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Enhance and deepen your yoga practice with Bodywork at OM!
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OM yoga, New York City’s preeminent yoga center, invites you to enhance and deepen your yoga practice at our new Wellness Sanctuary! A perfect compliment to OM’s juicy blend of flowing yoga, the Wellness Sanctuary adds another dimension to your life and to your health. Under the care of our professional and compassionate practitioners, you can surrender to another’s intuitive guidance and experience profound healing.

Our lives are often hectic and stressful, requiring a lot of energy and keeping us in constant “go” mode. Sometimes we crave a rigorous yoga practice; at other times, a deep massage, the gentle touch of reflexology, or a private session with our favorite teacher to address an injury or illness. OM’s Wellness Sanctuary, housed in a quiet wing at OM yoga Center, is a haven for healing.

Like yoga, bodywork facilitates awareness and release on all levels - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual; it is the ultimate relaxation. Choose from any of our modalities to experience ease in body and mind, relief from stress and tension, and an increased sense of well-being and balance.

Therapeutic Bodywork Modalities for Awareness & Alignment

Alexander Technique with Kate Kobak
This technique works to restore the natural balance and coordination of the body. It enables us to recognize and suspend unnecessary habits, and to achieve greater awareness and conscious control of our daily activities. There is no strenuous physical exertion involved, with very gentle manual guidance by the teacher.
Alexander Technique is not a quick “fix” for stress or injury. The ultimate goal is to enable the student to achieve greater physical awareness and freedom within the regular activities of everyday life. Benefits include a freeing of the whole body, a reduction of pain and stress, and an increase in poise and comfort.

Shiatsu for the Childbearing Year
This is shiatsu specifically focused on supporting the creative process of bringing forth life. It works with both the subtle life force energy and with the physical "soil" in which that life force takes root. By cultivating the smooth flow of Ki and Essence with touch and supported stretching, the body rediscovers it's natural harmony. From fertility, through pregnancy, birth, and the post-partum time, including work with baby, shiatsu supports this time of immense personal growth and transformation for mother, father and baby.

Swedish Bodywork
This popular full-bodywork session increases circulation, relieves muscle soreness and stiffness, provides deep relaxation -- great for active yogis!

Deep Tissue Bodywork
This full-bodywork session focuses on releasing tense muscles and tissues.

Reflexology
Reflexology is a holistic approach to health that encourages and supports the body’s natural ability to reestablish itself to it’s desired state of equilibrium. The practice’s origins can be found in numerous ancient cultures throughout the world. By means of applying pressure and manipulation to the reflex points of the feet and/or hands physiological changes in the body are effected. These include, but are not limited to, stress reduction, the improvement of nerve function and circulation which, in turn, increases the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the the body and aids in the elimination of toxins and waste products. On a structural level, manipulation of the tissue around the numerous joints of the feet and hands aids in greater ease of movement and freedom of these joints.

Polarity
Polarity blends the Eastern Aruyvedic healing work of reflexology and
energetic elemental healing with Western practices such as cranial-sacral
and structural balancing. Bodywork, nutrition, counseling, and yoga are
used to address pain, chronic tension, stress, and life challenges. The
client is assisted in becoming an active participant in his/her own healing
process to gain heightened self awareness and more control over one's
wellbeing.

Shiatsu
Combines traditional techniques with stretching and weight counterbalancing to encourage greater harmony of energy, circulation, flexibility, and postural integrity. Using elbows, knees, feet, fingers and thumbs helps concentrate on the body’s acupuncture points. Shiatsu is performed on a floor mat.

Prenatal
During pregnancy, helps alleviate discomfort by easing stress on the joints and reducing neck, shoulder, and lower back tension. Also promotes circulation and lymphatic drainage, and enhances the well-being of mother and child.

Loga™
Life Coaching + Yoga, with Martha Williams

Loga™ is a new approach to personal change, fusing the principles of yoga and coaching. Loga™ integrates the principles of yoga into life & accelerates the personal discovery process with the help of a certified personal coach and yoga teacher. The combination of verbal and physical learning create deep, visceral discovery that literally gets into your bones, and when it’s in your bones, it can more easily manifest into your life. Ultimately, this fusion creates deeper access to the transformation that we know is possible but often feels slightly out of reach. 1 hour sessions begin with breath or meditation work + coaching, sessions then move to asana practice which serves both as time to process and ground. Sessions usually end with more coaching and an action plan or personal inquiry assignment. Click here for prices.

60-minute session
$85 - single
$235 – 3 pack
$385 – 5 pack
$725– 10 pack

Yoga Therapy & OM on One
60-minute session
$100 - single
$275 – 3 pack
$450 – 5 pack
$850 – 10 pack

Swedish & Deep Tissue Bodywork
w/ Eric Pettigrew
Eric is originally from Quebec, Canada. After moving to NYC, he began his studies with Cyndi Lee at OM Yoga Center at which time he was introduced to meditation and the philosophy & practice of Yoga. In order to combine his passion for Yoga & dance and to increase his knowledge of the human body, Eric became a certified and licensed Massage therapist. Eric hopes the result of a session will make you feel like a brand new person or simply reconnect with your true being - reenergized and balanced.

Polarity
w/ Ellynne Skove
Ellynne Skove, LCAT, NCC, RPP is a practitioner of Polarity
Therapy, Reiki, Dynamic Anatomy, and dance/movement therapy. Her work
is a blend of hands on work with structural balancing, energy work, and
reflexology. Sessions may also include movement re-patterning work,
yoga, and counseling. Ellynne has been in practice for 20 + years
working with people of all ages and abilities.

Mark Greenfield
Mark graduated from the Swedish Institute in April 2004. In addition to
massage therapy, he is also a NSCA certified personal trainer and a
certified Plates instructor.

