About Susan
Susan Bryant, Certified Professional Yoga Therapist, has completed a 1000-hour Professional Yoga Therapist program through Integrative Yoga Therapy in Prescott, AZ.
Susan studied directly with ITY founder Joseph LePage. She has also studied with Jill Miller, Doug Keller, Elise Miller, Scott Blossom, and Sarah Powers.
She specializes in teaching mixed level classes which focus on alignment, breath, and an energetic flow of postures to increase strength and flexibility. She is deeply committed to sharing the healing as well as energetic and strengthening aspects of yoga with her students.
She also teaches Yen Yoga, which is a deep practice that uses a series of postures that gently stretch and rehabilitate the connective tissues that form our joints.
Susan has most recently become a certified Yoga for Golfers instructor through Katherine Roberts' Yoga for Golfers Workshop in Arizona. Yoga for Golfers focuses on strength and flexibility movements in order to improve balance and reduce injuries.
In addition to teaching, she maintains a deep consistent personal practice.
Personal Words From Susan
"I truly love the practice of yoga and teaching yoga is a great blessing! I feel like I have been personally transformed by this practice mentally, spiritually and physically.
My students are extremely important to me and I work hard to develop a genuine rapport with them. I felt very strongly in following the path of yoga therapy as I discovered so many people comig to yoga because of an injury. I knew I needed to understand the body more deeply and learn the skills to help students enhance their body's own capacity to heal. I work with the student in partnership to bring about this healing process. Yoga Therapy is a comprehensive program designed to meet the needs of an individual.
Over the years many golfers have come to me for yoga instruction. I decided a few years ago I really needed to understand the biomechanics of the game so I went to Arizona to study with Katherine Roberts and became a certified Yoga for Golfers Instructor. I really enjoy teaching golfers as they are a serious dedicated yet fun bunch! Most have a great deal of muscular knowledge so along with offering them a rigorous strength building and flexibility improving program, they learn in depth the connection between body and mind using breath and relaxation techniques to gain confidence and stress reduction. We also laugh a lot and have a great deal of fun!
I love to read and study and just completed a 32-hour seminar in Orlando this month working with Aaron Mattes on active isolated stretching techniques. The Mattes Method promotes functional and physiological restoration of muscles, tendons, vertebrae, ligaments and joints facilitating healthier superficial and deep fascial planes. I am very excited about incorporating these new healing techniques with my students!"