bodywork   yoga therapy   accupuncture   life-coaching    nutrition

Holistic health therapies including bodywork, accupuncture, nutrition, life-coaching and yoga therapy are healing modalities that takes into account the multi-dimensional nature (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual) of human beings and strives to bring balance to the ‘whole’ person.

Holistic health is based on the premise that the body has an innate ability to heal itself. Given the right ingredients - appropriate nutrition, regular elimination of toxins, adequate rest and rejuvenation, intuned movement and mental/emotional balance – the body will heal, repair and recover into good health. A holistic approach to health addresses the underlying causes of health imbalances, clears toxic blockages and restores health through natural means.   Holistic health therefore strives to promote health rather than confront discomfort and disease.  It gives you the tools to renew, recharge and take control of your own health. 

Many of our teachers are trained in the therapeutic application of yoga as a healing art to improve overall health and well being.  Our therapists are available for both private and small group yoga therapy sessions

Private Yoga Therapy Sessions
 60 minutes  $95 in studio; $150 out of studio
 75 minutes $115 in studio; $170 out of studio
 90 minutes  $130 in studio; $185 out of studio
  **10% discount with purchase of 10 sessions

What to Expect in a Yoga Therapy Session
We recommend that your initial session be scheduled for 75 or 90 minutes. 
In your first session, the therapist will do an intake interview that will address your symptoms as well as your goals and expectations so that an individualized short and long term plan can be developed.  This will be followed by a yoga practice.  Subsequent sessions will build upon the plan developed in the initial session, modified as needed, and deepened with more subtle practices and techniques.  The sessions will give you the tools you need to practice yoga in a safe and appropriate manner to help your particular condition.  The goal is to provide you with a yoga practice that you can use for prevention and to ease symptoms.

yoga therapists

Megan Davis, ERYT
Megan is a certified yoga therapist and had completed yoga therapeutics trainings with Jenny Otto and Doug Keller.  Her interest in yoga therapy is rooted in her own experiences with the healing power of yoga after knee, hip, neck and back injuries.  Megan has experience working with people who are rehabbing after injuries and people with physical disabilities as well as people who are managing diseases such as Parkinson’s, cancer, MS, and chronic pain conditions (arthritis, fibromyalgia, spinal stenosis, sciatica, scoliosis, degenerative disk disease, herniated disks and chronic lower back pain).  In addition to private therapeutic sessions, Megan offers regular therapeutic workshops at Flow. 

Neva Ingalls, ERYT 500 
Neva Ingalls is a certified yoga therapist and director of Inner Domain Yoga teacher training program, with experience in dance as a healing art, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Raja and Tantra Yoga spanning 30 years. Her unique background in classical dance, spiritual studies and yoga gave her the opportunity to be at the forefront of a small movement of instructors that, at the time, were beginning to experiment with vinyasa (flow) yoga in the United States.  Her ongoing study of yoga as a healing system for every aspect of life lead her to develop and offer the following approaches to yoga as therapeutic system to address health and wholeness: pulse diagnosis and hands on adjustments, mindfulness and self-awareness counseling, guided meditation for stress reduction, goal setting and empowerment, breath awareness and control (pranayama), and modified asana, linked with breath regulation and intention for increased range and ease of motion and functionality, circulation, strength, balance and integrity of the whole person.

Angela Cerkevich, RYT
Angela relies on an appropriate combination of skill sets to meet the physical and   psycho-emotional needs of her clients. Her specialties include yoga nidra, yoga for mood management, trauma sensitive yoga and Thai massage. Her studies with Doug Keller have influenced her technique in the application of yoga for managing injuries and chronic pain including: general back pain, muscle strains, neck and shoulder tension as well as more specific conditions such as SI injuries, frozen hips, recovery from cancer and arthritis. She has completed trainings with Amy Weintraub (Yoga for Depression) and Richard Miller (yoga nidra) and actively applies yogic techniques for  insomnia, trauma – induced muscle fatigue, anxiety and depression.

Gopi Kinnicutt, ERYT 500
Gopi's objective is to address an individual’s needs and limitations, creating a safe environment for her students, guiding them through physical, emotional and spiritual dimensions.   She is certified in trauma sensitive yoga, and teaches yoga for depression. She emphases mindful breath awareness, and focuses on different breath techniques as tools to heal both emotional and physical traumas. She is certified in Thai yoga bodywork, completing her training with Michael Buck, she has also studied yoga for different body types according to ayurveda and incorporates the stimulation of marma points (pressure points) in her work with individuals. Gopi specializes in chakra healing, applying specific postures that open up blocked energy lines and has been trained to release emotionally charged muscle in the body. She is at present furthering her studies with yoga therapist Gary Kraftsow.

