Welcome to Sanctuary
Yoga Personal Training
Ever feel out of place in a yoga class? A space where we should be focusing on the inner world rather than the outer. Me too. That is why I created Cedar & Sage. A yoga practice focused on offering inclusive classes for all walks of life. Whether you are new on the mat, looking to deepen your yoga practice both physically and philosophically, or in need of more support physically or mentally; Cedar & Sage is here for you.
If you can breathe you can do yoga -
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
Personal Training Packages
Includes one-on-one training or create your own group sessions with friends.
Available in-person throughout the Chicago Suburbs. All classes are brought to your location.
1 Month Yoga Personal Training
$400 (1-6 people)
Choose from any style of yoga listed below and recieve personalized classes that may be adjusted to your needs. Each student recieves a welcome packet on the basics of yoga, modiciations and adjustments to support the practice and student, along with teachings on yoga philosphy to deepen students practice. Training classes are 60 minutes each.
1 Month Alignment Personal Training
$500 (1-6 people)
Learn how to break down the mechanics of each pose and understand the alignment of the body. Each class focuses on a gradual progression of asanas (poses) each week to provide a comprehensible understanding of alignment. Each training class is 90 minutes.
4 Week Ayurvedic Yoga Workshop
$500 (1-6 people)
Ayurveda is a holistic system of medicine that began in South Asia about 3,000 years ago and is considered yoga's sister science. This four week training pairs yoga and Ayurvedic principles to teach students how to use different yoga techniques in addressing common imbalances. Each training class is 90 minutes.
Common imbalances according to Ayurveda:
Vata: anxiety, racing thoughts, brain fog, bloating, constipation, poor sleep, and instability.
Pitta: anger, impatience, heartburn/acid reflux, excessive sweating or overheating, inflamation such as rashes, and stomach upset
Kapha: sluggishness, lack of motivation, depression, stiff joints, sinus congestion, constant colds, slow metabolism, and weight gain
Contact Cedar & Sage for pricing on group classes larger than six people.
Styles of Yoga Offered
Vinyasa
Includes continuous movement with poses flowing in tandem with breath. Rather than focusing on getting into poses, Krisnamacharya, who popularized vinyasa, believed that movement between poses was just as important.
Benefits: focus a distracted mind, learn body awareness, decrease muscle stiffness, and improve balance and cardiovascular health
Hatha
Focuses on poses that combine the yin and yang, masculine and feminine energies. Classes typically consist of poses held for longer to create heat in the body, followed by cooling and relaxing poses.
Benefits: improve mobility, balance, and strength, relief from stiffness, focus and awaken the mind
Alignment (90 mins only)
Break down the mechanics of each pose from the ground up and deepen your understanding of yoga postures. The practice will provide overall support in each pose and bring your yoga practice into complete alignment.
Benefits: provides balance, strength, and mobility
Yin
Targets muscles and tissues deeper beneath the surface by holding poses anywhere between 5-20 minutes at a time.
Benefits: improve flexibility, mobility, and overall blood flow to aid in tissue and muscle repair, prevent injuries, learn to sit in stillness
Restorative
Provides a deep, quiet, relaxation for the mind and body. Passive poses are held anywhere from 5-10 minutes in seated or lying down positions supported by props.
Benefits: improves mental clarity and sleep, provides stress relief, and releases muscular tension. Great for new parents looking for quiet time.
Marma/ Accupressure
Hold various yoga poses while stimulating acupoints or energetic centers located on the body to promote targeted healing.
Benefits: alleviate stress, chronic pain, and potential pain from menstrual cramps, back and hip pain, migraines, nausea, stomach upset, etc.,
Meditation
Participate in various meditation techniques to calm the mind and body while increasing and improving the flow of prana (life force). Meditation is a non-denominational practice focused on love, inclusion, and acceptance.
Benefits: lower stress, improve heart health, pain tolerance, sleep, and mental strength and focus
Nidra
Be led through a series of visualization and body scans to put oneself in a unique state of consciousness. Twenty minutes of Nidra practice is equivalent to two hours of sleep.
Benefits: improve energy, sleep, overall mental and physical health, and rewire the brain to cultivate goals and resolutions.
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