No yoga experience is required.

With compassion, Mary delivers iRest meditative self-inquiry  in ..
· 1:1 Yoga Therapy - interactive or not

· The beginning or end of a yoga class
· A multiple sessions Theory and Practices course.
· A home practice CD

Pain is Inevitable … Suffering is Optional

Unfortunately, many of us will, at some point during our lifetime, experience significant physical and/or psychological pain. And when pain does arrive, our built-in conditioned response will be to move away from the source of the pain. But what happens if we cannot escape pain? Must our life be filled with abject suffering?  The good news is that there are methods for dealing with acute and chronic suffering and pain that have been developed and refined over the millennia. Unfortunately, most of us will only discover these resources after exhausting all other avenues of pain relief. The approach we present here is based on the ancient meditation protocol called Yoga Nidra (yoga: knowing your timeless well-being; nidra: across all states of consciousness). Integrative Restoration - iRest is a retooled ancient process for our modern era and its use by Westerners.  iRest, with reference to pain, is a multi- step protocol that entails welcoming pain while relinquishing resistance to it. Paradoxically, suffering ceases, and pain breaks up, and may even completely dissolve, when we stop resisting and trying to avoid or change it, but instead truly welcome pain.

Conditions that may improve with Integrative Restoration - iRest

· Stress
· Chronic Pain
· Fertility
· Sleep issues
· Anxiety
· PTSD
· Chemical Dependency

With iRest practice you may sense ...

· Increased feelings of calmness
· Decreased stress
· Improved mood
· Less reactive behavior
· Increased acceptance
· Improved awareness including the ability to recognize feelings and improved ability to listen to cues of the body
· Pain management, reduction or dissolution
.......and more

Testimonials:

I'm surprised what has come up during the one hour we spent in the 1:1 iRest meditation inquiry as compared to years of talk therapy.

I welcome the sadness I feel as a result of the insights that arose during our iRest 1:1 session.  Past trauma living in me as shame has drained me of energy for decades but, now I know why I've show up as I do for all these years and there is relief in that knowing.  I see acceptance is needed to move on and attain my heart-felt desire of loving myself ... loving my body.

It was a very enlightening and helpful session --- a true gift from you to me!  I consider it a privilege knowing you, Mary, and receiving your guidance.

I am continuing to process all I've learned and all that presents itself to me.  Trying to get the "i" out of it.  I know this feeling, I have experienced it before, even though it's different elements --- the pattern is the same.  I am seeing all these connections and becoming aware that something transforming is taking shape in my life.  Don't know what it will be, but I do know that something is afoot.  Now I will remember to follow my heart next time rather than my  head.