patricia keilbach is a certified yoga teacher (RYT200) and registered with yoga alliance.
she was introduced to yoga as a young girl by her mother who cultivated
in her a deep appreciation for the art and joy of body movement. she
has been practing ashtanga and hatha yoga for over a decade, and became a certified yoga teacher in 2015. in recent years she has studied under the mentorship of Scott anderson, founder of alignment yoga and the blue Mounds dharma center, and with Steve and lokita Carter, skydancing tantra teachers and trainers, and founders of the the ecstatic living institute. She specializes in a blended approach to the practice of yoga centered on the foundations of Alignment Yoga, with her additional studies in Ashtanga, Chakra, Hatha, Pranayama, Tantra and Vinyasa Flow also
infusing her personal practice and her approaches to teaching. She is
deeply committed to breath work and the practice of meditation and she
brings elements of this expertise into all of her classes and private
sessions.She
is experienced in teaching small and large group classes, as well as
facilitating private sessions for clients focused on individual needs
and post rehabilitation yoga programs.
She is also known for her strong anatomical focus, adjusting the body
to better alignment for increased strength and flexibility, and to
induce better posture, calmer moods and a more centered and quiet mind.
She has developed two new signature yoga modalities:
Joint Fitness Yoga
a safe, progressive and sustainable approach for developing a lifelong yoga practice. joint fitness yoga
focuses on anatomical alignment to strengthen and stabilize the joints,
promote mobility, remove stiffness, and bring flexibility to the whole
body. Joint fitness yoga
uses the three core principles of alignment yoga including grounding,
relaxing the palate and full commitment exhale followed by sequences of
pre-yoga exercises, action and resistance training and win-win poses and
flow movements. The stretches and strengthening postures help preserve
and improve range of motion and prevent and slow the development of
arthritis through the aging process. joint fitness yoga
includes many options for modifying poses in order to protect the
joints and reap the maximum benefits of a yoga practice. it aims to
provide students with a safe, progressive and sustainable yoga practice that
helps and heals rather than hurts, and delivers lifelong benefits.
Chakra tantra yoga your bliss is here. calm your mind, strengthen your body, open your energy system and ignite your passion. chakra tantra yoga blends chakra energy system work with yoga flow movements and tantra
body and breath exercises to calm and center the mind, strengthen and
tone the body, open and stimulate the energy system, and ignite internal
passion to bring about greater states of joy, awareness and connection.
it uses posture, breathing, meditation and exercise moves that work to
balance physical parts within the body while meditatively renewing
organs, cells and other anatomical building blocks. it involves the
reduction of stress and the increase in energy through properly relaxing
the entire body and tuning sensitivity levels. The practice promotes
full connection with the 7 Chakras, each one containing a different
empowerment that allows the body to become one with the mind.Chakra tantra yoga also
includes contemplation, visualization, ritual cleansing, repetition of
mantras and pranayama exercises for reprogramming the mind and
connecting to our divine nature: oneness and pure love. it is a transformative yoga practice and it delivers lasting results. her
favorite parts of practicing and teaching yoga are the joyful
feelings, balanced and centered state of mind, flexible and strong body, and self empowerment that
she and her students enjoy during and after practice sessions. her
enthusiasm for yoga is contagious, her love of teaching is palpable, and
her genuine commitment to the 8 limbs of yoga is evident in everything
she does, on and off the mat. yoga is her way of life and she is eager to share the joy and her passion with others.