Therapeutic Bodywork 

Thai Yoga Massage utilizes three major techniques to bring healing to the body and focus the mind:  stretching the muscles, ligaments and joints, massaging the of the fascia, and tension release of acupressure points.  Its receivers benefit from increased flexibility, range of motion, muscle tension release and a clearer state of mind.  Each session lasts a minimum of 1 1/2 hours and costs $120. 

Acupressure/Shiatsu Based on the same philosophy as Acupuncture, the session focuses on balancing the flow of energy in the body. This is done by holding, applying finger and palm pressure, and stretching acupoints along the body's 14 primary meridians.

Reflexology is a healing technique that applies pressure to reflex points on the hands and feet that are known to correspond to every organ system in the body. By doing so, reflexology enhances deep relaxation, stimulates circulation & detoxification, and normalizes organ function.

Cranial Sacral Therapy is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and balancing the craniosacral system to restore the natural movement of fluid and related soft tissue thereby removing restrictions and allowing the body to self-correct.

Polarity Therapy is an integrative approach to healing and wellness that integrates energetic bodywork, energetic exercise and polarity yoga stretches to reduce stress, increase vital energy and promote healing through self-awareness.

Aroma-therapeutic Bodywork Aroma Therapeutic Bodywork is a deeply relaxing, non-invasive, non-manipulative bodywork technique that combines the science of aromatherapy with bodywork & energy healing to restore balance, health & vitality to the body.

Jin Shin Jyutsu  physio-philosophy is an ancient art of harmonizing the life energy in the body. Jin Shin Jyutsu brings balance to the body's energies, which promotes optimal health and well-being, and facilitates our own profound healing capacity. It is a valuable complement to conventional healing methods, inducing relaxation and reducing the effects of stress. Jin Shin Jyutsu employs twenty-six "safety energy locks" along energy pathways that feed life into our bodies. When one or more of the paths become blocked, the resulting stagnation can disrupt the local area and eventually disharmonize the complete path of energy flow. Holding these energy locks can bring balance to body, mind, and spirit. Learning Jin Shin Jyutsu engages one in self study, self help. Through the process of "now know thyself" we recognize the wisdom of the body, and we learn to interpret the messages provided and utilize them to restore balance.  Jin Shin Jyutsu is $100 per 1 hour session.

Massage Relax and rejuvenate mind, body and spirit, Improve circulation and muscle tone,Release tight, achy muscles, Eliminate toxins from your system, Alleviate inflammation and pain in joints and increase mobility with massage.  A variety of styles are offered including deep tissue, pre and post natal, Swedish,  NMT (neuromuscular technique),  Jin Shin Jistu (energy work), Deep Tissue, Thai Yoga, and Pre-Nataland your therapist will help you determine what will be best for you!

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

Zero Balancing
Zero Balancing® is a bodywork system that blends together the western science of anatomy with the eastern concepts of energy movement to align our energy body with our physical structure.When these two aspects are out of balance, we feel mentally unclear, emotionally distressed, and are more susceptible to physical ailments. When structure and energy are in balance, we feel grounded, full of ease, and in harmony with ourselves and the world around us. ZB encourages the body to find its own balance, rather than force an outside template of what it should or shouldn't be. Because our energy bodies are constantly in flux, every session is unique. Many clients report a feeling of lightness with stability, or a feeling of expansion during and after a session. A typical session takes between 30 to 45 minutes, and is performed with the client fully clothed lying face up on a massage table. The practitioner evaluates, balances as needed, and then re-evaluates the client's energy fields and body structure. The pressure is gentle and should never be painful, although at times can reach the point where it "hurts good". You can receive Zero Balancing as often as you like, but it is recommended that you receive a minimum of three sessions to achieve results, as each session builds upon the last. For more information about ZB, got to http://www.zerobalancing.com.   One hour session is $80.

bodywork therapists

Tom Coen
Tom Coen became a certified massage therapist in 2001 and is also finalizing certification program for Zero Balancing.  Drawing from his experience of vibrational energy from his many years studying music, he sees his healing work as a harmonization of the body, mind, and spirit.  He brings to his work a profound respect for the inner perfection of every human, and believes that by realizing who we are in the present moment, and accepting that person, we can truly shine as that perfect being every hour of every day. 

