Yoga Therapy is a wonderful way to work one's personal life issues into their practice in a safe and sacred container. Yoga Therapy came to Sarah organically when her private clients started to have big life issues show up on the mat; divorce, self esteem, depression, and anxiety of all kinds. Since she is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, it was an effortless shift to invite clients to go deeper into their life work through the yoga.
Sarah believes the future of psychotherapy lies in being inside of the body. Every muscle stores memory, and has influence the way our nervous system reacts in the world. It has been obvious in her psychotherapy training that working through the body is the most profound way to open emotional doors, release grief, find safety, and build connection to the inherent grace and beauty that the body is made of.
In this way, we can make choices around our state of mind regardless of the external world, which powerfully overlaps into one’s daily life.
What to expect: It will be different for each client. Often we start our session by sitting for a few minutes for the client to arrive into all that is going on and what is important to bring up. We often talk for one minute to one hour, depending on the client's needs. Sarah then chooses from a number of theraputic or yogic influenced modalities to release tension, engage powerful choices, stay with an emotion; whatever the situation requires. Sometimes gentle touch, directed breathwork, understanding yogic principles, or putting one's body into a shape can evoke the desired experience. Often Sarah and the client will create an experience through yoga that then can overlap into the client's world. Sessions are preferably an hour and a half. Sarah is available to work with clients in Marin, East Bay, and San Francisco.
Rates: $150/hr and a half
(please ask about discounted rates for students and special situations.)
"Yoga Therapy is the process of empowering individuals to progress toward improved heath and well-being through the application of the philosophy and practice of yoga" - IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists)
"Yoga therapy, derived from the Yoga tradition of Patanjali and the Ayurvedic system of health care refers to the adaptation and application of Yoga techniques and practices to help individuals facing health challenges at any level manage their condition, reduce symptoms, restore balance, increase vitality, and improve attitude." -American Viniyoga Institute Gary Kraftsow
"Yoga therapy is that facet of the ancient science of Yoga that focuses on health and wellness at all levels of the person: physical, psychological, and spiritual. Yoga therapy focuses on the path of Yoga as a healing journey that brings balance to the body and mind through an experiential understanding of the primary intention of Yoga: awakening of Spirit, our essential nature." -Integrative Yoga Therapy (U.S.A.) Joseph LePage, M.A.
Sarah Mangion MA, MFT 415 350 7033 sgmangion@gmail.com
