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Sweet Fire: Yoga Arts & Healing is an online yoga community that helps individuals connect to a greater range of creativity, vitality and feeling through trauma-informed yoga & meditation offerings including accessible open classes, small therapeutic group programs, and customized private yoga therapy sessions.

Sweet Fire was founded by Kate Howell in March of 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic closed many yoga studio doors and continues to evolve to support the shifting needs of its community as the world re-emerges.

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  • Yoga therapy is individualized.
    A process of intake and assessment determines areas of imbalance and results in a customized application of yoga practices – physical postures, breath patterns, and meditation techniques – to guide you towards your specific goals.

    Because it is a tailored approach, yoga therapy is best experienced one-on-one or in a small group setting with other individuals who have similar therapeutic needs.

    Yoga therapy is integrative.
    Founded in yoga philosophy, at the root of which is the relationship between the body, mind, and essence or spirit.

    Unlike other healing modalities which focus on either physical health or mental/emotional health, yoga therapy addresses the whole person. A yoga therapy practice might include a combination of adapted yogic tools to ease discomfort in the physical body, soothe the nervous system, calm and focus the mind, and connect you with an overall feeling of vitality and well-being.

    Yoga therapy is collaborative.
    Encourages your ongoing self-reflection and the thoughtful observation on the part of the yoga therapist to ensure your practices evolve to meet your evolving needs.

  • Yoga Therapy includes assessment and intake and a highly individualized application of yoga practices. It is best experienced one-on-one or in a small group setting with other individuals who have similar therapeutic needs.

    Group yoga classes offer a generalized approach to yoga. While group yoga classes are a wonderful introduction to yoga and provide the benefit of practicing in community, the particular sequence of postures (asana), pranayama (breath patterns), meditation techniques and mantra, are not selected to meet any particular therapeutic need.

  • Literally anyone can benefit from yoga therapy, whether they are seeking relief from physical ailments, tools to manage mental and emotional health, deeper awareness of self, or all of the above.

    While anyone can benefit, I find deep fulfillment in supporting self-identifying women through the process of pregnancy, postpartum and motherhood.