STRUCTURAL
YOGA™ THERAPY
at
Inner Quest Yoga & Wellness Center
Mary Bartel is a
Certified Structural Yoga ™ Therapist and
Teacher and a Professional Level Kripalu Hatha
Yoga Instructor, ERYT-500. Mary is the owner of Inner Quest Yoga & Wellness Center in
Saranac Lake. She has been teaching extensively full time for eight years.
She has successfully applied Structural Yoga™ Therapy to alleviate the
discomfort of several clients who have suffered from back pain, sciatica,
discomfort from cancer therapies, hip strain, shoulder pain and general
stress.
Please call or e-mail
if you have questions about how
Structural Yoga Therapy may benefit you.
Conditions that can improve with a
Structural Yoga Therapy ™
practice include:
· Physical
manifestations of stress
· Scoliosis
· Back
pain
· Sciatica
· Sports
injuries
· Asthma
· Arthritis
· MS
· Fibromyalgia
· Neck
pain
· High
blood pressure
· Shoulder
injuries
· The
negative affects of cancer therapies
Structural Yoga Therapy™ adapts yoga
to the client’s unique needs. It respects the body's innate capacity to
recognize safe, healthy movement and healing. When health is optimal, there
is a natural balance of muscle strength and range of motion. But illness,
injury and structural anomalies can disrupt that harmony. Structural Yoga
therapists design a unique yoga program to address the client’s pain and
discomfort brought on by body misalignment or injury and stress.
The Structural
Yoga ™ Therapist
· Identifies
and eliminates problematic movements that limit range of motion
· Detects
muscle weaknesses that contribute to imbalance
· Re-educates
the body to move as it was designed to move through classical yoga postures
· Ensures
the client understands and properly executes the postures by demonstrating
the exercises and observing the client perform them
· Provides
handouts for home practice and encourages ongoing contact with the therapist
periodically
· Reassesses
and adjusts the program to address changes
· Encourages
continued progress
Mary takes into account the client's
personality, lifestyle, attitude and stress level. A personalized
program for home practice is designed that may incorporate any of the
following:
* Yoga poses to strengthen and realign the body and Joint Freeing exercises for increasing or normalizing joint mobility (range of motion)
* Breathing techniques & meditation
* Relaxation methods
* Lifestyle
adjustments based on Ayurvedic therapies
Recent medical studies confirm the value
of therapeutic interventions known to yogis for thousands of years. By
employing these techniques, Mary gently invites her clients to find the personal
yogic path that will carry them to spiritual growth, transformation and
health.
This method was created in
1976 by Mukunda Stiles, creator of
Structural Yoga™, and author of the seminal book,
Structural Yoga
Therapy and other works on
therapeutic yoga and philosophy, including the recently published
Ayurvedic Yoga
Therapy.
Mukunda Stiles is currently
on the Advisory Board of the International
Association of Yoga Therapists and is the founder of the Yoga Therapy
Center www.yogatherapycenter.org.
“The purpose of yoga therapy is to lead us to the Self. Once there, bliss is
experienced”.
Mukunda Stiles
Training
of Structural Yoga™ Therapists
Structural Yoga™ Therapists
undergo a rigorous year and one half, 700-hour training that involves extensive
studies in anatomy, biomechanics, the application of therapeutic movement,
personal practice and yogic psychology, as well as the application of the more
subtle aspects of classical yoga and the related field of Ayurveda. To date over
40 graduates of the training have written papers adapting SYT approaches for
specific conditions. These papers are submitted to the International Association
of Yoga Therapy for publication in its professional journal (www.iayt.org).
Meet your Structural Yoga™ Therapist
Mary Bartel,
ERYT
500+, owner/director of Inner Quest Yoga & Wellness Center, in Saranac Lake, NY
is a certified Structural Yoga™
therapist and Professional Level Kripalu Hatha Yoga Instructor and Pilates
Fitness Instructor teaching since November, 2000. Her advanced training and
personal practice has her teaching with an eclectic style and emphasis on the
Classical Yoga tradition. Mary guides her students to deepen their awareness
and sensitivity on all levels, synchronizing body movement with breath and
cultivating a connection to spirit. Mary emphasizes sound principals of
alignment in her practice and teaching and offers adaptations when needed.
Mary began
practicing yoga and Pilates as a holistic approach for healing chronic stress,
neck and back problems. Not only do these practices help her work through these
issues, but it has given her many tools for enhancing her life. Her practice
has resulted in many and some profound benefits. Allow Mary help you find what
is innately yours: peace, love and joy of body, mind and spirit.
“Practice
with no expectations and you too will find yourself open in many unexpected
ways.”
Mary Bartel
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Fees:
Initial consult and evaluation
is 1 hour and 30
minutes.
Follow up appointments
are 1 hour and 15
minutes.
The fee for consult is
$85 and
other appointments are $80.
A sliding scale is
available.
E-mail and phone contact is highly encouraged during your treatment to discuss
any areas of concern …. no charge.
3 Session Package
(up to 4 hours) in the
studio - Initial Consult and two follow-up appointments: $230
Should additional time be necessary it
would be based on $60/hr.
Cancellation Policy
Booked
sessions require a 24 hour cancellation with no fee charged. Less than 24 hours
would require a 50% fee be paid to Inner Quest Yoga & Wellness Center. If the
instructor makes the trip for a scheduled private session and the customer
cancels, full payment is required.
Thanks
for your understanding of our policy.
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