His specialties include relaxation techniques such as Swedish massage
and Shiatsu, and more medical, therapeutic techniques such as myofascial
release, deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy and stretch therapy.
He also incorporates aromatherapy and essential oils into each session.
Whether you are looking for a full body relaxation massage or have
specific injuries or pain, all of his sessions are goal-oriented to your
specific needs.

Prior to becoming a massage therapist, Mark worked for non-profit
organizations as a youth educator and community organizer.

Alexander Technique
w/Kate Kobak
Kate Kobak is a certified Alexander Technique
teacher and a graduate of the American Center for the Alexander
Techique. She has led numerous workshops for wellness and bodywork
professionals in the New York area, including recent continuing
education courses for physical therapists and massage therapists at Long
Island University and the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences
as well as for personal trainers at Transform Fitness. Her background
includes choreographing, teaching and performing modern dance and
ballet, as well as studying and teaching karate. She is thrilled to be
joining OM's Bodywork Program and looks forward to teaching you skills
that will not only enhance and complement your yoga practice, but will
also help you to integrate your practice into your daily life and work.

Reflexology
w/Debra Rodman
Debra Rodman, a native New Yorker, received her reflexology
certification from Laura Norman Reflexology center. She believes
reflexology to be a wonderful addition to one's own yoga and meditation
practice, because it deepens the process of bringing the body into
balance, improving circulation where healing has a perfect opportunity
to take place. She is very happy to be a part of the staff here at OM.

Melissa Arra (Reflexology)
Melissa Arra is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and reflexologist. She was the Co-artistic Director of UnderFoot dance form 1996-2005. She integrates the knowledge she believes to be valuable and complementary from her 20+ years experience of working with bodies into her reflexology practice. After receiving her reflexology certification in 2003 from the Open Center where she studied with Wendy Coad she traveled to Thailand to teach, perform and continue her reflexology studies. She is a current member of NYSRA and is working towards certification in prenatal reflexology.She is looking forward to Buddhist/mediation studies this fall at OM Yoga.

Jennifer Furst (Swedish)
Originally from Washington, D.C., Jennifer Furst, now lives andpractices
massage therapy in New York City. A graduate of the Swedish
Institute, where she specialized in Eastern therapies, she is excited
to be joining the Bodywork team at OM Yoga. Jennifer is also a
classically trained musician and, as such, believes that massage is a
helpful way to keep the body in tune.

Christina S Miller,(Swedish,Shiatsu, Deep Tissue and Prenatal)
Christina S Miller, LMT has experienced the healing and reconnective
qualities of bodywork herself and has committed to finding health and
healing through massage. She is a New York State Licensed Massage
Therapist and certified by the NCBTMB.
She received her training at the Swedish Institute of Massage and
Acupuncture, graduating in 2003. Her areas of work include Swedish
massage, Shiatsu, Deep Tissue, and Prenatal. She also received advanced
training to teach Infant Massage.

Brooke Nesset (Shiatsu for Childbearing, Shiatsu) graduated from the Ohashi Institute and now practices in New York. Trained as a classical dancer, she brings an experiential knowledge of the body and a fluid physicality to her work. She has furthered her shiatsu training with Suzanne Yates in Bristol, England with a focus on using shiatsu to support the childbearing year, including fertility, pregnancy, birth, post-partum, and baby shiatsu. Brooke is also a doula, or professional childbirth assistant, attending births in hospitals, birthing centers and at home since 2003. She is certified through Doulas of North America, and is a member of BirthFocus, an independent doula organization based at Beth Israel Hospital. Brooke is a member of the AOBTA (American Organization of Bodywork Therapies of Asia), and holds a B.A. from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. She augments her practice with the study of Taiji Quan, Qi Gong, and Yoga.

Sharon Gordon-Keisch is a New York State Licensed, National Board Certified, 5 Element Acupuncturist. Sharon trained with the late JR Worsley, the world-renowned professor of Classical 5 Element Acupuncture at the College of Traditional Acupuncture, U.K., where she received both her clinical training and Advanced Licentiate.

Sharon holds a Master of acupuncture degree from the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture, Florida and received additional training in Doctor Tan’s Balance Method, Japanese Meridian Therapy, Auricular Acupuncture and Acupuncture Facial Rejuvenation at the New England School of Acupuncture, Watertown, M.A.

Sharon specializes in Women’s Health and chronic pain and works in an integrative medical practice with an Osteopathic Physician. Sharon has additional training in Reflexology and is a Registered, Yoga Alliance Instructor, focusing on restorative, gentle, Hatha yoga. Sharon’s training includes instruction in the Indra Devi style of yoga that honors women’s physical structure with additional Yoga training at Kripalu, Lenox, MA and Yoga Mountain studio, New City, NY.

Sharon stresses both breathing and alignment and ends each yoga session with a stress relieving, resting meditation. Sharon’s 8-week back series has been featured at the Beauty Kliniek day spa in San Diego and at Philipstown Recreation Department, Garrison, NY.

Loga™ with Martha Williams
After college, which is now quite long ago and where Martha (yes) played Division 1 basketball and studied anthropology, she made a dramatic shift. She began life coaching, practicing yoga and pursuing a professional dance career. She obtained her coaching certification at The Coaches Training Institute in 2001 and now has over 1,500 hours of individual coaching experience and has led over 100 workshops. Martha has worked with artists, executives, entrepreneurs, old people and young people, to name a few. At the same time she started coaching, she started training intensively in yoga, and dance and now makes her own choreographies, creating site-specific, mixed media and filmic movement works. In July of 2007 Martha obtained her yoga certification at OM and is now teaching yoga in Brooklyn. She has also since developed Loga™, a new approach to body mind change. Martha is happy to be fusing her various modes of knowledge, experience and interest into the modality of Loga™.