“Therefore, surrender to Yoga”
– T. Krishnamacharya
DAILY PRACTICE
Lifelong clarity
Yoga therapy offered in private sessions and small-group classes to help you navigate your life with rituals of breath, body, and mind.
Take time to reconnect with yourself
Yoga Therapy
Yoga therapy offers personalized support for a wide range of life experiences, including:
- Chronic pain
- Recovery from injury or surgery
- Pregnancy and postpartum
- Infertility and miscarriage
- Sleeplessness and stress
- Anxiety and depression
- PTSD and trauma
- Grief and loss
- Maintaining mobility in aging
- Parkinson’s and MS
- Navigating terminal illness
- Hospice care and preparation for death
Rooted in the Viniyoga tradition, yoga therapy is offered one-on-one or in small groups, adapting yoga’s tools to meet your unique body, mind, and life circumstances.
Yogasūtra I.1 atha yogānuśāsanam translates to: “Now the experiential teaching of yoga.” There is no requirement of strength, flexibility, or prior experience. Wherever you are, we begin from there.
“Alix has been an amazing teacher and mentor. She helped me reconnect with myself in ways I never thought possible.”
The Offerings
What TO EXPECT
Located in Berkeley, California, Five Wings offers individual and small-group therapeutic yoga for people in all stages of their Yoga journey. For some, it might be their first time practicing Yoga, for others it might be time to deepen their understanding of this ancient system. No matter where you are on the journey, or what you hope for in your life, I will meet you there with Yoga’s tools: movement, breathing, meditation, chanting, and philosophy.
About Me
Meet Alix, M.S., 500-RYT
I first stepped on my yoga mat at the gentle nudging of my modern dance teacher when I was sixteen years old. I remember that first class like it was yesterday: the way the studio felt, the sound of my teacher’s voice, what the poses asked of my body, how I melted into that final rest, so happy to be there among the teachings and the community of practitioners. How lucky for me to have found this path in the throes of the topsy-turvy anxiety-filled time that was my teens and early twenties.
As a 500-hour registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance (500-RYT), I have had the privilege of teaching studio classes and seasonal workshops since 2014. My beloved teacher, Johanna Bell, of Illumina Yoga, founded the Full Spectrum Sequencing Approach to Vinyasa Yoga. Under her guidance, I learned how to incorporate the chakra system into sequencing creative classes which include poetry, homily, moving metaphor, and music.
In 2025, I will graduate from the Yoga Well Institute’s Berkeley, California cohort as a Certified Individual Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) in the lineage of Viniyoga. The program, led by Chase Bossart C-IAYT, passes down the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya through his son Mr. TKV Desikachar. I offer Yoga as a practice of ritual and self-discovery. Whether navigating change, seeking relief from pain, or simply making space to breathe, my approach is therapeutic, adaptable, and approachable. I look forward to working together.
