I can't possibly write a Review about Ana's studio without explaining my unique situation…read more
I'm 36, trim, active, energetic, work full time, and I have 2 kids. During the pregnancy with my daughter a little over 3 years ago, I started having lower back pain. My husband would offer massages every evening, but they did nothing, The ache was still there, and it was steady.
Anyway, I made it through the pregnancy and was RELIEVED that the back pain was Close to Gone when my daughter was born.
I said CLOSE, but not gone.. There were still those days, those LONG days, when the pain would sneak back up. These were usually when my days were full of walking, maybe at Costco, Ikea, or an amusement park, not to mention my son's sporting events. Lugging the chairs, the cooler, all while holding my daughter. I'd make my way back to the car at the end of those days, literally holding my hand on my back. Kind of embarrassing, I'm young and my body felt like a much older woman. Something just wasn't right.
I got TONS of massages, I went to 2 diff Chiropractors, I used a co-workers tens unit, I had X- Rays, I was buying Ibuprofen in BULK and lastly I had an MRI.
Why Was I in so much pain!!!
The ONE Relief that I did find was STRETCHING. I would literally find an empty cubical in my office, and sit down and start stretching like I was in a yoga class. This Helped, but I couldn't exactly sit down and do my stretching all day. At the end of grocery shopping I would find myself stretching in the checkout line. Laying on the blanket at my son's Baseball games, I WAS STRETCHING. But I had NO idea what I was doing, I was not a professional, I was just doing what felt good.
So then I started learning about Thai Yoga and how it IS ALL about stretching.
So that's when I went to Ana, and She DID EVERYTHING right. It was private; & I was working at my own pace, doing only what I could handle.
It's better than a massage because what was happening was my body was actually loosening up the proper way, from head to toe. Not just 1 day of relaxation, but I was on the path to actually HEALING. That's the best word to describe, I felt I was my body was being put back to "normal".
For whatever reason my body had become tense & tight, whatever the cause may be is probably the same for all of us- overworking ourselves, Stress that lead to tension, my body was tight all over, and from years of just not doing things the RIGHT way, my body was paying the price.
Going to Ana is Not a 1 time fix, this is not a class, although she explains everything that she is doing. It's something that HELPS ME soo much. No Medicine, NO equipment, just knowing what TO do with my own body to help it to Heal.
I go twice a week, and the Benefits are WORTH EVERY PENNY. I am a different mom, a different wife, I feel like my body is good to me again. It's not OK, to just accept aches and rely on a pill, there IS SOO MUCH THAT WE CAN Do to HELP OUR BODIES.
I've honestly never wrote a YELP review in my life, But this was HUGE for me...
It means that I'm feeling "36" again not 99 years old. My reason for writing this review is because I HOPE that someone else can benefit from this like I did.
There is NO BETTER Investment that I've made than investing in my health.
She is AMAZING and so knowledgeable about the body. SHE MAKES YOU FEEL SO COMFORTABLE, I can't say ENOUGH good things, honestly I just know this worked for me and I know other people can benefit from this too.