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Why Practice Therapeutic Yoga?

People choose therapeutic sessions for a variety of reasons: Choose a class that is right for you! Current therapeutic offerings include online SomaYoga classes and in person Therapeutic Yoga series. Check my current teaching schedule. Alison (Ali) Zuba offers inclusive and accessible yoga practices. She is an Certified Yoga Therapist with 10+ years of practice,Continue reading “Why Practice Therapeutic Yoga?”

Unveiling the Kleshas: The 5 Afflictions

“The entire range of sorrow – from disease to a crippling sense of powerlessness – originates in the kleshas.” Quote from The Practice of the Yoga Sutra: Sadhana Pada by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD There are obstacles on the path to freedom. In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali says there are 5 afflictions that are theContinue reading “Unveiling the Kleshas: The 5 Afflictions“

5-Week Yoga Intensive to Reduce Suffering

Invitation to join What If I Fall Satsang, a 5-week yoga intensive to reduce suffering from stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and fear. The World Health Organization has cited a 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide since the pandemic (WHO article dated March 2022). Wellbeing strategies that address all layers of our beingContinue reading “5-Week Yoga Intensive to Reduce Suffering”

3-Year Yoga Therapy Program Wrap Up

It feels like a complete circle, with a twist, to finish the 1000 hour yoga therapy training program at Yoga North International SomaYoga Institute. Anna and I began the 500 hour level I training Oct 2019, and we completed that training online separated by physical distance, yet still gratefully and easefully connected online. A cohortContinue reading “3-Year Yoga Therapy Program Wrap Up”

Introducing New Online Practice Space

Satsang Yoga Collective (SYC) was born of a partnership between Alison Zuba and Anna Wakefield, who are committed to making yoga therapy, meditation, and self-inquiry available to all who seek more freedom and ease in life. SYC’s work is to share the study and practice of Yoga in order to establish Foundation, Connection, and Transformation.Continue reading “Introducing New Online Practice Space”

Beginner’s Mind at SYTAR 2022

Reflections on the June 2022 Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR)By Alison (Ali) Zuba, MBA, RYT 500, Yoga Therapist in training It all starts with a story… As a newbie yoga teacher, business graduate student and former IT analyst, I was happy to dive into a professionals conference that wasn’t your average university ‘cupContinue reading “Beginner’s Mind at SYTAR 2022“

3×3 Reasons To Try SomaYoga for Your Core to Pelvic Floor

1. Relieve or prevent hip + pelvic pain by… +Coordinating muscle movement and gaining voluntary control helps to self-regulate +Learning to release unnecessary gripping tension+Knowing what muscle groups may be causing you more stress! 2. Increase mind-body resiliency! +Vital organs reside in the mid-low torso, yet its not usually attended to +Body pattern awareness can lead us toContinue reading “3×3 Reasons To Try SomaYoga for Your Core to Pelvic Floor “

How Can We Practice Ahimsa | Non-Violence?

Seek to understand the impact of our thoughts, words, and actions. It is a confusing time where we may actually be quite comfortable, safe and yet still feel threatened by external forces like the media, social media, and cycles of disempowering rhetoric. There is real deep and subtle violence happening out there, and our mammalianContinue reading “How Can We Practice Ahimsa | Non-Violence? “

Somatics & Therapeutic Yoga

Somatics helps free tight muscles that may be holding you back, depleting your energy, or causing you pain. Specific practices outlined by Thomas Hanna in his book, Somatics: Reawakening The Mind’s Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health, engage you in finding reflex patterns in the body, and reorient the body toward an ability to releaseContinue reading “Somatics & Therapeutic Yoga”

Essence of Yoga Therapy for Me

An expression as simple as spreading toes and wiggling them around with excitement + aliveness can be the embodiment of a transitional point in life. I remember the first time as an adult I realized I could stretch my toes wide apart – it was a year or so after starting yoga asana. I feltContinue reading “Essence of Yoga Therapy for Me”