the importance of personalized approaches to yoga, mindfulness & holistic health

interview with delivery rank

Thank you Delivery Rank for the thoughtful questions and for including me on your platform! Their team takes time to test and review various food and meal delivery programs so you can choose one that works best for you.

I chatted with them about my transition from becoming a student to a teacher of yoga (although forever still a student), and how my different trainings – alongside Ayurvedic wisdom – have influenced the way I work with students and clients (and myself).

Below is a snippet on personalized approaches to health and wellbeing – I think it might be a good little nugget for all of us to remember.

Click here to read the full interview on their website.

Your one-on-one sessions and wellness programs offer a personalized approach to yoga and meditation. Can you elaborate on the benefits of individualized sessions and how you tailor your teachings to meet the unique needs and goals of your clients?

…I know from firsthand experience the importance of a more personalized approach – whether it’s movement, meditation, or what we eat.

Everyone is on their own journey, working with their own discomforts and stressors, dealing with different physical and mental health imbalances, navigating their own relationships with themselves / others / their bodies / food / careers / etc. There are also circumstances like time of year, where in the world we live and who we live with (if anyone), if we have / want kids or not, if we have allergies or other health issues, what we do for work, how we’re feeling emotionally.

Because of this and other individual factors, it is really important to understand that no single approach is the best approach for everyone (i.e. what works for you might not work for someone else); sometimes specific approaches can work well if they are modified to suit current circumstances (i.e. vinyasa yoga might not currently work for someone who is healing from an injury, but there are static postures that can be beneficial); it is an ongoing ever-changing journey (i.e. what works today might not work tomorrow). Thankfully yoga, meditation, and diet are all very modifiable to meet individual needs, even if they come from specific baseline approaches.

By understanding yourself and your needs, you are more equipped to cultivate and access the tools and practices that work for you on any given day – whatever your mood may be, however your body feels, whatever the weather is, etc. This is what has helped me personally soften perfectionist tendencies around the need to do everything a certain way.

I believe that, in order for our physical and mental health desires to manifest, it has to come from an authentic place where the tools and practices feel sustainable and nourishing instead of impossible and tormenting – even if it and when it feels challenging sometimes. That’s where real transformation occurs.