Certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner:
California

Phyllis Solomon, M.A., RYT 
Purple Turtle Yoga

Email: purpleturtleyoga@aol.com
Phone: (213) 321-3631

What is Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy (PRYT) and who is it for?

• Have you experienced illness, grief or trauma?


• Do you seek deeper access to your creativity?


• Do you want to deepen your relationships?


• Do you want to release the stress of business, commuting and other daily obligations?


• Do you question your responses to life's events?


• Do you seek greater self-awareness?

If you answered "'yes" to any of these questions, perhaps a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Session is right for you.

PRYT sessions can be transformative, revealing, healing and relaxing. They can help reveal how life pressures affect your body, health and moods. Sessions may also help you to focus, discern, and integrate information in your personal and/or professional life.  And best of all, you do not need any yoga experience. Phyllis guides you into the pose, then holds and supports you in the yoga stretch.

Sessions are for EVERYONE! Men and women, in individual, couple, small private class or corporate venues. Stay-at-home moms/dads, attorneys, doctors, nurses, caretakers, executives, entertainers, authors, singers, musicians, people with disabilities/illness, PTSD, depression, life transitions…. Couples are anyone in a relationship, including parent/teen-aged or adult child; friends, workmates, any two people wanting some focus, clarity, understanding and/or healing for their relationship.

In a nonjudgmental, nurturing, and respectful setting, Phyllis utilizes assisted yoga postures and guided breathing throughout the session. You are safely brought to your edge of physical sensation – the amount of stretch for you that feels "just right" – not too much and not too little. Here, with focused awareness and practitioner support you enter a dialogue. It's not about fixing or analyzing anything. You simply tune in and listen to your body's wisdom without judgment or the need to change anything. You may release underlying tension, emotions, or beliefs that have manifested in chronic pain. And you may feel deeply relaxed as a result.

While most sessions take place on the floor on a comfortable, thickly padded yoga mat, sessions can be adapted for people who can’t get down on the mat comfortably, or who are bedridden. Accommodations can also be made for people who do not want to be physically touched.

• the release of fears, anxieties and stress
• enhanced body awareness, strength and flexibility
• more clarity around life issues
• deep relaxation
• letting go of your 'critical' self
• and many other deeper and substantial benefits

Set Up An Appointment

Please call/text or email Phyllis for an appointment or further information. She has two locations, one in Los Feliz, the other in Valley Village (right next to Studio City).

Call/text (213) 321-3631 or email purpleturtleyoga@aol.com

Yoga Therapy Session (for individuals or couples): A yoga therapy session is from 1¼ to 1½ hours. Please allow up to 1¾ hours for the initial session, and please wear loose comfortable clothing to allow for easier movement. Loose pants, sweats or leggings, and t-shirts are recommended. Please do not wear jeans as they can inhibit movement. Men are asked to wear either bicycle shorts or briefs under their loose clothing.

Yoga Therapy Session: $100/individual   $165/couple
     Package of 4 sessions: $350/individual   $600/couple
Special First-Time Offer: Two sessions: $150/individual
Special First Time Offer for Couples: One individual session for each of you and one couples session: $295

Private Individual Yoga Class: $65/hour
Couples Private Yoga Class: $100/hour

Private Small Group Yoga classes: If you have a few friends who want to experience easy yoga with a Phoenix Rising mindfulness-based approach, consider a small class in your own home, or even set up in a park. Call/email for details/prices. Minimum 4-week commitment required.

Corporate Venues: Please email to discuss how classes or a retreat can be tailored to your company’s needs.

8-Week Themed Yoga Classes in private homes, yoga studios, or corporate settings. Themes build on the previous week creating opportunity to reach a deeper level of understanding and personal integration. As with private Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy sessions, myriad results are possible, depending on your goals and desires. Themes are revealed each week as we progress with the classes. Classes are 1½ hours. Minimum 6 people/maximum 10 people per group. $160 per person (if held in a yoga studio, fee may be slightly higher). No yoga experience necessary.

About Phyllis

Phyllis Solomon turned to yoga for her own healing more than 17 years ago to heal a lower back injury which six months of physical therapy failed to mend. She has also experienced two life-altering bouts with cancer and, through her yoga practice, began to realize the connection between how she dealt with stress in her life and the tensions she held in her body. Treatments left Phyllis with a speech impediment and while this may have stopped others, Phyllis, with humor, patience, perseverance and persistence, has continued to give yoga therapy sessions and also became a certified yoga teacher in 2009. Yes, you will definitely notice her ‘new’ voice, and might have to listen differently at first, however, clients and students have found Phyllis’ new voice, attitude, and enduring spirit inspirational.

Phyllis holds a Bachelor's degree in psychology from CalState LA, a Master's degree in Marital and Family Therapy with a specialization in Clinical Art Therapy from Loyola Marymount University, and became a PRYT Practitioner in early 2004. As a certified PRYT Practitioner and yoga teacher, Phyllis blends the healing power of yoga with her life experience and formal education.

Contact Phyllis at purpleturtleyoga@aol.com or (213) 321-3631.

Events

Come to an Experiential Workshop and find out what PRYT is all about!

Choose from Thursday, Jan 5, 2012    6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
or Saturday, Jan 7, 2012  10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

In this workshop you will be introduced to the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy approach and guided through a yoga-based body-mind experience that will invite you to tap into the wisdom of your own body and connect it to what's happening in your life.

NO YOGA EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!

Where: Private Residence in Los Feliz (90027) - address given upon registration
Cost: $25/20 if registered and paid by 12/28/11
Facilitated by: Phyllis Solomon, MA, RYT
email: PurpleTurtleYoga@aol.com
website: www.PRYT.com/purpleturtleyoga
and Pam Pence, MBA, RYT
email: (Pence.Pam@Pencenet.com 
website: www.MeetYourselfYogaTherapy.com)
Ph: (714) 719-0890 

Phoenix Rising Training Coming to Los Angeles!
To be held at Sportsmen's Lodge, Studio City, CA

Level 1 Yoga Therapy Training - Jan 21-24, 2012
Level 2 Yoga Therapy Training - Jan 26-31, 2012

Module B Yoga Teacher Training - April 9-17, 2012

For information on professional training and certification programs call (800) 288-9642 or visit www.PRYT.com

The meaning of the Purple Turtle

I am often asked why I chose the logo of a turtle for my yoga business. In fact, in one of those enlightening instances where the Universe moves quickly to bestow a gift — the turtle chose me. Click here for the story.