Pamela Domzalski

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Pamela Domzalski is an experienced Registered Yoga Teacher E-RYT of hours with Yoga Alliance which acknowledges the completion of advanced yoga teacher training with a Registered Yoga School RYS Additionally she has another hours + total from an accredited yoga therapy program from which she graduated and is certified as a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist registered with the International Association of Yoga Therapists She has a daily meditation and yoga practice a combination of hatha with vinyasa some sessions and restorative/ yin for others depending on her bodies needs Her teaching style is mixed depending on client or group needs Shes received trainings in several specialty styles of yoga including kundalini somatic movement yin restorative and nidra Pam has additional training in yoga for trauma yoga for resiliency ysr yoga for recovery mindfulness and meditation practices and kundalini breathwork and other pranayama practices She is also a vibrational sound therapy practitioner and certified in usui reiki with in depth training in energy health As a multi-certified life coach with the Transformation Academy she has other specialties that deepen her yoga therapy expertise in natural therapies such as therapeutics arts facilitation and relationship workshops including her own ahimsa communication workshop She incorporates these and other elements of yoga lifestyle acquired through self-study and practice with a breath-integrated gentle flow asana sequence for energy clearing and balancing of asana for empowering chakra activation and the centering and alignment needed for journeying within for renewing our connection within ourselves union of body mind and spirit and with the whole of nature  Pamela has developed her own style of yoga instruction the ujjayi-yoga-method with a focus on the breath and living victoriously with resilience a hope-full growth mindset and will to thrive in mind-body-spirit It is an accessible-to-all style of yoga that meets each student where they are in that moment on their mat supporting their personal practice and blending her training and love for hatha slow vinyasa and gentle flow iyengar ashtanga yin restorative nidra and kundalini yoga styles It also incorporates her training and love for somatic movement fascia flows flossing and vagal toning with meditative and deeply relaxing mind-body practices Her "somaspiritual" yoga therapy supports individuals on their journey to emobodying more of themselves more of their yoga that yolk union of connected mind-body and spirit She enjoys working most with clients who are on a personal path of growth holistically and not just looking for a fix to a perceived "problem" She believes you are perfect just where you are at any time along your journey for we are all here to learn and to grow Having endured through much trauma and grief in her own life she compassionately meets clients who are experiencing or making their way out from a "dark night of the soul" and supports you as you develop resilience and a holistic yoga lifestyle practice Pamela found yoga in YK as she navigated a divorce and end to an abusive relationship as a young adult She fell in love with the holistic healing it brought to her mind body and soul When yoga helped her recover from Lyme disease she knew her path was to teach yoga as a recovery practice Turning her pain into purpose once again as she faced the loss of her soulmate husband and navigated grief as a young widow she began combining life coaching and other natural healing arts with yoga practices which led her to yoga therapy She has been working with clients seeking complementary therapy for dis-ease in the body and mind Her specialties are working with those who have grief and other traumas that have affected their mental health including those with anxiety depression and PTSD She focuses on nervous system repair and combining somatic psychosomatic and spiritually integrated holistic therapies She has also worked with clients who are managing chronic conditions such as arthritis all kinds and auto-immune She enjoys partnering with clients open to exploring their inner world intuition life purpose and spirituality Pamelas passion for overall health and well-being and facilitating an environment for self-healing along with her creative nature factor into her unique approach which conveys the importance of sadhana devotion all-inclusive of self-love and love for all nature and self-expression including creative expression and the arts She hopes to serve as a mentor and guide to others in achieving the true yogic balance in all of our bodies of being and in all of our present moment affairs She is founder of Thriving Lotus ® offering virtual and in-person sessions workshops and retreats Pams own life experience has brought her face to face with all sorts of past traumas of her own: NDE PTSD anxiety depression spiritual malady addictive/ obsessive coping behaviors stress relationship and work physical/ emotional abuse major health concerns and trauma and grief from the experience of becoming a widow She has overcome her own lifes difficulties through incorporating the practice of surrender and a lotus approach to transformation in her personal life Meditation mindfulness pranayama breath and both the seen and unseen aspects of yoga lifestyle have all been essential to her own self-healing recovery and growth and she hopes to encourage others to find what works for them to succeed in achieving fullness of life She offers safe space where she supports others in their blooming their lives into "full lotus".