Private Yoga

Experience personalized instruction and guidance with private yoga.

I can help you cultivate a more grounded, wise, empathic, and harmonious sense of being and living in the world through yogic practives (and Ayurvedic Counseling, too.) 

​Together, we'll define a simple, practical, and sensible path, tailored specifically to your unique wellness goals, using the ancient knowledge systems of Yoga and/or Ayurveda.

I have decades of experience in both practice and teaching that can foster greater ease in your physical practice and point you towards resources to deepen your spiritual practice. It's my goal as a yoga teacher to help you establish a strong and self-empowered yogic path forward, whether you're looking for:

• integral, individualized asana and pranayama instruction to deepen or refine your yoga practice
  
• want help addressing injury, aging, injury or illness,
• or want to delve more deeply into yoga philosophy.

(For those seeking nourishing postpartum care, I can also bring my expertise as an Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula directly to you, too!)

Each private session is dedicated solely to you, with the objective of refining, honing, and deepening your yoga practice/sadhana and/or adopting aspects of a yogic/Ayurvedic lifestyle. The goal is to cultivate your own inherent of wellbeing and wholeness through these ancient knowledge systems of India.

My methods of teaching are imbued with stability, wisdom, compassion and lightheartedness. Having lived a yogic and Ayurvedic lifestyle for almost 30 years, I bring personal, practical knowledge to my teaching and counseling sessions.

I draw not only from my own experience as a teacher of asana and pranayama, and long time practice of Ayurvedic lifestyle techniques, but also my lifelong scholarship and study of a wide variety of transformative, spiritual, insightful, challenging, edifying writing and thought rooted in the Vedic knowledge systems of India. Not to mention, the wisdom and knowledge gained throug the vastly transformative experience of three decades of marriage and parenting three children to adulthood, too. 

Its my goal to empower students and clients to become their own healers, and I often recommend books, authors, podcasts, art, music - including other teachers and experts I know from my decades in the wellness world - to serve as resources for your journey to wholeness and wellbing. I refer out when necessary and important to do so, to people I have trusted and worked with myself - and I also make a concerted effort to guide clients towards brilliant but often overlooked BIPOC or LBGTQ writers, teachers and leaders, too. 
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photo credit Emily Duggan - 2018

March 2023, Zoom screenshot.

With over 30 years of personal yoga practice, and as a yoga teacher from 2004 to the present (predominantly as a Mysore style Ashtanga teacher) I bring extensive experience in direct, personalized, one-on-one yogic and Ayurvedic education. This includes a wealth of practical knowledge gained from working with thousands of yoga students over the past 20 years. 
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What can you expect from a typical private yoga session?

• Following our free zoom consultation to establish goals, if you choose to set up a private yoga class, I'll provide my home address for in-person work, or set up a Zoom appointment. (For those with mobility issues within a half-hour driving distance of Chesterfield, I am available for home visits for an additional $25 fee on top of the private fee.)
• Each private yoga session is approximately 75 minutes.
• ​The content of our one-on-one yoga sessions evolves from ongoing conversations. Through this dialogue, we pinpoint and refine your objectives as a sadhaka, or yoga seeker/practitioner - or your ayurvedic lifestyle needs.
• Post-session, I'll email you notes and recommendations outlining our agreed-upon plan. You'll have the opportunity for a follow-up session within about a month to track progress and receive additional support, or as often as you wish.

How to set up a private yoga or Ayurvedic Health Counseling session:

• If we haven't met before, please reach out via email or phone to schedule a free 20-minute Zoom meeting to discuss your goals and determine compatibilit. This is a brief introductioni to chat about your concerns/needs, and your individual yoga/Ayurvedic background if any. We'll determine if what your seeking is either private yoga, Ayurvedic counseling, or both.
• If we've connected before, and you'd like to schedule either private yoga classes or Ayurvedic counseling, please  contact me via email or phone to set up a fee-based meeting.
• For those specifically seeking Ayurvedic Health Counseling, our sessions require filling out an Ayurvedic Intake Form with detailed health-related questions before we meet.
• Rest assured, all your health information will remain entirely private, secure and confidential, shared only between us.

Private Yoga Sessions are in my home, and are offered at a sliding scale of $75-$125
for a 75 minute session

(CLICK HERE FOR Ayurvedic Counseling)

All payments may be made by cash, check or Venmo @Michelle-Ryan-57 before the start of the session.

One-on-one classes may be in-person at my home or via Zoom.  
 
Private sessions based on the initial free consult
may be in person (here at my home on West Chesterfield) or via Zoom.
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Cancelation Policy:
I get it, sometimes life gets in the way!
But, cancelation is required at least 24 hours before scheduled appointment is required.
If you do not email or call to cancel your appointment at least 24 hours before,
you will be charged full price for the scheduled service.

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Testimonials:
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"Michelle finds a magical balance in teaching mysore Ashtanga yoga in a traditional way, while also MAKING IT FUN. The joy she brings and shares with you is so essential in both starting a yoga practice and maintaining one!" - Cara B.
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"Michelle is a phenomenal teacher, who guides all of her students with patience and humor." - Connie C.
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"...having someone as warm and knowledgeable as Michelle as a teacher is a privilege..." Laila S.