The Gift of Private Yoga Sessions

How to prepare for a private session?

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• Wear comfortable clothes, layers if you run cold

• Bring a yoga mat, water bottle (if you don't have a yoga mat, you can borrow one)

• Try not to eat a large meal later than 2 hours before class

• Ground floor entrance, a few short steps down and up to private studio

• Onsite bathroom, patio garden, indoor lounge

• Register ahead online, packages available

• Complimentary hot tea

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How to schedule private group yoga session(s)?

 

Please inquire using the web form at Group Privates for rates, schedule, and location for private group yoga asana of two or more, and private group pranayama or dhyana for three or more. Upon payment for session(s), Rowena sends calendar invites as confirmation of date and location.

 

How do virtual sessions work?​

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Online sessions are held via Zoom. Calendar invite with meeting link is confirmation of date and time.

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How many times a week should I practice?

 

Practicing at a frequency of 1x to 2x/week is recommended in order to leverage neuroplasticity and witness physiological changes.​

 

Do you offer accessible yoga?

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If you are committed to practice and in need, please apply for financial aid scholarship by visiting Resources.

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What's included in yoga asana sessions?

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Rowena offers 60-min studio and 30-min virtual yoga asana lessons tailored to your focus areas and needs 1:1 or in groups of two or more. She teaches to all bodies, abilities, and levels including: experienced, beginner, and accessible yoga; yoga for seniors, chair yoga, office yoga, yoga for corporate wellness, yoga for corporate leadership, preconception / fertility, IVF, prenatal, postpartum, pregnancy loss, postnatal with babies pre-crawling, chronic pain and arthritis management, pelvic floor dysfunction, injury management, physical rehabilitation, surgical recovery, breathwork, breathing practice, meditation instruction and practice. With private group sessions, celebrate birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, bachelor/bachelorettes, reunions, holidays with loved ones. Yoga asana, or physica postures practice, is the third limb of yoga and preparation for dhyana (meditation practice) when the body is unable to sit still and the mind is noisy. By reducing the body's ailments and rebalancing its energy centers, the mind can become more free from distractions on the path of knowledge and realization. ​

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What's included in yoga pranayama sessions?

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Rowena offers 30-min 1:1 and 60-min 1:2 studio pranayama lessons tailored to your needs. In these private sessions, Rowena will teach you the practices that support your life's work and responsibilities off the mat, week-for-week. Prana is more than oxygen and breath, it is the flow of energy through the body. When our pranic flow becomes restricted or unbalanced, due to fulfilling our householder duties off the mat, it becomes difficult for us to practice higher levels of yoga, such as meditation. It can also make it difficult to practice preparatory levels of yoga, such as yoga asana, or even manage stressful events off the mat. Under stress, restricted breath reduces oxygen available to our cells, causing pain and dysfunction. Rebalancing our energetic body, strengthening and mobilizing the diaphragm, and leveraging full oxygen capacity allows us to tap into homeostasis and the parasympathetic nervous system on the path to equanimity, wellness, and ultimately dhyana (meditation) and samadhi (enlightenment). In yoga, there are several pranayama (breath control) practices that can be utilized to balance the mind-body system. For students with physical restrictions to pranic flow (evaluated at the first session), complementary asanas (postures), stretches, or myofascial release with therapy balls may be integrated into pranayama lessons. 

 

What's included in yoga dhyana sessions?

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Rowena offers 30-min 1:1 and 60-min 1:2 studio dhyana lessons. Learning how to sit still and "just meditate" for 2, 5, 10, or 20 minutes can be challenging. Here, Rowena will teach you traditional and modern paths to meditation so that you can practice them at home and develop a your unique meditation practice. Lessons include coaching on when, where, and how to prepare practice. What is meditation? How do we know when we are meditating? When will my foot stop falling asleep? Working directly with a teacher can help you answer these questions on the path of yoga as a way of life. A variety of props and chairs are provided to identify the most accessible and comfortable "seat" for each student of the practice. 

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What's included in yoga mentorship and applied yoga sessions?

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Mentees will have weekly or bi-weekly 30-min 1:1s with Rowena via phone or video call to learn, discuss, apply, and reflect upon practice of applied yoga philosophy and science. Mentorship is for teachers or students who would like to develop equanimity and nourishment in their lives or relationships through the lens of yoga philosophy with hands-on, action-based practice (kriya yoga). Mentorship is also for individuals seeking personalized guidance on how to tailor their lifestyle through the lens of yoga (and its sister science, ayurveda) to nurture their health and wellness needs through monthly cycles or phases of life. 

 

Receive the knowledge Rowena has collected from over a decade of coaching students, mentorship and continued education under world-renowned yoga teachers, and over 20 years of developing health/bio technology, leading cross-functional teams, and managing multi-million dollar product portfolios at startups and corporations.