Yogaah

Deanna McLaugh­lin, ERYT 500

Deanna’s phi­los­o­phy is to edu­cate and facil­i­tate one’s aware­ness of how very capa­ble we are of heal­ing our own Selves over time with­out the aide of med­ica­tions. Patience and per­sis­tence are some­times dif­fi­cult for indi­vid­u­als to have with them­selves. Using guided imagery and a focus on devel­op­ing a med­i­ta­tive state prior to begin­ning any move­ment aides indi­vid­u­als in feel­ing com­pe­tent capa­ble and confident.

Deanna has exten­sive expe­ri­ence work­ing with peo­ple of all ages and lev­els of men­tal and phys­i­cal abil­i­ties. Com­bin­ing her skills as an edu­ca­tor, yogi, and for­mer art ther­a­pist, Deanna guides stu­dents on their inward jour­ney to gain flex­i­bil­ity, build con­cen­tra­tion, reduce stress of the mind and body, and tap into nat­ural abil­i­ties to cre­ate pos­i­tive, heal­ing energy
from within.

A com­pro­mis­ing diag­no­sis of uter­ine can­cer at the age of 25 spurred her to make life changes. With her 2nd diag­no­sis at 27, she exited her pre­vi­ous career as an art ther­a­pist in Ohio to move to Philadel­phia, where she began for­mal study of Tao Yin Yoga with Sifu Chik Mason in 1993. The effects she expe­ri­enced within her­self after one class prompted Deanna’s desire to learn more about the heal­ing aspect of the phys­i­cal pos­tures involved in yoga.

The Tao Yin style dif­fers from other types of yoga in its blend of chi-gong with the yoga poses. Most pos­tures are done on the floor for addi­tional sup­port for the body to open nat­u­rally and safely. Poses empha­size wring­ing out the organs and open­ing the space between the joints to encour­age flow of cir­cu­la­tion through­out the body. Classes are tai­lored to meet the needs of par­tic­i­pants requests.