PHOENIX RISING YOGA THERAPY

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy is a client centred therapy that combines classical yoga with elements of contemporary mind-body psychotherapy.

The unique discipline helps us to enhance our awareness of the complex relationship between mind and body as well as to release physical and emotional tension, body stored memories and blockages.

A typical PRYT session is a one-on-one process that lasts for an hour and a half where the body and the yoga postures, or asanas, are used as vehicles for the exploratory process. Clients are being held and supported in specifically selected yoga postures whilst being brought to the edge of physical sensation.

Using guided breathing and non-directive verbal dialogue, based on the work of Carl Rogers, these sensations are explored physically, mentally and emotionally. Through this process clients may experience cellular and psychological changes that can initiate transformation within their lives.

Benefits of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy

There are many benefits to Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, here are the highlights :

• An enhanced awareness of the relationship between mind and body
• Relief from chronic pain, aches, tension and stiffness
• Greater flexibility & freedom of body-movement
• Improvement of existing yoga-practice
• Enhanced mental clarity
• Relief from emotional blockages and body stored memories
• Greater sense of relaxation & well-being
• Enhanced connection to body & deeper self

Anna Andersson is a qualified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist as well as a Hatha yoga teacher. She has also practiced meditation for many years and is trained by both Vipassana and Transcendental meditation teachers.

As a student of transpersonal psychology, Anna has a special interest in the relationship between yoga and psychology and is working to develop an in-depth understanding of the body-mind-spirit connection as a way to help her students gain a better awareness of their own true selves.