Christine Davis is a certified Massage Therapist and offers Sweedish, Essential Oil, Deep Tissue,  NMT, Jin Shin Jistu, and Pre-Natal.  She graces Flow with her touch as a yoga teacher and massage therapist.   She loves that something as joyful as yoga can be used as a tool for something as (sometimes) serious as personal growth. She took her first yoga class in ‘89 at Sarah Lawrence College, where she was inspired by the gentle nurturing of her teacher.  Christine spends most of her week giving Therapeutic Massage to the Flow community.   Other times she is either teaching or taking yoga, Shake Your Soul and West African dance classes or spending time with nature in Charlottesville.  Her students are drawn to her nurturing and enthusiastic energy coupled with her deep knowledge and healing of the emotional body.  Christine’s yoga teaching is inspired by many styles, most recently Anusara and Vinyasa. She is certified with Shake Your Soul/Kripalu Dancekinetics, The Yoga Alliance, ACE, National Board of Therapeutic Massage, and massage licenses in Washington State and DC.

Angela Cerkevich, RYT
Angela relies on an appropriate combination of skill sets to meet the physical and   psycho-emotional needs of her clients. Her specialties include yoga nidra, yoga for mood management, trauma sensitive yoga and Thai massage. Her studies with Doug Keller have influenced her technique in the application of yoga for managing injuries and chronic pain including: general back pain, muscle strains, neck and shoulder tension as well as more specific conditions such as SI injuries, frozen hips, recovery from cancer and arthritis. She has completed trainings with Amy Weintraub (Yoga for Depression) and Richard Miller (yoga nidra) and actively applies yogic techniques for  insomnia, trauma – induced muscle fatigue, anxiety and depression.

Neva Ingalls, ERYT 500 
Neva Ingalls is a certified yoga therapist and director of Inner Domain Yoga teacher training program, with experience in dance as a healing art, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Raja and Tantra Yoga spanning 30 years. Her unique background in classical dance, spiritual studies and yoga gave her the opportunity to be at the forefront of a small movement of instructors that, at the time, were beginning to experiment with vinyasa (flow) yoga in the United States.  Her ongoing study of yoga as a healing system for every aspect of life lead her to develop and offer the following approaches to yoga as therapeutic system to address health and wholeness: pulse diagnosis and hands on adjustments, mindfulness and self-awareness counseling, guided meditation for stress reduction, goal setting and empowerment, breath awareness and control (pranayama), and modified asana, linked with breath regulation and intention for increased range and ease of motion and functionality, circulation, strength, balance and integrity of the whole person.

Erica Goldblatt is a licensed social worker and bioethicist (LGSW, MBE). She received her Reiki Levels I and II at the Reiki Center of Greater Washington, and then continued her studies to obtain certification in Sekhem-Seichim Reiki I and II, a form of Reiki that focuses upon emotional healing. Erica has worked with both adult and pediatric cancer patients as a Reiki practitioner to provide pain and symptom management at the end of life. Her Reiki sessions consist of chanting, singing, and a general focus on combining traditional energy healing with modern clinical therapeutic techniques in order to provide a complete integration of mind, body, and spirit

Mayuri Sobti, ND, CNC is a Naturopathic Doctor and Certified Nutritional Consultant. Her focus is on identifying and treating the underlying causes of health imbalances by using nutrition, herbs, homeopathy, detoxification therapies, therapeutic bodywork and energetic balancing. 

Acupuncture/Chinese Herbal Medicine

Acupuncture and Herbology are part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This ancient system encourages the body to heal naturally. The goal of acupuncture is to re-balance one's vital energy by stimulating specific points--called acupoints--along the body's meridians, or energy channels. This is done by inserting needles and applying heat or other stimulation at these precise acupoints. Acupuncture has been shown to be effective for acute and chronic health conditions. Women's Health & Pain Management specialists on staff.

Holistic Nutrition

A Holistic Nutrition Consultation is a complete nutritional evaluation based on the holistic, preventative principles of health. The consultation incorporates a variety of nutritional strategies – acid-alkali balance, raw foods, food combination, macrobiotics, allergy elimination, detoxification & nutritional supplements – to create a customized nutritional program for each client’s individual health, genetic and lifestyle needs.

natural nutritionists

Mariska Breland is a senior Flow Pilates instructor as well as a certified health counselor and natural nutritionist.  After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in her mid-twenties, Mariska turned to holistic nutrition, alternative medicine and yoga to reclaim her health.  She has personally experimented with literally dozens of modalities, including everything from ayurveda and acupuncture to rolfing and shiatsu.  This experience, along with formal education from some of the leaders in the alternative health world including Drs. Andrew Weil, Deepak Chopra and Joseph Mercola, offers her a perspective on healing that few have.  In 2006, Mariska founded Fuse Health, an organization committed to teaching the bioindividuality of nutrition and exercise.  Mariska holds holistic health workshops throughout the Washington, D.C.  She writes articles on alternative health and sees clients in private practice.  She has also worked on health documentaries for CBS and the Discovery Channel.

