Yoga-Informed Physical Therapy in North Liberty.

Not a fitness class. Breath and gentle movement, used clinically, to turn down a nervous system that has been stuck on high alert since the pain started.

Trauma-informed Nothing to keep up with Book My Free Consult

What It Is

Your nervous system, turned down.

When pain lasts a long time, the alarm system stops being accurate. Muscles guard movements that are perfectly safe. Sleep gets worse. Everything feels louder than it should. Strength work alone does not reach that part of the problem.

This service is taught by Natalie Johnston, MPT, who holds 500-hour trauma-informed yoga instructor training registered with Yoga Alliance. It is breath, gentle movement and attention, chosen for your body and your restrictions, not a sequence off a wall chart. Everything is adapted. A chair or a wall is a perfectly good prop.

You have already been told to relax, and you already know that is not instructions. This is the instructions. Nothing gets forced, nobody stands at the front comparing you to the person next to you, and there is nothing here to keep up with.

Tom R. put it in one line: “She does PT to get you better and Yoga to keep you that way.”

A person sitting with eyes closed and hands together in a calm, breath-focused position No competing, no comparing

What It Helps

Where yoga-informed physical therapy earns its place.

Pain and stiffness shrink a life quietly. First the class, then the walk, then the floor with the grandkids. Joe P. is 64: “Yoga with Natalie has improved my balance, strength and flexibility.”

Pain that has outlasted the injury A back you have stopped trusting Stiff joints that plan your day for you Pain everywhere, plus the fatigue with it Standing up that makes the room swim Sleep that never quite resets you

What A Session Looks Like

How a session runs.

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We start with breath, not effort.

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Movement chosen for your restrictions.

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You leave with something you can do at home.

Why It Works

Four reasons it keeps the progress.

Balance and strength that hold up.

A body that stops bracing all day.

Relaxation you can actually get to.

Progress that does not need the clinic.

Pairs Well With

Yoga-informed physical therapy rarely works alone.

Physical Therapy PT finds and fixes the cause. Yoga is how you keep what you got back. Yoga Classes Our ongoing group classes, for when you are ready to keep it going.

Questions, Answered

Yoga-informed physical therapy, no mystery.

No, and no. Every shape is adapted to what your body will do today, and a chair or a wall is a perfectly good prop. Natalie Johnston, MPT, holds 500-hour trauma-informed yoga instructor training registered with Yoga Alliance, which in practice means nothing gets forced and nothing gets compared to the person next to you.

No. This is a clinical service, aimed at how your nervous system is handling pain, movement and stress. The goal is not to burn anything off or hold a harder shape than last week. The goal is to teach a guarding, over-alert body that it is safe to move again, which is the part that strength work on its own tends to miss.

Yoga-informed physical therapy is one-on-one and clinical, built around your restrictions and your plan. Our group yoga classes are the ongoing version, open to anyone, and a good place to keep your progress once therapy is finished. Plenty of people do both.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Mon-Fri: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • (319) 382-2743 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
  • No referral needed in Iowa

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