words from our community ~ adaptive yoga class

October is National Disability Awareness Month.  All month long, we have been celebrating individuals with varying abilities and the companies that support them. What better way to celebrate than to celebrate our very own students! A couple of our students wrote to us about how the Adaptive Yoga class at Yoga Home has touched their lives! 

Tom and Lorraine Serwatka –

“Yoga Home and The Adaptive Yoga class became and continues to be a Life Saver for my husband Tom and myself! From the minute we walk in the door we know we are in a safe and loving environment that is so welcoming. What a gift to share with Kerri, her family and the Yoga family. Sharing a practice that creates ways for someone challenged to realize Yoga is for everyone is amazing! The spiritual aspect just rolls over to being blessed and grateful. The community aspect is wanting to share this with everyone… Yoga has proven to make such a positive difference in our bodies, mind and spirit.. Thank You for making this possible. We love You …❤️Namaste”

Linda J.

“I started my yoga practice 6 months after having a heart transplant. With my doctors clearance, my friend Bobbi Anne Thomas (another yogi) signed me up and purchased me a mat! 

It was recommended that I try yoga prior to my transplant, but I was living on a life support device (Lvad) and I was concerned about protecting my driveline and being 10 lbs heavier on my left side. I wish I understood the adaptive class during that time.  

I am grateful for joining yoga home and for the adaptive class. I have limitations with physical activity and a ton of scar tissue that prevents me from practicing some poses. Kerri has been a God send, and the prop fairy, for providing me with alternative ways for poses that I can actually do!  I can take what I learn and apply in the other classes I take- gentle and yin.  

I have been a part of the yoga home community for around a 1.5 years now. There is a feeling of warmth and acceptance as soon as you walk through the door. Every instructor has been understanding and helpful with my limitations. I have made a great group of new friends that add to the support and community feeling.  

I am glad I took the opportunity to try something new and grateful for the gentle nudges by friends to try yoga. “

Take a look at some more of our Adaptive students in this video!