San francisco + Online
Private Yoga Instruction
WITH STACEY ROSENBERG
ONE-ON-ONE YOGA SESSIONS
Private sessions are customized to support your specific goals.
Each session is structured around you and your experience level, your pace, and the issues you want to address in your body.
Private yoga is a wonderful way for beginners to grow their practice in an individual setting rather than a classroom. It's equally valuable for experienced students working to address specific issues, overcome limitations, or return to practice after an injury. Students building a home practice can also use private sessions to develop a sequence tailored to their needs.
Sessions can meet in person or online.
"When I first met Stacey, I had been recovering from an injury that limited my physical ability. Since working with Stacey in a private setting, I have seen a significant difference in my life. Not only did she teach me poses and exercises specific to my needs during our sessions, but she also empowered me with further resources to improve my health.” Nirali C.
“To deepen my yoga practice I added weekly private sessions with Stacey. She is truly a gifted, intuitive healer and teacher. Each session, she knew what my body needed and guided me to a better place including what I needed to work on to do to build my practice. I highly recommend her.” Vineeta H.
“When I started working with Stacey a year ago I was often bedridden with debilitating pain and unable to move. I had ruptured discs, stenosis, and facet syndrome, all war wounds from years of being a professional ballet dancer with the San Francisco Ballet. At 59 years of age, the injuries finally caught up with me the MD specialists advised back surgery as the only way to repair the damage the MRI depicted.
Stacey started teaching me how to move inside my body, with micro movements, and exercises designed to slowly strengthen and stretch my muscles. It was careful work, as the smallest wrong move could trigger intense spasming. It was the beginning of a long journey to build flexibility and strength, to relearn how to move, and to leave behind the world of pain and fear.
Now, one year later, not only can I walk, but am able to work again as a contractor. Stacey is a true healer. I imagine always working with her as she continues to find new ways for me to move and live in my body. Now I live without pain, which I once was sure would never happen for me again. Thank you Stacey, words can never reflect my gratitude.” Russ M.
Yoga Therapy
Private therapeutic yoga sessions are an ideal way to address specific physical ailments. Together, we'll work through postures and exercises to strengthen your body, improve range of motion, and build confidence in everyday movement, modifying familiar poses and developing new ones customized entirely to your needs.
I've trained extensively in anatomy, functional movement, and biomechanics, and am certified through the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT). I draw on a range of modalities, from yoga and massage to corrective exercise, strength training, and health coaching, to help you move better and feel better in your body.
Therapeutic sessions commonly address:
- Musculoskeletal issues: pain or injury to the spine, neck, wrists, shoulders, lower back, hips, or knees
- Pre- and post-surgical care: preparation and recovery
- Health concerns: digestive disorders, stress, insomnia, and headaches
- Female reproductive health
- Specific diagnoses: arthritis, plantar fasciitis, scoliosis, fibromyalgia
- The effects of physical or emotional trauma
What's the difference between being a yoga teacher and a yoga therapist?
The yoga practice is very effective and offers benefits, regardless of who is teaching it. You could say that all yoga is therapeutic. However, there is an important distinction between a yoga teacher and a yoga therapist. A yoga teacher, myself included for nearly thirty years, is trained to guide students through poses and sequences, often in a group setting, building strength, flexibility, and mindfulness. A yoga therapist undergoes significantly more training, hundreds of additional hours beyond a standard teaching certification, to apply yoga safely and effectively to individual health conditions, injuries, and pain.
In practice, the line between the two is rarely so distinct. A private session that begins with a specific goal, such as greater hamstring flexibility, more range of motion in the shoulders, or increased freedom in the spine, often reveals underlying imbalances or compensations the body has developed over time. When this happens, the session naturally becomes therapeutic.
Contact Stacey to make an Appointment for Private Yoga Instruction in person or online: