Yoga with Emile

My name is Emile Sorger, I am a Connecticut based yoga and meditation teacher. Since 2009 I have helped hundreds of my students to heal, grow and connect with their inner-most sources of strength. I specialize in working with professionals, teachers, artists and people like you who want to develop confidence and freedom in their bodies and then see those benefits extend beyond their yoga mat and into their relationships, work and personal lives.

“No matter where you are with your practice, I suggest a 1:1 session with Emile. It will give you a greater insight into your body alignemnet, you will receive personlaized ques to deepen your connection and awareness.”

A.F.

Yoga Teacher and Personal Trainer

What it involves to begin working together…

I offer one on one yoga instruction as a way to help you live more confidently and freely in your body. In our time together we will uncover and ultimately transform physical, mental and emotional patterns that shows up as pain, lack of energy, hyperactivity and in other disruptive ways. Together we will go through a series of postures and sequences that will help you to become mentally clear and physically uninhibited. The postures and sequences that we work on together will help you to create space and freedom of movement in the major joints of your body and the spine, thereby quickly shifting your embodied experience out of discomfort and towards one of confidence.

The yoga practice that we work with will be simple and accessible. Through simplicity we will witness the ways in which outdated patterns of posture and movement are able to be transformed and sources of pain be eliminated. I will provide you with sequences that you can do on your own and can range between five minutes and one hour, depending on your availability and motivation. I will also provide you techniques to get more out of going to group yoga classes so that you are maximizing the time you spend there.

In many instances the confidence and freedom my students gain has inspired them to reclaim their connection to activities that they had long since given up on. My students now feel ready to enjoy dancing, hiking, gymnastics and soccer and have regained the ability to feel joy in spontaneous activities like playing with their children or grandchildren, making love, running, jumping and other expressions of happiness.

Ask yourself, how long until I commit to a better relationship with my body?

“I couldn’t have built my confidence without your guidance, I’m so grateful for a teacher like you.”

L.M.

Early Childhood Educator

Three steps to transformation, as ancient as they are relevant. #yoga #vinyasayoga #katonahyoga #handbalance #armbalance #mystical #questforthepress #presshandstand #play #katonahyoga #joy #transformation

What is warming up? When you are properly warmed up not only does your body become responsive and powerful, your mind becomes alert and sharp. Warming up is part of a yoga practice and yoga is part of warming up for life. In my work as a teacher I’ve seen yoga become the warm up for people to make unbelievable changes to their lives and do things like moving to a foreign country, ending bad relationships, starting companies, having hard conversations with loved ones and even facing down cancer. Do you need a warm up that enables you to make a big shift? Let me know, I’m accepting students who feel the call.

Join me on Saturday, May 10 to Unlock your Spine, the experience will be extraordinary, insight filled, playful, informative and leave you feeling strong and free! https://theevolvemindset.yoga/events/ #yoga #vinyasayoga #ctyoga #katonahyoga #freedom #nwct #litchfieldcounty #newmilford

I am PSYCHED to announce two upcoming workshops @theevolvemindset They will be held back to back on Saturday, May 10th. The first workshop will focus on postures and movements that can unlock the spine thus providing relief from pain and increased range of motion. This workshop will be great for newer practitioners who want to develop a deeper understanding of the way in which their spine relates to the most fundamental yoga postures. It will also be fantastic for more experienced students who are looking to refine basic and advanced postures by understanding the way the spine moves. The second workshop is.. you guessed it, HANDSTANDS! This will be a fun and playful to go upside down and enjoy the feeling of strength and freedom that becomes available to you when you invert. Join me for one or both! https://theevolvemindset.yoga/events/ #yoga #vinyasayoga #katonahyoga #handbalance #armbalance #mystical #questforthepress #presshandstand #play #katonahyoga #joy

A recent workshop with @david_regelin has me thinking more about strength and the role that strength training plays in my sadhana or practice. I’ll back up to say that one of the reasons I have for practicing, a big reason, is to cultivate the sorts of qualities that I feel that life asks of me. One of crucial roles that yoga has served over the years has been in maturing me into manhood. A significant part of that maturing process has been experiencing my body as strong, resilient and dangerous. The times during which I’ve had to assert my physicality in order to protect my family are fortunately few and in those few times I was left with gratitude that my body was there for me. Protection, service and survival are the base aspects of strength but I’d be remiss if I didn’t also touch on its transcendental aspects. Physical strength and the ability to control one’s movement opens the possibility of moving freely, not only in the yoga or dance studio, but in the broader world. To spontaneously climb a mountain or a tree, to wrestle, to sprint up a hill, to dive into a lake and swim across… these types of possibilities are terrifying to those whose bodies are weak and fragile yet exhilarating to those who have cultivated strength. The TL;DR is that I’m going to get back into training these handstand pushups! . . . #yoga #vinyasayoga #katonahyoga #handbalance #armbalance #mystical #questforthepress #presshandstand #play #katonahyoga #joy

Jumping! It’s a great way to lighten up and catch that playful spring energy! #yoga #katonahyoga #vinyasayoga #mystical #jump #play #armbalance #move #movement #springtraining

Yoga is here for those who are suffering as a form of healing and transcendence. I’ve found that the more honest I am with the depth of my suffering, the more meaningful my practice becomes. Let’s do away with the false dichotomy between suffering and joy and embrace the power of yoga as a supremely transformative practice. . . . #yoga #vinyasayoga #katonahyoga #handbalance #armbalance #mystical #questforthepress #presshandstand #play #katonahyoga #joy #buddhism #tao #katonahyogateacher

#katonahyoga inspired techniques to spice up your cats and cows. . . #yoga #vinyasayoga #katonahyoga #handbalance #armbalance #mystical #questforthepress #presshandstand #play #katonahyoga #katonahyogateacher #tantra #kundalini

For practitioners and especially for teachers, the language we provide for ourselves and our students can be limiting or liberating. . . . #yoga #vinyasayoga #katonahyoga #handbalance #armbalance #mystical #questforthepress #presshandstand #play #katonahyoga #joy

Hard is not opposed to soft, it is her brother. I’ve seen this principle lead to powerful, lasting transformation and growth in many of my students. Leave a comment if this interests you. . . . #yoga #vinyasayoga #katonahyoga #handbalance #armbalance #mystical #questforthepress #presshandstand #play #katonahyoga #joy

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