Therapeutic Yoga

This is a class designed for anyone with injury or physical limitation(s) that precludes attending your normal Yoga class or advancing further in your practice. If you are in PT (Physical Therapy) or recently completed PT and are still uncertain about your movement abilities, then this is the class for you.

You will be given a routine to work on that allows movement that is free from pain or injury and accelerates your healing process.

You must pre-register as this class is limited to 5 students. If you are not a student at Rising Sun, then you must have a private session with Michael prior to attending this class so that you can be evaluated beforehand.

The benefits of therapeutic yoga include:

• Stress relief
• Strengthening weak muscles, stretching tight ones
• Improving posture and balance
• Enhancing energy flow to stimulate the body's own natural healing processes
• Relief for a wide range of chronic conditions including back pain, hypertension, asthma, depression, carpal tunnel syndrome and fibromyalgia

NOTE: Currently in the United States, more than 100 clinical trials are under way examining yoga's benefits for a variety of conditions, including insomnia, heart failure, pediatric headaches, epilepsy, diabetes, obesity, hot flashes, arthritis, post-traumatic stress disorder, and cigarette addiction. An emerging body of literature suggests that yoga can relieve a wide array of ailments, ranging from chronic low-back pain to hypertension, irritable bowel syndrome, menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Your class pass can be applied to this class with the difference paid in cash. The cost of the class is $20. 

Michael is the founder of Rising Sun Yoga. He is a certified and registered Hatha and Iyengar-based yoga teacher and a martial arts instructor. He lives a holistic lifestyle - practicing yoga, meditation, smart eating, staying fit and having a healthy outlook on all that occurs in his life. Michael also believes that your thoughts are as powerful as anything else you put into, or let come out of, your self.

He is a practicing herbalist, an Iridologist, and a health consultant. As an experienced practitioner, he has continued his education in key health related areas, conducted extensive research through topic related books, etc., and has had the professional privilege of helping many people.

He also practices kinesiology, and lectures on health-related topics. Michael studied martial arts for 30 years before being introduced to yoga in 2000. Before then, he worked in the banking and software industries for 20 years.

Michael founded Rising Sun Yoga to bring people together in community as a center for education in body, mind, and spirit. His classes are filled with laughter and fun while giving you the opportunity to explore and stretch your boundaries.