Welcome!

Marilyn Sarojini Sumner

My experience as a yoga teacher was developed over nineteen years as a yoga instructor in the greater Richmond community.  As a staff teacher at the Richmond Integral Yoga Center, I assisted with teacher training and certification for Integral Yoga.  Formerly the director of the Richmond IYC from 1986-1987, I am certified as an advanced teacher of Integral Yoga and act as a mentor to yoga teachers in training.

I am a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) and hold national American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) and Virginia Board of Nursing certifications.

I am certified nationally as an Advanced Reflexologist.  I offer reflexology therapy and private instruction.

Art of Relaxation

Melt Tension Away!

Deep breathing and relaxation exercises are a great way to reduce tension and they help you access and free the tense areas in your body by improving the flow of healing oxygen.  Practice this exercise once a day for one week.  You will see a significant drop in your stress level.

1. Sit or lie in a relaxed position, with your eyes closed.

2. Breathe slowly and deeply until your breath slows.

3. As you breathe, visualize your breath going to the tense areas of your back, neck, and shoulders.  See and feel how this breath softens them.

4. Notice any unpleasant emotions or thoughts that are "stored" in the tense muscles, like fear or anger.

5. See your breath make these stored emotions and thoughts fade and shrink.  Watch them disappear or let them be carried out as you exhale.

6. Notice how the places where they were stored have softened.

7. See a peaceful, nurturing energy flowing into your body, carried by your breath.  Let this deep healing energy keep flowing until it fills you completely.

8. Continue breathing peacefully and calmly for a few more minutes.

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Then slowly open your eyes.