Mayuri Sobti, ND, CNC is a Naturopathic Doctor and Certified Nutritional Consultant. Her focus is on identifying and treating the underlying causes of health imbalances by using nutrition, herbs, homeopathy, detoxification therapies, therapeutic bodywork and energetic balancing. 

Life Coaching

By Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), MSW

• Individual Coaching - Initial Intake: 2-hrs, $300; Month to Month Package: Three, 40-Minute Sessions/Month, $375.

• Group Coaching – Three, 60-Minute Group Sessions/Month, $100 (3-Month Commitment Required, $300/group).

Live the life of your dreams! Move from who you are now to who you want to be – from your core. Life coaching is a powerful relationship specifically designed to support you to connect to and live your unique essence and passion in every area of your life. Julie will partner with you, and honor the natural wisdom of your mind and body, as you shed stale habits, envision and design your dream life, and take action to make it real.  Julie will embrace the vision of you at your very best, and remind you, when you forget, that you can live from this place of wisdom and potency every minute. Embark on this journey of personal exploration, intimacy and adventure and transform your life today.                     

Spirit Life Coaching

Let go of the past; Drink beauty and appreciation from the moment; And evolve into a happier future

It is a sense of separateness from our inner most selves and our dreams that perpetuates dissatisfaction.

Through time tested practices of reflection and self study ( svadhyayav) we can determine our self and environmentally imposed limitations, the stories that keep us trapped in patterns that no longer serve our growth and fulfillment and can find new grooves that empower, enliven and set us on our right path of inner freedom and greater potential.  Through learning to focus through meditation and visualization techniques we can be the captains of our destiny, steering the ship of our lives toward inner (and outer) mastery.

Package includes Initial interview 1 1/2 hours $ 150.00; Package 2 months , 3 one hour sessions per month @ 100.00 each; Total spirit life coach commitment = $750.00

life coaches

Julie Schwartz offers her passionate expertise as a Life Coach and Yoga Instructor to the Flow community. She is deeply and lovingly committed to her clients living the most amazing lives they can imagine. Julie will support you and challenge you to reach into all pockets of your being to discover and live from your true essences/values. Julie will partner with you, and honor the natural wisdom of your mind and body, as you shed stale habits, envision and design your dream life, and take action to make it real. She has over 10 years of experience in the Personal Growth field. She trained with the Coaches Training Institute for life coaching, with Ana Forrest to teach yoga, University of Chicago to receive a Masters of Social Work, Chicago School of Massage Therapy to become a Certified Massage Therapist and has worked as an Organization Development Professional.  Julie’s rigorous and passionate commitment to her own fulfillment and growth enables her to be the nurturing, spunky and inspiring coach/teacher that she is today.  Visit VividLiving to learn more about Julie!

Neva Ingalls is a certified Yoga Therapist and ERYT 500, with experience in the healings art that spans 30 years. In addition to helping people through the physical practice of asana, she is committed to helping others find balance, harmony, health and joy in their lives, through hands on healing, Jin Shin Jyutsu, massage therapy, guided meditations, yoga nidra and personal spirit coaching.  Neva brings together her own personal experiences to the art of life coaching, influenced by years of meditation, yoga, dance and movement therapies, such as Feldenkrais , guided visualization, various energy balancing techniques, Shamanic Studies and the healing power of flower essences and aromatherapy. She will help you design a program and inspire you along your way to greater happiness! 

Carolyn Butcher is a certified and credentialed coach through Georgetown University and International Coaching Federation. She is a registered yoga teacher (RYT), continuing studies with Shiva Rea toward completion of her 500 hr certification in prana flow yoga. Carolyn's curiosity and love for learning as a student, teacher, and coach keeps her deep living in the “?” Carolyn views coaching and yoga as complementary practices for strengthening the witness and staying attuned to what fulfills, humbles, and keeps us grounded in the presence needed to be in a place of service. Carolyn’s hope and intention for this practice is that we always feel connected to our purpose, work, home, support network, and causes. Saying Yes! to what matters with time and focus in each of these areas to feel centered and balanced as we move about the rhythm of our daily lives. She dedicates her practice to beneficiaries of great missions including 1Well, Anahata International, and DC Global Mala Project. It is with heartfelt gratitude to her teachers and students who have lighted the way that Carolyn brings her offering to the vibrant and dynamic community at Flow!

 How to Set Up Your Appointment

The majority of our services are offered at Flow or in your home as well as some of our partner's beautiful spaces, including Tulsi Holistic Living located nearby at 1642 R Street.  To set up an appointment for any service, you can call us directly at (202) 462-3569.  We will help you coordinate a time and location and practitioner that will work best for you.  If your appointments is confirmed for Tulsi, please note all Flow Yoga Studio Clients Receive 10% off their first session at Tulsi and you can pick up your coupon at the studio!