| Diane Valentine is the director of the Yoga and Movement Center, where
she teaches weekly classes and leads workshops in Iyengar-based Yoga, Restorative
Yoga and Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement lessons. She has been
studying Yoga for more than 26 years and teaching for the past 16. She
has studied with and assisted senior Iyengar Yoga teacher Judith Hanson
Lasater, PhD., in working with the therapeutic aspects of Yoga and restorative
practices. Diane has written articles on Restorative Yoga for Menopause
and Yoga and the Feldenkrais Method®. After four years of study she
is certified as a Feldenkrais practitioner and teaches weekly Awareness
through Movement classes. She also has an active private practice in hands
on Functional Integration and Therapeutic Yoga sessions.
Diane has developed a deep understanding of the body, mind, and emotional
connections through her work as a Yoga teacher, massage therapist, and
Feldenkrais practitioner. Her own life situations have given her deep insight
into the way our bodies work. After being diagnosed with a debilitating
illness many years ago, she found deep healing in Yoga's restorative practices
and continues to help or teach students learn to listen to their body's
own natural wisdom.
Today her methods are aimed at teaching beginning and continuing students
to listen to their bodies through the fluid movements of Yoga and Feldenkrais,
as well as learning to practice "living in the present moment" by becoming
aware of themselves. Diane places emphasis on developing and maintaining
postural alignment to support the organs and the internal functions of
our bodies, allowing us to be fully aware, awake, and alive.
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