) is repeated during asana!
Breath (Pranayama @ $45): Notice vital life energy (prana) as an anvironment of fresh air sustains (Viyana) presence, a gift to be present noticing breath (pranayama). Through mindful processes (udana) optimizing core sustaining (sanyana) pranayama by utilizing air to the tips of the fingers, toes & top of the head as well as utilizing bodily process (apana) pranayama as protection. Practice specific pranayama such as bandha breaths noticing the effects as well as core-work (bhastrika) pranayama, alternate nostril (nadi shodhana), victorious guttural throat (ujayi), polite nose only yoga breaths naturally filtering the air and skull cleansing (Kapalbhati) pranayama.
Pose (Asana @ $45): What poses are most beneficial to your body, energy and even personality?Finding interesting, uncommon poses improves performance beyond prevention. Sometimes there are poses unvisited in group settings. This session can improve hand balances, pelvic positions and overhead binds!
Self-practice (Mysore @ $20): Enjoy what you know without being told. This unique yoga style for advanced yogins lets the practitioner decide. Enjoy choosing asana (poses) from previous sessions and/or knowledge and intuition. Let your feel be your guide, while the teacher is present or away.
Lucidity (Nidra @ $45): Calming, relaxing & restful savasana (relaxation pose) with meditative music; a mind massage of the microcosm within. Keeping conscious, present in the moment is a gift!
Power and Slow Flow (Vinyasa @ $45): Continual Flowing Movements (vinyasa) created from poses (asana)! Coordinate breaths (pranayama) for each movement. Inhale open and lift, exhale hinge and go deeper. For more intensity try Power Style, for less intensity in modified asana try a Slow Flow.
Zen (Yin @ $45): Hatha (physical) poses (asana) for improved patience (santosha). Open and relax with breath awareness (pranayama). Cultivate greater depth in practice. Hold poses (asana) for up to five minutes or more.
Zest (Kriya @ $45): Fast paced aerobic conditioning movements known as high intensity intervals or calisthenics practiced with or without music. Cultivate good by sculpting your way through this discipline. Sweat is an excellent biproduct cleaning and purifying [sauc(h)a] body, energy, mind, intellect & spirit from the inside out; after this session notice the effects of feeling content and patient (santosha)!
ASSESSMENTS
*Simple/Basic Assessment ($30): Periodized quarterly for strength, balance and flexibility, includes weight, body fat %, hydration & bone density levels, body measurements, blood pressure & pulse readings. Provides base line and tracks progressions for technique, form and time or measurements.
*Medicine I / Therapy Physical RehabilitationAssessment (Chikitsa $35): Use of body diagrams, visual, movement and touch analysis to assess posture, alignment, tightness and pain. Thus, establishing guidelines for pose (asana) recommendations and breathing (pranayama) to improve body integrity.
*Medicine II / Therapy Energy Facilitation Assessment (Chikitsa $35): When chakras are out of balance the shape, spin, speed and spacial orientation of these power centers effects the energy of our bodies. Choose this assessment as the 1st step to countering misperceptions and relieving blockages for optimal health, wellness and performance.
*Medicine III / Therapy Lifestyle Assessment (Chikitsa $35): A Comprehensive holistic health report describing yourself; including your network of healthcare practitioners, their diagnosis and your concerns. Reviews systems and medical history. Provides complimentary and alternative therapy charts as well as pain threshold, sleep and physical activity self-assessments, nutritional intake questionnaire, social history, life schedule and concludes with spiritual/emotional observations as well as a lifestyle evaluation.
*Strength, Balance and Flexibility Assesments ($30): Similar to Basic Asses. measuring specificly for strength, balance or flexibility.
*Assessments may be necessary and are recommended or required
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
$22/Credit: For every hour of instruction receive one continuing education credit! Education includes:
Techniques, Training & Practices: See 'Training Sessions' above for a description of trainings with corresponding techniques utilizing Classical practices of 8 Limbs (ashtanga); including 1.) tenets (yama) & 2.) precepts (niyama), together known as ethics, 3.) pose (asana) 4.) breath (pranayama) 5.) withdraw (pratyahara), 6. focus (dharana) 7.) meditate (dhyana) 8.) aware (samadhi) of strength, balance and flexibility of body, energy, mind, intellect, and spirit! Turn intentions (sankulpa) into realities by cultivating responsibilities, principles and values. Feel the effects of harmonizing, celebrating life, and waging peace!
Teaching Methodology: Ensure student safety and comfort! Choose an atmosphere with lighting, music and yoga props. Care about compassionate verbal and nonverbal cues with voice quality and tone along with appropriate body language for adjustments. Master teaching aids for kinestetic, auditory and visual learners!
Anatomy & Physiology: Plexus (Chakra) correlations are fun, interesting ways of learning about body, energy, mind, intuition, and spirit! Anatomy correlations of the coccygeal (root), sacral (hips), solar (abdomen), pulmonary/cardiac (lungs/heart), pharyngeal (throat), cerebral (brow) and coronal (crown) plexi are helpful body part and system correlation reminders. Delving into physical anatomy through energy anatomy is an adventurous journey helping us understand the physical and subtle ways our bodies respond physiologically!
Philosophy, Ethics and Lifestyle: Learn the culture of connection (yoga) through body, energy, mind, intellect, and spirit with your truest sense of self as blissful light and love! Know anything is possible, believing in yourself and others with mindful plexus (chakra) correlations. Live and let love, waging peace, celebrating life, and harmonizing responsibilities reflecting with intentions (sankalpa) of gratitude protected from illusion for a happy (ananda-maya-kosha), healthy (anna-maya-kosha), powerful (prana-maya-kosha), wealthy (mano-maya-kosha), and wise (vijna-maya-kosha) process; spiriling upward!
Practicum: Teach what you have learned. Say, do, and explain. Just one word can help students begin as they know, role modeling techniques, trainings, and practices continues the process, and explaining aides the process of practice making perfect (samadhi).
More About Pricing
1st Time Free, including guests.
Pricing Based on hour long Training sessions 30 minute sessions (-30%), 45 min. sessions (-15%) and 90 min. sessions (+30%) etc., discludes Therapy Sessions.
Outdoor Membership: friends & family are free to join the Outdoor Standing Practice when paying participant attends or is scheduled to attend.
Group of Two (+20%) Add twenty percent to the listed price of a session.
Group of Three (+30%) Add thirty percent to the listed price of a session.
Group of Four (+40%) Add forty percent to the listed price of a session.
Group of Five + (+50%) Add fifty percent to the listed price of a session etc.
Appointments made inside of 24 hours notice may be subject to a 15% differential.
In Home or Other Place of Agreement (+ 10%, 20%), for Sessions in the comfort of your own home or other place of agreement within the Helena area adding 10% to the price of a session within city limits, and 20% to the price outside of city limits. Sessions outside a 20 mile radius add another 10% per 10 miles
Seniors Discount (-7%) 70 years and older
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