When beginning with any new client, I start with a postural and biomechanics-based assessment (joint by joint assessment in all three dimensions) to see where you most easily inhabit your body and where challenges lie. Depending on your case, I will also use a gait assessment to see how this translates to natural movement.

I also will ask for injury, surgery and other history, which can often give much insight into the course your body has taken.

When we know these baseline elements (where you are able to move, your body’s history) we begin to gently introduce you to the more challenging aspects of your body. We do this primarily through mindful and gentle movement and breath in a supportive and safe environment.

Based on your own goals and how your body responds, the direction we take is guided by you.

There is no timeline for the work I do with clients. I encourage most people to give themselves at least three to four months and/or three to four sessions to begin to see real shifts in their physical and mental states. However, that request includes a genuine and steady commitment to the gentle self-exploration and movement practice we set up in the initial session/s. These gentle explorations can take place only in session but are often more impactful when a client is ready to build that work into their own daily life.

Sometimes things happen instantaneously, although most often the more profound work takes months or years, especially when the body and mind has been “stuck” in a certain pattern or state for years or decades.

I do not work like most body workers or yoga therapists, aka I do not request a client to come see me weekly or monthly unless that is clearly the best route for the person. I request people to come when they are ready and they feel that the changes in their body let them know it is time to take the next step or that they need more personal guidance.