At the heart of any yoga tradition is working with a primary teacher to develop a practice that is just right for you. As your private yoga teacher, and an expert in this kind of teaching, I take into account your lifestyle, desires, and goals to help you figure out what you need in a fun and supportive manner.
You will leave every session feeling just as you intended. Whether you need a workout, rest, laugh, meditation, breathing techniques, or a little of all of the above. (Yes. Private, tailored yoga lessons are that magical.)
Who Is A Private Session For?
SPORTS PERFORMANCE:
Yoga offers significant benefits for athletes such as increased power, better endurance, better balance/ proprioception and better injury prevention. However one of the best, but lesser known, is improved recovery. By enhancing circulation and lymphatic flow, yoga not only increases strength and endurance but also allows muscles to process metabolic byproducts more quickly, powerfully speeding healing time and re-growth.
ANXIETY RELIEF:
By reducing perceived stress and anxiety, yoga modulates stress response systems. This, in turn, decreases physiological arousal — for example, reducing the heart rate, lowering blood pressure, and easing respiration. There is also evidence that yoga practices help increase heart rate variability, an indicator of the body's ability to respond to stress more flexibly.
PREGNANCY:
Much like other types of childbirth-preparation classes, prenatal yoga is a multifaceted approach to exercise that encourages stretching, mental centering and focused breathing. Research suggests that prenatal yoga is safe and can have many benefits for pregnant women and their babies. Prenatal yoga can Improve sleep.
HEALTH CONCERNS:
Injuries and health concerns can make a normal yoga class impractical for some participants. A yoga teacher teaching several students at one time cannot focus on individual needs or ensure that the poses will not further injure or strain a particular person. Furthermore, health concerns like pregnancy, diabetes or heart disease may require special alterations to one’s yoga practice.
When health concerns are a potential issue, it is best to have a private yoga lesson.
WORKPLACE CHRONIC PAIN:
Yoga provides you and/or your employees with relief from the daily ‘grind’ – an opportunity to escape their stress, get some much-needed movement and ground themselves. Ideal for those who do repetitive movements that compromise the neck, shoulders, back and knees. Book a private session for yourself of have me come to your business to offer a group class to your employees.
BEGINNERS:
New to yoga? Yoga is an amazing practice of connection through your mind, body and soul. The benefits of practicing yoga are endless and the best part is that you’re never too young or too old to begin a yoga practice. I understand that beginning a yoga practice can be intimidating, so a private yoga session is tailored just for you. You will learn the learn the fundamentals of yoga – from what yoga is to how to choose the right mat, from basic form to breath work and more.
ADVANCE YOUR PRACTICE:
Although beginners can benefit from private lessons to gain confidence and learn safe practices, private lessons also are beneficial for advanced practitioners. Private instruction can allow one to take their yoga practice to the next level. Advanced classes, in a group setting, might not offer the level of challenge and planning that is required for more advanced practitioners. It is beneficial to work with a private yoga teacher. In many cases, it will result in better skills, a greater level of confidence and fewer complications.
WEDDINGS:
Do something memorable and sweet for you and your bridal party or wedding guests! HonoUr this special event with friends and family. Planning a wedding and the actual wedding day can be very stressful, so this class is designed to help you and your loved ones focus, relax and enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime occasion. You will leave feeling refreshed, stress free, and centered. It is also an excellent way to create a beautiful bond with yourself, your bridal party and/or your special guests.
Why should I consider doing a private yoga session?
Unlike basic or open public classes, private lessons are a one on one experience with a teacher. Private lessons can bring about significant improvements to one’s mental and physical health and help one achieve personal yoga goals.
I believe that private yoga lessons are something that more people would benefit from and here’s why:
COVID TIMES
We are all experiencing changes to our everyday with new policies and procedures being added. In a private yoga class you can place your attention on yourself without having to be concerned with social distances practices and contact with strangers. You can come by yourself or bring your bubble.
Focused Attention:
What you’re paying for with private instruction is the attention of a trained professional to guide you through a series of breathing exercises, postures and adjustments, specifically tailored to your practice, your body, your needs and the specific things you want to accomplish with your practice.
For some people, that might mean learning the basics all the way through to working on inversions, while for someone else it might mean getting the right adjustments for their lower back, and for yet another person it might mean being guided through a meditation to calm anxiety.
Instead of looking at a private yoga lesson as the multiplied cost of a group class, it’s far more accurate to look at it as an opportunity for all the energy and expertise that a yoga teacher usually has to divide amongst a class of people, to be all directed at you.
