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About Johanna and and the "A" Team that helps her
lead Sedona Spirit Yoga Vortex Hikes and Retreats
Your retreat leader,
Johanna (Maheshvari) Mosca, Ph.D.
- Director of Sedona Spirit Yoga & Hiking
- Leader of transformational Sedona yoga and hiking retreats since 1994
- 500-hour Registered Yoga Instructor with the Yoga Alliance
- Certified in Kripalu Yoga, Kripalu Bodywork and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
- Holds two Certificates in Yoga Therapy from the Krishnamacharya Yoga School, India
- Trained to facilitate the Sedona Method of Emotional Release
- Founding board member of the International Yoga College
- Former President of the Arizona Yoga Association
- Author of YogaLife: 10 Steps to Freedom book and two CD set
- Founder of the YogaLife Academy, a teacher training institution approved by and registered with the international Yoga Alliance
- Johanna earned a Ph.D. from New York University in Writing Research and Theory and is an expert on the writing process
- Author of a soon-to-be-published book showing everyone how ten simple yoga principles can guide us to forgive the past and create the life we choose -- CULTIVATE CONTENTMENT: Design the life You Want Using 10 Ancient Yoga Principles
Hike Leaders: Nanci, Johanna and Rhea
Doing the Victory Squat on a Drizzly Day. We hike rain or shine!
The "A" Team
Over the past decade, Johanna has gathered a loving, talented team of Sedona friends to enhance your experience—veteran tour guides, Yoga colleagues, astrologers, psychic readers, massage experts, and energy workers —spiritual people who honor the earth and all beings. They are outstanding at the services they provide. All are are committed to serving you with a high degree of excellence and integrity. Johanna and her team adhere to the Integrity Pledge of the Sedona Metaphysical and Spiritual Association of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce .
Johanna describes her work as follows--
 “As a Yoga Instructor, I create a safe space for my clients to go deeper within. Through the breath, we let go of all concerns and create a bridge from the mind to the body. I encourage my students to go to a soft edge, stretching gently beyond the body’s initial movement into an extended stretch that is steady and comfortable. I guide students to focus within and find the inner sanctum where there is a feeling of total peace and well-being.
When I lead a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy session, I interview my client about what’s going on mentally, physically and emotionally. I ask about what conditions the client is working on and select the aromatherapy oils that seem most appropriate. Inviting the client to stand, I conduct a body scan to assess blocks and discover what poses would be best for this particular client. We begin the actual session with a centering, energy balancing, foot-flexing, plus a bit a foot-reflexology massage, leg and arm rotations and gentle traction, neck tilting and traction, and a scalp massage.
After these warm-ups, I assist the client into a series of poses chosen to release tightness and blocks and restore maximum energy. Often, when the client gives me permission to do what I call “compassionate laser coaching,” I am able to mirror a client’s concerns in such a way that the client gains new insight, shifts, and transforms the issues permanently. This one-on-one assisted yoga, energy balancing, and aromatherapy works on multi-dimensional levels to help deeply heal the body, mind, and spirit. “
Sedona Spirit Yoga, based in gentle Kripalu Yoga of self-acceptance, includes a variety of styles plus chakra balancing. Johanna also teaches gentle Vinyasa or yoga flows that both relax and energize the body. She teaches students to apply the Yoga principles to bring more peace and contentment to life.
Join us for a heart-opening, transformational experience!
Let us help you achieve lasting contentment now.
A Yoga retreat in Sedona with Johanna is a unique experience. The Yoga classes were amazing; Johanna is a gifted teacher who makes students of all levels feel comfortable. Most memorable were Phoenix Rising sessions and Yoga among the red rocks. Come prepared to laugh, feel free, and be energized.
Mark Raza, Attorney-at-law, Washington, DC |
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VALLEY GUIDE
Summer 2005
Soothe Your Soul
Northern Arizona Single-Day Getaways to Rejuvenate the Spirit
Author Amy Abrams was happy to spend a day with us doing research for her article. She wrote about how she benefited from a psychic reading and three-hour vortex yoga hike with our Sedona Spirit Yoga & Hiking team. About her yoga hike, she commented that she was “impressed with the heightened vitality from postures at this exquisite vortex site…and the beauty and power of this sacred spot.” Amy’s long Sedona adventure ended with a late yoga therapy appointment with Johanna, about which she wrote—“Johanna Mosca was eager to facilitate my spiritual growth with a one-on-one session in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy—a combination of classical yoga and mind-body psychology that promotes a powerful release of tension from emotional issues held within the body.
With Mosca assisting me through yoga postures and guided breathing with the aid of specifically chosen aromatherapy oils, I release old, deeply stored body memories. This is a profound process providing valuable insights and dramatic release of tensions form a difficult period in my life. I am so tired following the session that it is not until the next morning that I realize how light, peaceful, and free I feel. Now weeks later, I am enjoying the positive results of clearing deeply rooted negative emotion.”
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