Now & Zen Wellness Studio

Yoga Therapy is a holistic healing art focused on the ancient teaching of Yoga while connecting with the mind/body balance to treat underlying emotions that may be preventing the release of stress and tension throughout the physical body. Yoga Therapy will help you to explore these emotions and bring peace and equilibrium to your body through supported postures, dialogue, breath work and guided meditation.

Now & Zen's theory is that all unresolved emotional experiences are held deep within the cellular level of the body and over time those fears, feelings and misgivings, both positive and negative, could manifest within the body as disease, disorder, pain and/or tension.

Yoga Therapy works to:

• create greater balance and harmony within the mental, physical, and emotional bodies
• focuses on relieving chronic pain as well as general aches and tensions
• gain greater freedom of awareness and movement
• obtain higher levels of clarity throughout the mind, body, and emotions

Aside from general relaxation, massage serves to increase the oxygen flow in the blood and release toxins from the muscles. It involves specific techniques designed to relax muscles by applying continuous pressure and always massaging in the same direction as the natural flow of blood.

Receiving routine massages has been know to:

• decrease recovery time from muscular strain
• increase circulation without increasing the load to the heart
• stretch muscles, tendons, and ligaments keeping them pliable and the joints moving freely
• stimulate the skin, which is our largest organ of elimination

This method of bodywork brings together several forms of holistic healing with the intention of bringing balance to all levels of the body. This style of bodywork helps you to realize that intention by tuning in and listening to the messages from your physical body and work form that space to clear energetic blockages and to bring balance to your body as a whole. I utilize all of the tools I have acquired to this point, including my strong sense of intuition, reiki, reflexology, chakra therapy, light massage, and aromatherapy.

This service is a fully-clothed, seated massage and is especially successful in the office/corporate setting or at special events. The client is seated in a special massage chair and receives a specific amount of massage and/or bodywork on the areas of the body including the back, neck, hand, head and arms.

Tension is who you think you should be...relaxation is who you are.

~Chinese proverb

We experience stress when we become attached to how we think our lives should be, instead of embracing our lives as they are. Yoga helps to release that attachment.

Stress, both mental and physical, causes resistance to what is truly happening within us and around us. When we invite the practice of YOGA into our lives, it allows us to relax and let go of our everyday tensions, demands, and the "shoulds" that we place upon ourselves. When we eliminate these negative forces it allows us to live a more centered and peaceful life. No matter where you are in your life today, whether old or young, large or small, flexible or not, choose to invite the practice of YOGA into your life and feel the transformation begin.

Now & Zen Wellness Studio offers weekly, basic level, Yoga classes at locations around Ashtabula and Lake counties. Please refer to the Yoga schedule on the home page to find a location near you.

Now & Zen Wellness Studio offers a variety of specialty classes throughout the year. Check back for dates.

These classes include:

• Yoga Nidra
• Restorative Yoga
• Meditation
• Vision Boards
• Beach Yoga
  
• Yoga at the Vineyards ~ February 16th, March 15th, April 5th, May 17th, June 14th