Spinal Release Yoga
From the viewpoint of the tradition, the true purpose of Yoga techniques is very specific and one-pointed: to settle your mind in order to prepare for deeper meditative revelations.
Mainstream yoga has taken a deeply spiritual and integrative practice and turned it into an athletic pursuit. This can make it feel inaccessible to ordinary people, who can’t already stretch like an acrobat.
The more strenuous poses were originally developed to help teenagers and children learn discipline and focus their minds, because their bodies are naturally more active.
Strenuous yoga practices are not appropriate for most people, and can actually be detrimental.
Especially as we age, yoga practice should contain increasing stillness. This stillness of body and mind creates a space for meditation to take place, as well as more absorbed states of unitive consciousness.
A practice of Deep Rest
Some of us have a hard time slowing down. A guided practice can help with that. Sometimes we might even find that our body has “forgotten” how to deeply relax!
Re-learning and regularly practicing this vital skill enables your body’s natural healing process.
Deep rest supports rejuvenation, inspiration, and creativity. When your body is truly calm, your mind will also become calm. You will then discover your true center.
Rest is the best-kept wellness secret!
Somatic Yoga
Somatic yoga slows us down, focusing inward on sensations and subtle energy in the body.
It’s a unique combination of Somatic exercises and yoga, breath and awareness – what yoga was actually meant to be all along!
The process can help you come more in touch with your body, your emotions, and the unique way your body wants to MOVE through stuck energy!
Positional release brings relaxation to deeply held tension
Student Reviews
“Kate blew me away with her command of the nervous system, positional release techniques, and opened my eyes to the full world of somatic yoga. The meditative approach has become so important to me.” ~Joe
“I look forward to this yoga every week. It helps me wind down and has given me techniques that relieve stress. Kate has such a calmness in the way she instructs… I have fallen asleep at times!” ~Tracy
Gently de-compress
your pelvis and spine
Spinal Release Yoga is available via one-on-one instruction in individual sessions only. This way, it is completely customizable to your individual needs!
The yoga style that I offer is gentle, restful, rejuvenating, and helps release deep layers of long-held tension in the pelvis and spine.
It does not involve stretching, straining, strengthening, or striving.
The immediate result is less anxiety, less physical pain, less emotional reactivity, and lower mental stress. Yoga’s promise is that with repetition, this can eventually become our natural state.
Yoga is not a competition, a performance, or an athletic exercise. Life is difficult enough, and we are constantly under inner and outer pressure to strive and strain more. Yoga, when practiced in alignment with its true purpose, allows instead for a deep letting go, which leads to a feeling of profound tranquility.
True Yoga is not about acrobatics or choreography. It is a personal, inward journey of revelation.
Spinal Release Yoga is based on the teachings of Kaya Mindlin.