heartwood yoga & body centered therapies

 

 

 

 


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teachers & therapists

                    

      Kate Tremblay                    John LeMunyon                    India Henson

 

About Our Training and Credentials

Since 1994 we've been offering a combination of body-centered therapies, workshops, and classes - all sharing similar objectives.  Our focus is on supporting our clients and students as they define and work to achieve personal objectives -  physically, mentally, and emotionally.

On a physical level objectives might include greater postural awareness and balance, improved body image, and/or relief from chronic or acute pain/discomfort.  Mental and emotional objectives frequently include improved focus and clarity, a calming of the agitations of the mind, or a more restful sleep.    

Our therapy offerings include yoga therapy as well as a style of therapeutic bodywork with orientations ranging from structural re-balancing and pain relief to relaxation and stress management.  We offer yoga instruction in a group classroom setting or as individual session work.  For a more complete description of our yoga instruction please visit our "about our yoga" page.  For more information on an individual therapist or instructor please click on an individual's name below:

 

John LeMunyon, E-RYT500, LMT

“I view my therapy practice and teaching as complementary pieces of the same process - the process of helping others in a return to wholeness. My intention is to create a partnership where each participant is inspired to bring forward what she or he knows personally and believes might serve the process of this return to balance.   The ancients held that if in this lifetime we have ever been well, that we hold within us a memory of that wellness.  They saw illness as a 'forgetting' and healing as a 'remembering' of our innate wholeness."

John is an Alabama licensed massage therapist and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.  As a yoga teacher he brings nearly 30 years of practice experience to his instruction.  He is an experienced registered yoga teacher (ERYT) through the Yoga Alliance™at what is presently their highest level of registration (500 hours).   Top of Page

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Kate Tremblay, E-RYT500, LMT

“I practice yoga for the same reasons I receive massage therapy: to become quiet, to leave behind temporarily the busyness of my day and reconnect with myself and the source of my inner wisdom. It's my opportunity to explore and release tension in my body, my breath, my mind and my heart, and what I find upon returning to my interactions with others is greater strength, kindness and compassion for us all.

I teach yoga and offer massage in the hopes of nurturing in others this same capacity to feel peaceful inside, however briefly, whatever the circumstances of our daily lives.”  

Kate is an Alabama licensed massage therapist and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.  As a yoga teacher she brings over 25 years of practice experience to her instruction.  She is an experienced registered yoga teacher (ERYT) through the Yoga Alliance™at what is presently their highest level of registration (500 hours).  

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India Henson, RYT

India remembers being new to yoga. She remembers feeling great after practicing without really understanding why, and wanting to practice more and more in order to stabilize that "great" feeling. Today she would tell you that yoga saved her life. It helped her return to the essence of who she really is, and to live from that place with joy and vitality. 

In her classes, India thinks of herself as a tour guide, leading students through carefully constructed sequences of postures, breath work, and relaxation, and pointing out landmarks along the way. You won't find these landmarks in the tourist books; they are inside each of us, and while they are key to our ability to manage our own health and energy, they are subtle and easy to miss. A well-crafted yoga practice enables us to become quiet and relaxed enough to perceive these subtle internal sensations, and to use our new awareness to make decisions that serve us better in life. India's primary reason for teaching is to help her students do just that. 

India Henson is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. She received her primary training at the Satchidananda Ashram Yogaville in Virginia.

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About Our Training and Credentials

John LeMunyon &  Kate Tremblay

We are both massage therapists, licensed by the State of Alabama and members of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.  We are the founders of heartwood yoga and body-centered therapies and have been working therapists for nearly 15 years.  As yoga teachers, we bring more than 45 years of combined practice experience to our instruction.  We are both experienced registered yoga teachers (ERYT) through the Yoga Alliance™  at what is presently their highest level of registration (500 hours).   

We are extremely grateful to our many teachers.  There were those over the years who we sought out as teachers; but many more came as clients, students, friends, and  family.  We are their combined love and wisdom.  May we honor them through our work and character.  

We welcome your inquiries and/or comments.

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about the Yoga Alliance™

The Yoga Alliance is an organization providing support services to all yoga professionals, establishing and disseminating standards for the education of yoga teachers, and maintaining a national registry of teachers who meet those standards.  To learn more about the Yoga Alliance and teacher qualifications please visit http://www.yogaalliance.org.

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heartwood yoga - birmingham, alabama

instructors:   john lemunyon, e- ryt500 - kate tremblay, e- ryt500

private and classroom yoga instruction in the classical tradition

  yoga therapy

therapeutic bodywork