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Dear Willow: What Is Forrest Yoga?

Dear Willow: I’m relatively new to the yoga scene and I read in many of your articles about your experience with a style called Forrest Yoga. What exactly is this and how do I learn more?

Willow Ryan

Written by Willow Ryan Last updated on July 28, 2012

Dear Willow,

I’m relatively new to the yoga scene and I read in many of your articles about your experience with a style called Forrest Yoga. What exactly is this and how do I learn more? It seems like it combines many elements of healing that I would like to learn more about. Where can I find out more about Forrest Yoga in my area?

Sincerely,

Forrest Yoga Inquirer

Dear Forrest Yoga Inquirer,

Oh, you are tugging on my heartstrings with these questions. Forrest Yoga has been instrumental in my development during my twenties and thirties. This system has ultimately become one of my many homes.

What it is NOT:

  • We do not practice in a forest; there are no trees.
  • It is not a dogmatic system.
  • Forrest Yoga does not want you to be anything other than who you are, so if you are a competitive athlete, there is encouragement and alliance with your identity.
  • You will never be asked to turn in your identity to conform with Forrest Yoga. In fact, we often promote that you disobey the dictates of your mind and of people who are unsupportive of the life you want to live.

What it is:

  • A diverse community of Forrest Yoga practitioners who honor living with integrity.
  • A system to develop more assertiveness and speaking truthfully.

Forrest Yoga combines introspection, language, breathing, and long holding poses to build strength and remedy old wounds. Forrest Yoga practitioners are not one demographic as it caters to alleviating pain, which we all have. Many long-time yoga enthusiasts venture to Forrest Yoga after experiencing injuries or to fulfill a quench to develop themselves past their comfort zone.

Ana Forrest, creator of Forrest Yoga, has been studying medicine ceremony and her own yoga development for decades. She developed Forrest Yoga out of a necessity for present day humans to heal modern day ailments and has been helping people heal and transform their lives for over thirty-five years.

Key Poses in Forrest Yoga: These simple actions help steady the body during an emotional storm or unravel physical entanglement.

Active feet and hands

Expanding ribs with breath

Relaxing the neck

Ujjayi breath

Turbo Dog

Shoulder shrugs

There are also additional Forrest Yoga poses to alleviate tight hips caused from emotional blockages. These blockages might be from sexual trauma, surgeries, running, withholding sexuality or sensuality, and/or past parental strife.

ana forrest, forrest yoga, willow ryanTo find a teacher in your area, visit the Forrest Yoga website and click on the “Find A Teacher” link. Forrest Yoga teachers are spread around the world – find one in your area and enjoy the healing and magic that comes from this vigor producing style of asana.

Sincerely,

Willow

(Click here for articles by Willow)

Willow Ryan

About Willow Ryan

Willow Ryan specializes in helping people rewrite past stories from a present perspective to move forward for personal renaissance. Willow has done so herself both personally and professionally several times over.

Willow is a dedicated Yoga practitioner and has received the highest honor, working with Ana Forrest as a Forrest Yoga Guardian to uphold the legacy of “Mending the Hoop of the People,” by assisting Ana as a trained Mentor for Forrest Yoga Teachers.

Willow has also acquired tools for personal development while participating in Anthony Robbins Programs - Mastery University, Business Mastery, and Date With Destiny – and is a trained Neuro Strategist and NLP Practitioner through Steve Linder's SRI Training.

In the Portland, Oregon area you can study with Willow at her studio, Inner Elements Yoga.

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