Yoga Privates and Integrated Bodywork by Derek

Contact / Rates and Hours / Bio

WHAT I OFFER...

* Swedish/Deep Tissue
* Neuromuscular Release
* Ayurvedic (Thai) Yoga massage
* CranioSacral Therapy
* Spiritual Counseling
* Barefoot Shiatsu
* Emotional Freedom Technique (emotional release work)
* Reiki Energy Work
* Integrated Yoga Lessons (vinyasa, ashtanga, therapeutic)

I am a healer in the truest sense of the word. I use a variety of styles of bodywork and energy work, counseling and yoga to help you heal physically, mentally and spiritually. My style of touch is nurturing, soothing, and deep on request. I use a table and prefer to work at my West Village studio. I can help you to heal from injuries or just remove troubled knots.

With craniosacral therapy (see below) we can work to balance your nervous system and release stress and illness. Or I can teach you to heal yourself through yoga postures, meditation, breathing exercises, chanting and deep relaxation. In addition I am a skilled spiritual counselor who can help you to remove core negative beliefs, phobias and mental and emotional blockages so that you can discover your true nature as an infinite, creative and loving being.

CHOOSE FROM:

Swedish/Deep Tissue combined with Thai Yoga (acupressure and passive stretching) or Neuromuscular Release
When your muscles are sore, tight or stiff, you have an injury or chronic pain, when you need lots of touch or when you need a full body makeover!

CranioSacral Therapy combined with Reiki energy work
When you are wanting to reduce your stress levels and heal your nervous system or immune system or when you are healing from wounds or surgery or illnesses and conditions discussed below.

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) —emotional release work
(A type of behavioral kinesiology) helps to rid you of negative patterns, traumas and behaviors using a combination of affirmations, muscle testing, light tapping of acupressure points and neurolinguistic programming. It can clear mental, emotional, and spiritual blocks as well as money issues, relationship stress, and memories of abuse. It is useful with fear of public speaking, anxiety issues, school performance, self-esteem issues, weight problems, anger issues, sports performance and nightmares.

Private Yoga Lessons
Whether rigorous (ashtanga and vinyasa) or gentle and therapeutic (restorative) my lessons feature correct alignment in each pose, flow style sequencing for aerobic conditioning and detoxification, and strength building exercises to develop elastic muscles. I also teach meditation and breathing exercises to still the mind and purify the emotions, chanting to sooth the heart, and deep relaxation (yogic sleep) to bring the body and mind into perfect balance and overcome past conditioning, traumas and addictions.

A WORD ABOUT CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY AND REIKI:

CranioSacral Therapy is fast becoming one of the world's most powerful natural therapies and a ray of hope for patients everywhere searching for relief. Using a light touch, I can help to improve the functioning of your central nervous system, eliminate the negative effects of stress, strengthen your resistance to disease, and enhance your overall health. It is especially effective for treating:

*anxiety and depression *TMJ *chronic pain (especially back and neck pain) *arthritis *stress burnout *emotional disorders *systemic infections *general injuries *scoliosis *eye and ear problems *spinal chord injuries *neuritis *disability prevention *cerebral ischemic episodes (small strokes)

Reiki is hands on energy work to improve immune function, heal injury, reduce stress and reconnect you to your true nature. It can help heal addictions, emotional blocks and illnesses of all kinds, rebalance your chakras (energy centers) or just make you feel amazing! As a Reiki Master I have been empowered to send you high frequencies of healing energy that you will feel instantly.

CranioSacral Therapy and Reiki Energy can work synergistically to provide you with maximum relief from tension, imbalance, illness or negative emotion. You will come off of my table feeling renewed and refreshed with your senses heightened and pain lessened. Usually repeat treatments are necessary for dealing with chronic or serious illnesses.

RATES AND HOURS

Bodywork:
In-calls at my West Village studio:
$105 per hour
$125 for 75 minutes
$145 for 90 minutes
Out-calls without a table are usually $25-35 more depending on length of commute. Bringing a table requires a taxi and therefore depends on the distance to your place.

Yoga Sessions:
Package Rates (at my studio in the West Village):
5 one-hour lessons: $400
5 ninety-minute lessons: $575
10 one-hour lessons: $750
10 ninety-minute lessons: $1100
Single Class Rate (at my studio in the West Village):
1 one-hour lesson: $100
1 ninety-minute lesson: $125
Out-calls vary between $20 to $40 more per session depending on distance and factor into the package deal rates.

I have a sliding scale (contact me for details) for underemployment, full time students, and disability. I believe that everyone should be able to afford my sessions.

Hours
9 am to 8 pm at regular rates. Before 9 am or after 8 pm my rates go up $20 per hour.

Cancellation Policy
Classes and sessions missed without sufficient notice (12 hours minimum, 24 preferred) will be subject to a $50 fee. No-shows will be subject to a full charge for that class or bodywork session.

HOW TO CONTACT ME

Email me at info@derekshealingarts.com if you don't need a session today.
For more urgent matters, please reach me by cell phone at 917-741-6895. 

BIO

Derek Newman is a yogi, massage therapist, spiritual counselor and performer with over ten years of yoga teaching experience, and a degree from Harvard in comparative religion. For twenty years he has studied Eastern spiritual and holistic health practices in ashrams, yoga studios and universities with renowned masters—obtaining six yoga teaching and bodywork certifications in the U.S. and Asia. His integrative classes are deeply nurturing and are based on extensive knowledge of the mechanics of movement and breath. He has taught yoga for Crunch, Bally and Equinox sports clubs in New York City. He has appeared on the Morning News on WB11 and his chanting has been recorded on a CD, Hearts on Fire, available from cdfreedom.com. He currently has a thriving private practice in the West Village.