Not Your Standard

YOGA

Be with your body, just as it is.

In this caring and supportive practice, Bella integrates the wisdom of physical therapy with the insight of yoga to support your on-going healing. 

Wondering if “not-your-standard-yoga” is a good fit for you?

Check out these videos for a preview, or chat with Bella to discuss.

Classes

Release and Realign

Fridays 10:00-11:30am

Sacramento Yoga Center

Sierra 2
2791 24th St  #6, Sacramento, CA

$20 drop in

  • Mindful movement sessions for healing/embodiment. Breath focus expands range of motion, balance & strength. Fluidity, spaciousness, a body loose, long and strong thru a combination of disciplines: yoga, physical therapy, roller and ball release, qi gong, more. Relevant practice for all bodies to address asymmetries and imbalances, aligning from inside out. Presence, slowing down, awaken subtlety, kindness, self-love. A therapeutic movement practice for you.

    Who teaches? Guided in rotation by Bella Dreizler, Kim Wagaman, Jeanne Munoz bringing a wealth of yoga experience infused with skillful ways to integrate fascial release, create subtle core stability and align for optimal balance.

    We use these props in class, available for trial or purchase: 3 ft foam roller, 2 soft balls, 2 pair wrapped tennis balls. If you have them, please bring your own.

Workshops

Letting Go

Dec 1 and/or Jan 12

Clara Auditorium

Join Bella on the mat for a tender healing journey of deep release.

  • Join Bella on the mat for a tender healing journey of deep release. New to using rollers & balls? Totally skilled? Somewhere in between? No matter. These slow-paced skill building sessions help you develop mastery AND leave you melted, surrendered and inspired for home practice. A yin exploration of breath, fascia, muscle, bone and your nervous system. Come feel, come breathe, come change.

    Rollers & balls available for trial use/purchase.

    ·      3 foot foam roller: correct density, so important.  Bring your own and know that four densities will be available for you to trial.

    ·      4 inch smooth ball: for psoas release, exploration of fascia in organ body and gentle exploration of problem areas.  Psoas release, strength, length, asymmetry will be part of our exploration.

    ·      double tennis balls: to go deeper into sticky soft tissue around spine, hip, below knee and between shoulder and hand.

Personal Training

Personalized Care

At Your Convenience

Bella’s Sacramento Studio

An expertly guided individual session can help you begin or enhance your mat practice, whether you practice at home or in class.

Gentle Yoga for Your Body

Expertly guided practice

Caring & supportive instruction

Support for on-going healing

Pleasure-inducing exercise

Expertly guided practice Caring & supportive instruction Support for on-going healing Pleasure-inducing exercise

Bella’s Approach

The wisdom of physical therapy meets the insight of yoga.

A tried and true three-fold focus — loose, long and strong — honed over decades of caring for patients and teaching students.

“This, my friends, is wise woman yoga. No, you do not have to be a woman. Nor do you have to be wise. But when you show up here with me, you reap the benefits of many decades of wise woman experience.

And since we’re talking decades, consider this. Each life chapter requires re-appraisal of what we do on our mats, how we care for our aging bodies. My practice at 70+ is different than it was at 20. If you are ready to stop pushing, slow down a bit, tend to your body with expertise and breath and love, then this movement practice is for you.”

50+ years in physical therapy practice woven with three yoga certifications: 200 hour RYT 2013, 50 hour yin teacher training 2011, 100 hour kundalini teacher training 2006.

Try a Cannabis Supported Yoga Workshop

A low dose of cannabis combined with expertly guided yoga may optimize your healing experience.

Look for workshops above, or call to inquire.

What Students Say

“I’m feeling better, walking better, my posture is improving, my spine is more flexible, my body awareness has increased exponentially, and I can actually sense and activate the psoas muscles for the first time ever! I am very grateful to you!” -L.N.

“Bella, your Essentials [video classes] teaching is really translating very well. You’re a clear communicator which is essential as a teacher. Thank you for being so clear. I feel as if I am in a class and sitting really close to you at the top of class which I really like – cause I can see your body and feel seen by the teacher … this really is my favorite online thing I have tried. There’s intimacy … how cool. Well done.” -J.F.

Explore The Essentials

Free video series: “not your standard” yoga

What if you could create feel-good self-care right at home?

These essential skills invite you to your home mat with confidence and expertise. Tools and techniques for your body: explore, play, heal. There is no way to do this wrong as long as you have ease in your breath AND there is no pain. “Hurts good” is OK! This is preparation for Release & Realign class Friday mornings 10:00am

Slow easy foam rolling. Roller density so important. Enjoy the pleasure of releasing fascia, muscle, joints that restrict your flexibility and can cause pain.

Slow and gentle releases with two sets of double wrapped tennis balls. Thick carpet will decrease sensation. Modifications offered. Special emphasis spine, arms, shoulder blade, hips, shins, calves, feet.

Learn how to be vital and powerful in your core. Meet your psoas and the anchor of the shoulder blades. Learn to incorporate the active exhale in your practice. Have foam roller ready!

Length in the big muscles attaching legs to pelvis, a rms to rib cage. Long fluid spine: forward folds, back bends, twists.