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Yoga Therapy

Support yourself with many nervous system tools to create a state of greater ease, connection and ultimately, restoration and resilience.

What is Yoga Therapy?

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​It's the skill set we move through life with that matters most - yoga therapy creates that toolkit. Yoga therapy is curated, 1:1 support for what your struggling with in physical, mental and emotional health.

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This work is for the too tired, too busy and tried everything, those needing practical and accessible daily support to move the needle in thinking, feeling and doing.​

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Why Work with Elise Cusimano?

 

Handling of our own care requires more than just a group yoga class on a Thursday. When moving through our individual challenges, it's valuable to enlist someone who takes every part of you and what you're going in consideration. Each practice is a selection of intelligently chosen tools that ultimately influence how we feel and what can do.

Certifications and Credentials

  • Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach

  • Master’s Degree in Health and Wellness Coaching

  • Bachelor’s in Kinesiology/Exercise Science

  • Certified Life Coach

  • Functional Medicine Coach​

  • Yoga Therapist 

  • Mental Health First Aider

  • Adjunct Professor at Southern Connecticut

  • Kripalu-trained Meditation Teacher

  • Lin Health-trained Pain Recovery Coach

  • Advanced Teacher of Yoga Therapeutics | RYT 500

When working with Elise, here's what you can expect in your care:

Trauma-Informed

How we do, what we do, matters most as we work toward signaling safety and restoring trust.

Multi-Traditional Emphasis

Ayurveda, Pain Reprocessing and Yoga Therapeutics are frameworks that inform from assessment to care.

Curated Care

Sessions are carefully curated and co-created to meet the needs of the moment, just as much as the long-term goal.

Whole-Person Wellness

Feeding mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health is our emphasis

Take-Home a Toolbox

Learn a wide variety of tools to use now and reuse for a lifetime. 

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Equity-Based Offerings

Elise's goal is to advance the greater mission of health equity in all things access from cost and session format to the no-cost tools we use.

What Makes This Approach Different

We use the things you already have access to -- breath, body, mind -- to support you every second of the day. No expensive gadgets, no outlandish self-care advice, just simple practices to slow down and restore vitality.

Tools We Use

  • Clinical Somatic Movement

  • New pain neuroscience coaching and application

  • Musculoskeletal assessment

  • Breath assessment, mechanics and technique

  • Movement and posture (yoga asana + functional movement)

  • Meditation (and other, less formal practices of presence)

  • Somatic Tracking

  • Ayurvedic applications to movement to influence energetics

  • Mudra + Yoga Nidra

  • Reiki (always optional)

Outcomes Yoga Therapy Can Support

A thoughtful and dedicated yoga therapy engagement can support both personal and professional health. When partnering with Elise, your investment paves a path toward feeling your best.

Areas of support include:

  • Chronic pain recovery

  • Restored energy

  • Greater focus and attention

  • Nervous system regulation

  • Improved balance

  • Awareness and depth of breath

  • ​Eudaimonic well-being

  • Joy in life and movement

  • Work-life balance

  • Living connected to self and others

Equity Pricing

Please choose which option best meets your needs. The cost here is per 60-min session.

We typically meet every 1-2 weeks.

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Equity Rate

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An equity rate is available for those experiencing financial hardship or with a marginalized identity. All services are discounted by a minimum of 25%. Please choose this option as it applies.

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Standard Rate

$110

This is the 'true price' of services and serves as the standard cost. For those who have sufficient resources, please choose this rate.

*A student and veteran rate is also available, please reach out*

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"Elise is an amazing Somatic Yoga instructor. I went to her after a serious fall resulted in multi-system injuries, which then brought on PTSD impacting my confidence to safely move close to objects, reach upwards, twist, or bend over. Elise took the time to listen to my needs, understand my fears brought on by the trauma, and develop a comprehensive plan each week to help me. She asked me to share the physical therapy exercises I was working on, and incorporated some of them into our work. In the midst of working with Elise it was discovered I had vestibular issues from post-concussion syndrome. When I shared the vestibular diagnosis she took the initiative to research it, learn what therapy exercises I was doing for it, and incorporate that into my work with her. Her calm, gentle, nurturing way of working with clients gets success. After 6 sessions my fears of movement were gone, my confidence in my ability to move safely was restored, and I even learned some techniques to help unrelated back issues. I highly recommend working with Elise!"

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