Tailored Adjustments
Often times you’ll notice in class a teacher will ask about whether people want or don’t want adjustments. After having a few privates with the same teacher, they start to understand your body and your needs in ways that they simply wouldn’t be able to when teaching to a public group.
This affords you an opportunity to get exactly what you want, and nothing you don’t.
Gaining Initial Experience
Beginning yoga students can feel overwhelmed in typical class settings, particularly during the first few classes. It can seem difficult to keep up and personal flexibility might require a little work before it becomes easier to get into different poses.
You can avoid feeling overwhelmed and uncomfortable by taking private lessons to get started. A private yoga teacher shows each move personally and can help improve form immediately, which makes it easier to get started.
Touch (If that's your thing)
It’s interesting to note that of all the senses we have, how often we sometimes go without the sensation of touch by another person. I don’t necessarily think a private yoga lesson is something you should get just because you want to be touched (I’m not sounding creepy right?) but I do think that adjustments and the touch by another human are indeed one of the many positive aspects of a private yoga class.
A safe place for emotional release
We know that moving your body and opening up to current time sensation and being in the now can mean that there is the potential for hidden emotions to come to the surface and be released. A good teacher will make sure that your private classes are a safe place for you, and if a burst of emotional release is something that your body generates, a private yoga lesson is a safe place for this to happen.
Positive impact on your group classes
An obvious benefit of private yoga instruction is the compounding benefit that it has on your group class participation. It’s really remarkable how being shown a few modifications in a private can have a cascading impact into your practice as a whole.
Creating a Personalized Schedule
Although the experience itself and goal planning are important, making the time to practice is a vital element of yoga. If it’s not possible to get to a class, then joining a class is not the best choice. In such an instance, a private lesson can accommodate even the most hectic of schedules.
Private lessons work around personal plans and scheduling conflicts. Taking lessons at any time of the day or night, depending on work and/or social obligations, allows more flexibility in one’s yoga practice.
Overcoming Health Concerns
Injuries and health concerns can make a normal yoga class impractical for some participants. A yoga teacher teaching several students at one time cannot focus on individual needs or ensure that the poses will not further injure or strain a particular person. Furthermore, health concerns like pregnancy, diabetes or heart disease may require special alterations to one’s yoga practice.
When health concerns are a potential issue, it is best to have a private yoga lesson. The teacher can work around the problem and avoid further complications.
Developing a Plan for Personal Home Yoga
A private yoga lesson makes it possible to create a plan that is appropriate for practicing in the home.
Working on In-Depth Practice
Although beginners can benefit from private lessons to gain confidence and learn safe practices, private lessons also are beneficial for advanced practitioners. Private instruction can allow one to take their yoga practice to the next level. Advanced classes, in a group setting, might not offer the level of challenge and planning that is required for more advanced practitioners.
It is beneficial to work with a private yoga teacher. In many cases, it will result in better skills, a greater level of confidence and fewer complications.
Likewise, private yoga lessons may be the right approach to getting started or taking one’s yoga practice to the next level. If you’ve been on the fence over scheduling a private, I say go for it.
I believe that private yoga lessons are something that more people would benefit from and here’s why:
COVID TIMES
We are all experiencing changes to our everyday with new policies and procedures being added. In a private yoga class you can place your attention on yourself without having to be concerned with social distances practices and contact with strangers. You can come by yourself or bring your bubble.
Focused Attention:
What you’re paying for with private instruction is the attention of a trained professional to guide you through a series of breathing exercises, postures and adjustments, specifically tailored to your practice, your body, your needs and the specific things you want to accomplish with your practice.
For some people, that might mean learning the basics all the way through to working on inversions, while for someone else it might mean getting the right adjustments for their lower back, and for yet another person it might mean being guided through a meditation to calm anxiety.
Instead of looking at a private yoga lesson as the multiplied cost of a group class, it’s far more accurate to look at it as an opportunity for all the energy and expertise that a yoga teacher usually has to divide amongst a class of people, to be all directed at you.
Tailored Adjustments
Often times you’ll notice in class a teacher will ask about whether people want or don’t want adjustments. After having a few privates with the same teacher, they start to understand your body and your needs in ways that they simply wouldn’t be able to when teaching to a public group.
This affords you an opportunity to get exactly what you want, and nothing you don’t.
