Yoga Therapy in Minneapolis, MN - Mindful Healing for Body and Mind

Why Yoga Therapy?

“I really connected with the deep breath and body work Jennifer gently uses in her practice. Her lovely, cozy yoga room felt sacred and Jennifer’s demeanor made me feel like I was in a safe cocoon.”
— Karen Cooke

A yoga therapy session gives clients an opportunity to take time from the business of the outer world to explore the workings of the inner world. In a traditional hatha yoga class students are guided to join breath and body in asana in order to meet themselves in the present moment. In a yoga therapy session we go beyond the classroom and explore what is coming up in each posture. The client will explain sensations, images and emotions that are present in asana and follow them with the next posture and observation. A yoga therapy session begins with an intake and ends with a meditation and integration.

Yoga Therapy sessions can be hands on and passive, or self-directed. In each co-created session I move clients through the postures using hands on/off assist to find their edge.

A yoga therapy session works incredibly well in conjunction with conventional talk therapy because clients are able to hold an intention for the session but experience it through the body rather than the mind. Additionally the body holds and shares wisdom offering a new perspective and connection to spirit.

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Yoga Therapy Session

Intake
Tell me about you, and what’s happening in your life right now.


Breath & Movement & Playing the Edge

Guided breath, and movement, breath and asana or shapes where I coach finding edge in spaces of sensation in your body.


Dropping In
Drop into the edge and create a space where the body can connect to inner knowing, a time of silence in the mind and opening in the body to be in and with SELF.


Meditation/Insight & Integration
Guided meditation and integration of the experience and how it relates to what is happening now in your life. From the space of inner knowing how will you move forward?

Healing is for everyone

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Healing is for everyone ·

Heal the body by dropping in to your inner knowing.

Conditions for treatment

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    Psychological

    Grief Trauma- including sexual trauma
    Anxiety/depression
    Life Transitions IFS Parts Work Neurodivergence

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    Physical

    Pain
    Chronic conditions Somatic Healing

  • Spiritual

    Spiritual Consciousness Connection to Self/Soul Meditation Visualization

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    Recovery

    Ongoing wellness
    Post surgery Addiction

Frequently asked questions

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  • Although it hasn't happened yet, International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) is in the process of trying to advance yoga therapy as a recognized health profession that accepts and bills through insurance. In the world envisioned by IAYT, yoga and yoga therapy is routinely considered in settings around the world as a therapeutic option for physical health, emotional well-being, mental balance, and spiritual consciousness.

  • I usually see clients that are in search of guidance or support as they work through healing somatic wounds, feeling stuck in the body, mind or spirit, are going through life transitions, have chronic pain, and feelings of anxiety or depression. Yoga therapy can be a helpful when coupled with talk therapy.

  • Wear comfy clothes that you can move in. Most people wear leggings, or sweat pants, and socks are optional.

  • Yess Yoga Studio has parking directly behind the studio. Take a left from 26th, after Andrew Wesley coffee shop. See picture to the left of this question.