Yoga therapy grounded in compassion and connection
for integrative health and resilience.
Hi I’m Anna (she/her),
I’m a certified yoga therapist dedicated to supporting individuals and communities in healing from traumatic experience and in improving mental health.
My services are grounded in the tenets of trauma-informed yoga therapy: accessibility, respect for individual experience and agency, a focus on therapeutic effect and mindfulness, and a holistic approach to integrative health and resilience.
‘Take heart’ expresses both courage and comfort when facing life’s challenges. It is my hope that our collaboration nourishes both these qualities: comfort in a felt-sense of greater ease in mind, body and spirit; courage to turn inward and get to know yourself, to reclaim your voice and vitality, and to be truly seen.
TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA THERAPY FOCUSES ON
gently growing our capacity for self-awareness,
safe-embodiment, and self-regulation.
From this foundation of feeling grounded, empowered, and resourced, while in collaboration with an attuned therapist, we can learn to skillfully make room for waves of experience without getting pulled under.
Maybe you are new to seeking support and feel yoga therapy is the right first step for you…
Maybe you have experienced years of more top-down styles of therapy and feel you need the added benefits of somatic work…
Maybe you are a wellness enthusiast but mainstream movement, mindfulness and breathwork techniques don’t work for you, or even make things worse…
Whatever your experience, yoga therapy can be a powerful healing modality, especially when complementary to other medical supports. I know this personally to be true, as yoga was vital to my own healing journey and my lived experience enriches my professional training in yoga therapy and psychology.
All of you is welcome here, and you are not alone.
Why Choose Take Heart Yoga Therapy?
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Practices go beyond simply accommodating those with trauma or mental illness, to actively contributing to recovery using personalized evidence-based tools that can be applied in daily life.
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I can personally relate to the experience of mental health challenges and to how mental illness and trauma often impede trying to do more mainstream yoga, meditation and mindfulness practices. I am committed to finding ways to make yoga accessible and inviting, and teach tools I personally use.
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I am passionate about being creative and flexible. I am always open to feedback and dialogue, and you are welcome to incorporate vocabulary, rituals, or other elements of your own wisdom tradition that speak to you. I like to offer unique practices, activities, and community events that encourage connection, collective healing, and yes, even fun and laughter.
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I am a certified yoga therapist and member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT) – the Association ensures high professional standards of practice and requires strict adherence to attaining and continuing a rigorous level and quality of training as well as a professional code of ethics and engagement with empirical research.
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