At Blue Sky Therapeutic Yoga we offer classes in therapeutic yoga, Somatics and meditation. Classes and private sessions are available for all levels - beginner to advanced. Therapeutic yoga, Somatics and meditation work with your mind and body to overcome old habits and limitations, retraining muscles and nerves for the natural ways in which they were designed to act. Unlike stretching, in which the muscles remain passive and the nerves inactive, therapeutic yoga and Somatics activate the muscles, waking up nerve pathways that may have been underutilized for years. Weak muscles become stronger without straining and the muscles that have been compensating become less stressed. Muscles and joints begin to explore their full intended range of motion, reducing pain and moving beyond the artificial limitations of habit. Similarly, meditation helps quiet the mental "chatter" that keeps mind and body in a state of stress. Like tuning a radio, meditation eliminates the static, while allowing the signal to come through clearly. In much the same way, "tuning" your nervous system lets you respond to what's really going on within and around you. Studies have shown that meditation can help increase focus, reduce anxiety, decrease stress and improve sleep. Best of all, these practices do all this by triggering your system's own healthy, healing and operating mechanisms. It's neither medicine nor magic; it's simply removing impediments to allow your body and mind to do what they were designed to do.