“Things happened for me pretty quickly with doing this yoga. One thing was that it woke up the rest of my body. That was when I really understood that I had been paying attention to my ankle for two years pretty exclusively and that’s all I felt. But within a week or so of doing this yoga it’s like my whole body said: “Oh, we’re still here. Thank you for paying attention!“ It was amazing. In some ways I do this practice because of/in spite of my ankle…but really it just brings me such joy to use my whole body in this gentle but also profound way.”
“I’ve done ton of physical therapy. You know, I did all the things, but still it just was a very unbalanced body and a body filled with fear and trauma. I don’t have that now. I really don’t. As time goes by I see other things unfolding in my life as a result, because when you’re full of physical fear and trauma it’s hard to do much of anything else. It limits you in so many ways. This practice has really opened up my life.”
“Over the past nine years I’ve had six orthopedic surgeries, the last one being a hip replacement. As a consequence of all of those surgeries I’ve had a lot of physical therapy … which I greatly benefited from, but I’ve benefited from this yoga practice more than any PT that I’ve done because it’s been such a self-healing, a healing that works for me and a healing that I understand…. On the very first day I came to the barn I walked out saying: “Holy cow, that was big, that was really big!” I couldn’t believe it!”
“I have arthritis in both knees and I’m in line to have two total knee replacements. When I started doing this practice I was having pain in my knees but not anymore. I can honestly say I do not need surgery right now. My joints just feel terrific. I’ve also had two thumb surgeries and I’ve developed a lot of strength in the joints in my thumbs as well as my arms from working with the strap in class. It’s amazing what’s possible with Kaiut Yoga!”
“The permission, the space, to work my body, which I know really well, and being able to pull back when I need to or now I can go, it’s helped to not only get greater recovery in my knees… I’m doing stuff now that I haven’t done in years… I’m getting my dancing body back…at age 73!”
“Kaiut is unlike any other yoga I have done. Celebrating at my 70th birthday this month, I know that for all the other activities I do—lots of biking, walking, strength work outs, gardening, water jogging—Kaiut is keeping me limber, flexible, strong and pain free. When I leave the mat after a practice, I feel like I’m in my body, walking on my feet, in a way I’ve never experienced. I know I’ve done something good for myself and for my goal of aging as gracefully and healthily as I can.”
“Landing in my body is giving me a sense of presence more than anything else. I know the answer isn’t out there. It’s to be as present as I can be in this body in this moment.”