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Ryoko ("Lyo-Ko") Suzuki
Certified Qigong Instructor: Level-1 Qigong Healing Form
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Occupation: Manual Therapist/Athletic Trainer/Qigong, Yoga, & Stott Pilate Instructor
Phone: 865.385.6066
Email: Healingspirit33@yahoo.com
Website: http://geocities.com/healingspirit33/home.html
SERVICES:
Craniosacral Therapy
Shiatsu
Reiki/Quantum Touch
Therapeutic Massage/Bodywork
(integrating different techniques included, but not limited to, Craniosacral, Deep Tissue, Strain Counterstrain, Shiatsu, Neuromuscular, Medical, Joint Mobilization/Muscle Energy Technique, Myofascial, SomatoEmotional, Visceral Manipulation, Reiki)
Lymphatic Drainage Massage
Pre/Post Pregnancy Massage
Pain/Injury Assessment
(w/ Home Exercise Program)
Private & Group Session
(Qigong/Yoga/Pilates/Personal training)
QIGONG EXPERIENCE:
In addition to meditation and yoga, Qigong is a huge part of my spiritual practice to become a more conscious human being. I feel more peaceful, energetic, focused, grounded, balanced etc. Qigong practice also has helped me tremendously in working on my patients. My patients ask me "what do you have in your hands?".. It is healing Qi!!
I was treating a patient with Craniosacral Therapy who was diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. As a part of treatment for RSD, I taught him Qigong as his home exercise program to cope with his symptoms. Not only did he have faith in me from his previous therapy for his severe neck pain, but also he was compliant with his practice. He found a perfect, peaceful place in his garden to do Qigong!
In this particular Qigong form, "Earth Hands," he gathers the universal Qi with his hands and delivers this healing energy back to his Lower Extremities. Qi also flows between palms. He shared this with me,"Ryoko, I started feeling this sensation [of energy] between my hands!"(with a huge smile from him). It felt like a miracle to see him walking normal again, but I know Qigong and his openness to the practice was part of his healing.
CLASSES SCHEDULE:
On-going Qigong classes starts on Sep.4th (Thursdays 12:15-1:15pm) at a new yoga studio/Raw food cafe, the Glowing Body, just off Central Ave. (3 min from downtown Knoxville). Please check "www.glowingbody.net" for update. (711 Irwin St.Knoxville, TN 37917: 865.545.4088). I also start teaching "Prenatal Yoga" (Mondays 5:45-7:15pm), "Inner Awakening Yoga" -therapeutic and great for neck & back care (Tuesdays 9:30-10:15am), and "Everybody's Pilates" (Tuesdays 11:15am-12:15, Wednesdays 5:45-6:45pm, Thursdays 9:30-10:30am) in addition to Massage & Bodywork.
I still offer one-on-one integrated manual therapy sessions with yoga therapy and qigong on Mondays at Clinton Physical Therapy Center in Clinton, TN.
The 5 days Qigong retreat with Dr. Peng in July was amazing!!!!!
ABOUT RYOKO:
Ryoko ("Lyo-ko") is a certified athletic trainer, licensed massage therapist, certified Yoga/STOTT Pilates/Qigong (Ancient Chinese healing modality/moving form of meditation) instructor, certified strength & conditioning specialist, and Reiki (a Japanese form of stress reduction & relaxation that also promotes healing) practitioner.
In addition to different Eastern and Western manual therapy techniques, she also has been integrating Yoga, Pilates and Qigong as a part of rehabilitation with great success in Orthopedic Physical Therapy settings.
Ryoko is originally from Japan. Since she was a teenager, she has been treated and trained by her Japanese therapist, who has studied "Qi" (vital energy) in China. She earned a B.S. degree in Athletic Training with a minor in Psychology from Springfield College, MA, and M.S. degree in Biomechanics/Medicine from the University of TN, Knoxville.
In addition to her intensive training in manual therapy, she has also studied in different alternative/energy healing techniques to work with psycho-somatic/visceral-somatic disorders at the Whole You School of Massage & Bodywork in NC.
Ryoko grew up with traditional Buddhism philosophy and has continued to study, practice and share those ideals through teaching Yoga, which began in 2002. In 2005, she deepened her meditation and Yoga practice with Vipassana Meditation/Yoga training in India.
Her extensive and thoughtful study of Qigong, Kripalu, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar, Yin, Svaroopa and Acu-Yoga makes her classes very unique, warm, joyful, peaceful, meditative, and therapeutic as well as providing a safe environment with her extensive therapist experience.
Ryoko has been practicing professional manual therapy since 1997. She offers different styles of massage, bodywork, and healing modalities at the studio in addition to private & group classes.
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