Yoga with Joy

I decided to take a yoga class as a New Year’s resolution and gave Yoga with Joy a call with the hope I could start reclaiming my life. My back was a mess and kept me from the activities I truly enjoy. I was out of shape and the only exercise I got was a daily walk. I had a hard time bending down to pick things up off the floor and the pain involved was aggravating. I had never tried yoga for a long period of time and hadn’t given it enough attention to gain any benefit.

As an adult, on the edge of being older, I would repeatedly and randomly start an exercise program in order to get into better shape. It would be the kind of program I might have done when I was 30, a time when it did work. But in recent years, it only resulted in soreness, sometimes injury, and failure to follow through. I finally realized, that plan doesn’t work anymore for me, I can’t do things I use to, I don’t recover as quickly. But, here’s the good news, I have learned, with Joy’s guidance in yoga, I can still get stronger and still do many things, the things I want and like to do. With Yoga with Joy, I have become the tortoise, slow and steady, and winning my race!

After 6 months of practicing yoga, my body is now stronger than it has been in 10 years. I can bike up hills I gave up on years ago. I have been hiking and plan on skiing this winter. I can pick up stuff off the floor without a thought. I feel stronger and more confident than I have in a very long time. Joy has lead the way. I am grateful and thrilled to be her student. She is an amazing and knowledgeable teacher. She knows how to listen to each of her students. Her passion for yoga is seen in everything she does. Her primary goal is helping her students reach their goals. Her guidance and patience have lead me in the right direction to learn to help myself. Her gift of instruction has shown me the way to use yoga to slowly improve my strength, endurance, and help reduce my stress levels.

Have you ever found something that just made your life better? Better than it was? I have - I am so thrilled to have have found it with Yoga with Joy.

I highly recommend trying one of Joy’s classes. Class is small and you personalized attention.

Great yoga instructor for all experience levels.