What People Say:
“Her depth of knowledge, insight, sound judgement, good nature, and initiative have been important in helping me disseminate a message that drinking and driving don’t mix and in coordinating my efforts in reducing injury and death from impaired driving.” U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop
“Thank you, Joan, for a very powerful and helpful Recovery Program. It has given me a new start.” Beth
“Thanks so much for your ongoing support. The program was very useful to me and has encouraged me to change some habits…e.g., I now meditate every morning.” Catherine
Joan has over 800 hours of yoga training, including trauma-informed yoga, yoga and grief, yoga and addiction, and meditation and breath control techniques. Yoga was my lifesaver after a traumatic brain injury in 2000 and helped me on a long path of recovery.
Testimonials
Customers who love our Yoga & Yoga with Sound Baths Classes
If you’re looking for a gentler effective yoga practice this is the practice for you. Joan listens to your concerns and structures her classes to accommodate.”
Thursday yoga with Joan is the highlight of my week. I arrive with tight muscles, a busy mind and too much focus on my own personal aging process. After an hour of her soothing voice and instructive practice, I feel flexible, strong, centered and forever grateful. A sound bath and Savasana are icing on the cake.”
I absolutely love this class. I am not a “yoga” person or I thought I wasn’t until Joan’s class. Gentle, mindful, perfect for my mind and body.”
This was an absolutely beautiful class. Joan incorporates Himalayan singing bowls, crystal singing bowls, gongs, and other instruments to create a well-rounded sound experience. The restorative poses encouraged even deeper relaxation. Joan even brought in yoga philosophy from the sutras as a theme for the class and explained the meaning and how to apply it in everyday life. Absolutely would recommend this class!”
This class was absolutely amazing! Joan was so welcoming and accommodating to all students. She provided a background of the benefits of restorative yoga, sound healing and what to expect. The transitions between poses were calming and never rushed. I loved all the sound props she used! I felt so relaxed and re-energized after this class. I will definitely be back!” Camille
”This class was amazing! Joan was so welcoming and accommodating to all the students. She provided a background of the benefits of restorative yoga, sound healing, and what to expect. The transitions between poses were calming and never rushed. I loved all the props she used! I felt so relaxed and re-energized after this class. I will definitely be back.”
Read what people say about Sound Healing with Heart Centered Growth
Joan is an amazing and powerful healer, the sound baths she gives is one of the best I’ve ever had & I can’t wait to relax with her again soon!”
This was an absolutely beautiful class. Joan incorporates Himalayan singing bowls, crystal singing bowls, gongs, and other instruments to create a well-rounded sound experience. The restorative poses encouraged even deeper relaxation. Joan even brought in yoga philosophy from the sutras as a theme for the class and explained the meaning and how to apply it in everyday life. Absolutely would recommend this class!”
This class is a hidden gem! Joan is a sound bath master, and I always leave her class feeling grounded and refreshed
Comments about Embody & Transform
Sound healing is a modality that I would like to continue to explore as a therapy for overall health and wellbeing. It has definitely opened up some emotions and trauma that has been hidden beneath the surface as well as highlighting other emotional aspects to take a closer look at. Clearly being surrounded by the bowls as they played and/or having them placed on my body and being in a solo session was a very different experience. I’ve found both the Embody & Transform® and the Sound Bath afterwards to be beneficial.
The first Embody & Transform® Session was so powerful! While doing the deep breathing and movement portion, I was releasing the hurt, pain that resides in me. It really felt as though I was letting it go and then during the Sound Bath afterwards, I felt black rain rising out of my body and the 3 men in my life that are now dead but hurt me terribly all came into the room. They apologized and held me warmly. It was a very incredible experience. The next session was different but also wonderful, I had this vision that I was a large tree with deep roots and the tree was moving and growing. I felt a sense of joy and acceptance. I have been sleeping wonderfully and have had a couple of strange dreams during this time. During the Sound Bath after the Embody and Transform® practice, the various bowls and vibrations they make in my body felt healing and at the 3rd session, I felt the sound vibrating through all the cells of my body. Very powerful and made me spread the word of these incredible sessions. I feel lighter and more accepting. I definitely want to a few more sessions to keep up my healing!
For my first session we focused on the physical and mental abuse I experienced during 9 years with my ex-husband. I have always thought that I had no PTSD symptoms other than anger towards my divorce attorney (a man) who clearly was not my advocate. During the Embody & Transform® session, Joan had me get in touch with the hurt, pain, and anger I had been suppressing for years. She had me reach into my heart space, grab hold of the pain and “throw it away by throwing it behind me”, literally by moving my arms from my chest, grabbing the pain and throwing it with my arms behind me. I’m NOT one who cries…or laughs out loud often. (it’s been at least 3 years since I’ve cried). While grabbing the pain from my heart and throwing it out and away, I started to cry a lot. I also kept saying, “Never Again” over and over. Afterwards we went into Joan’s Sound Bowl room where I felt that the sounds were helping me to heal. I was completely wiped out after the first session. During the next session, one of the bowls on my right kept saying “Mom, Mom, Mom, at the end of the vibration. In the next session, I felt a sense of calmness and coolness, especially in my back and shoulders from some of the deeper bowl sounds in a good way. The chimes Joan used today seemed to carry me up and away. I think the combination of the Embody and Transform® practice with the Sound Bath to be Amazing. I feel very fortunate to have been able to experience these experiences with Joan, and highly recommend them for anyone who is dealing with unresolved trauma or illnesses. Anne