+Body Reading
We have been reading bodies since the dawn of time. Every single one of us reads bodies. We can tell immediately when someone we love looks very sick - or radiant, joyful and healthy. We see overt examples of this out in the world all the time. We see fatigue, substance use, athleticism, confidence, ease & urgency all expressed through someone’s being, countenance or the way they move.
In Katonah Yoga we view body reading through an extremely refined lens- with the knowledge that all of your genetic material, experiences, thoughts and feelings are coded in your being. Accessing the implicit, by way of the reading the explicit, allows for a potent unveiling of propensities, habits, dissonance, strengths & even the pieces of ourselves we have yet to fully grasp.
This expedites the therapeutic process emotionally & also provides us with insight about how to move through a private yoga session’s therapeutic poses. Addressing the body with potent information and stellar organization, will inform not only the physicality, but also the quality, texture, tone & vibration of the soul.
*Body Reading is formally incorporated in the first private session & always woven throughout all work.
+Yoga Privates
Katonah Yoga privates are a deeply therapeutic modality for reconciliation and restoration of the Abode. The more organized the Abode, the more optimal the function. Demanding someone breath properly is about as effective as imploring them to stop panicking, simply be happy or “just let go.” What we can do is establish hospitable conditions for the breath to enter the body by organizing the shoulders & collar bones which house the lungs. Once the shoulder is reconciled, the elbow and the wrist will soon follow suit, as the wrist is a fractal of the collar bone. This holds true for the entirety of the body. Organizing one quadrant initiates a cascade of information throughout the system. If you put a drop of sea salt in a glass of water, it changes the chemistry of the whole glass. Organizing the pelvis, for example, helps to better flush the kidneys & reproductive organs. The Kidneys govern fear, creativity, anxiety, stamina, stability & mobility. If the pelvis and lower back are happy the kidneys are free to function with facility. An archetypal container for the spirit, supports the flow of currency to flush, feed, fill and inform the organs and the glands. Therapeutic yoga privates help to actualize the potential of the personal Abode.
*Exchange $200 • 60 minute session
In person in NYC & Westchester
+Face Reading
The face is a fractal of the body, a hologram of the spirit. Every crease, wrinkle and dimple is inherently attached to an emotion: expressed or repressed. Each feature references a major organ system as well as the character traits and emotions it commands. For example the nose, cheeks & cheekbones are the vital feature of the lungs, which in Five Elemental Theory is Metal.
Metal is the element of the Cosmos. It is your sense of self in a deeply personal way & paradoxically your capacity to have a big overview & take the personal- or more accurately perhaps, the preciousness- out of the equation entirely. Again, in a stroke of ambiguity & irony- Metal is ALSO everything that is precious: precious metals, minerals, ions and ores that are filtered through the lungs to feed the Soul. The gems & jewels of the Earth. Metal is hot, but cold, light but dark, opulent, but austere, solid but air. Metal, like the Soul & its Creator is androgynous. Metal embodies Cosmic Consciousness, paradox, self esteem, air, boundaries, fulfillment & grief.
When you look at the size & shape of someone’s nose & cheeks you can immediately begin to make so many associations with their relationship to this element. There are many maps & esoteric theories to cross reference and ways to play with the exploration that is Face Reading.
Face Reading is looking at the self, the Soul, a fractal of Cosmic Consciousness through the lens of Yin & Yang, Five Elemental Theory, Taoism, TCM, Katonah Yoga, Maps of Time, Decision Making, Karma & Organ Maps and many many more- some to be added some perhaps to be subtracted.
It is in the layering & cross-referencing of all esoteric dialogue that we enrich, deepen and make more dynamic our understanding of each other & our understanding of ourselves. Reading the face is a means of self inquiry, self cultivating & self exploration. Ultimately, to know the Self is to know that which we long to remember, our Home.
*Exchange $300 • 60 minute session
Includes analysis of pictures prior to session. Please provide photographs of face one week in advance. Instructions will be provided upon inquiry.
In person in NYC & Westchester or Virtually
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To schedule a private with Alex:
alexandralscerri@gmail.com