Gaining Initial Experience
Beginning yoga students can feel overwhelmed in typical class settings, particularly during the first few classes. It can seem difficult to keep up and personal flexibility might require a little work before it becomes easier to get into different poses.
You can avoid feeling overwhelmed and uncomfortable by taking private lessons to get started. A private yoga teacher shows each move personally and can help improve form immediately, which makes it easier to get started.
Touch (If that's your thing)
It’s interesting to note that of all the senses we have, how often we sometimes go without the sensation of touch by another person. I don’t necessarily think a private yoga lesson is something you should get just because you want to be touched (I’m not sounding creepy right?) but I do think that adjustments and the touch by another human are indeed one of the many positive aspects of a private yoga class.
A safe place for emotional release
We know that moving your body and opening up to current time sensation and being in the now can mean that there is the potential for hidden emotions to come to the surface and be released. A good teacher will make sure that your private classes are a safe place for you, and if a burst of emotional release is something that your body generates, a private yoga lesson is a safe place for this to happen.
Positive impact on your group classes
An obvious benefit of private yoga instruction is the compounding benefit that it has on your group class participation. It’s really remarkable how being shown a few modifications in a private can have a cascading impact into your practice as a whole.
Creating a Personalized Schedule
Although the experience itself and goal planning are important, making the time to practice is a vital element of yoga. If it’s not possible to get to a class, then joining a class is not the best choice. In such an instance, a private lesson can accommodate even the most hectic of schedules.
Private lessons work around personal plans and scheduling conflicts. Taking lessons at any time of the day or night, depending on work and/or social obligations, allows more flexibility in one’s yoga practice.
Overcoming Health Concerns
Injuries and health concerns can make a normal yoga class impractical for some participants. A yoga teacher teaching several students at one time cannot focus on individual needs or ensure that the poses will not further injure or strain a particular person. Furthermore, health concerns like pregnancy, diabetes or heart disease may require special alterations to one’s yoga practice.
When health concerns are a potential issue, it is best to have a private yoga lesson. The teacher can work around the problem and avoid further complications.
Developing a Plan for Personal Home Yoga
A private yoga lesson makes it possible to create a plan that is appropriate for practicing in the home.
Working on In-Depth Practice
Although beginners can benefit from private lessons to gain confidence and learn safe practices, private lessons also are beneficial for advanced practitioners. Private instruction can allow one to take their yoga practice to the next level. Advanced classes, in a group setting, might not offer the level of challenge and planning that is required for more advanced practitioners.
It is beneficial to work with a private yoga teacher. In many cases, it will result in better skills, a greater level of confidence and fewer complications.
Likewise, private yoga lessons may be the right approach to getting started or taking one’s yoga practice to the next level. If you’ve been on the fence over scheduling a private, I say go for it.
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I truly appreciated and benefited from the private yoga sessions that Heather created specifically for me and my emotional/physical needs. She is attentive, gentle and knowledgeable. Our sessions helped me through a stressful period and taught me several poses that continue to help me out. Thank you for your time and energy Heather!
~Heather Lavers
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Heather is a great teacher of yoga, an empathetic listener, and an inspiring coach. I love her ethical approach to her profession. Heather has helped me understand, in a grounded way, the beautiful connection of body, mind, and spirit in everyday life experience.
~Janette Cvetko-Lueger (Fernie)
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My private sessions with Heather have allowed me to deepen my practice immensely. Working through injuries, increasing my understanding of the poses and allowing an organic connection of energy is a gift Heather easily has given me through her teachings. A true pleasure.
~Krista Hanson (Fernie)
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- I see you in my private studio space or we work online over zoom
- I bring all the props needed (mats, straps, blocks, bolsters, etc)
- These sessions are 60 min in length. You book 1, 3 or 5 session instalments which occur 1x/week or bi-weekly.
PRICES (gst included)
- 1x 60min session $115
- 3x 60min sessions $330
- 5x 60min sessions $525
If you think private yoga may be right for you, contact me below and we will schedule a FREE 15 minute phone call to answer any of your questions and determine if we will be a good fit. Please let me know if you have any other questions at all! I am looking forward to connecting with you!
With Warmth,
Heather
With Warmth,
Heather
Cancellation Policy
Please respect the 24-hour cancellation policy:
Lessons must be cancelled at least 24 hours before your appointment time to avoid being charged.
Please respect the 24-hour cancellation policy:
Lessons must be cancelled at least 24 hours before your appointment time to avoid being charged.