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1 hr 15 min
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What Brings You Here?
Click what resonates most to learn how YTM can help.
What Is Stress?
Stress is a buzzword, but it's not inherently bad. It's an important function of your body, designed to help you respond to change. The issue starts when you stay too long in a state of stress and don't come out of it, when your nervous system stays locked in the stress response instead of shifting back into rest and digest.
How Do You Know?
Most of us have normalized a constant state of stress. We only notice something's wrong once symptoms show up: poor sleep, tension, anxiety, a constant wired feeling. By then, you've likely been in a stress response far longer than you realized.
How We Work Together
We look at both your external and internal stressors. The approach is always twofold: reduce the external stressors you can control, and build your ability to handle stress better. You'll leave with simple, sustainable practices you can use on your own, no teacher or equipment needed.
If you'd like to better understand what your stress causes and symptoms, book a free 30-minute discovery call to see if Yoga Therapy is right for you.
Do You Recognize This?
You can't fall asleep, or you can't stay asleep. You wake at 4am with your mind racing. You sleep 7 to 8 hours and still wake up exhausted. Or you're on sleep medication and want a natural way off it.
Why "Just Do Yoga" Doesn't Work
We often hear that yoga helps with sleep, but not all yoga is designed to directly support deep, restful sleep. Sleep issues can stem from stress, anxiety, trauma, menopause, or a dysregulated nervous system. Some of these causes are outside your control. Understanding your specific root cause matters, without it, you risk spending time and energy on approaches that were never going to work for you. This work focuses on what can change, and on finding what actually works for your situation.
How We Work Together
We look at your nervous system state, your natural rhythms through an Ayurvedic lens, and how food, digestion, and meal timing affect your sleep. Using therapeutic yoga and calming breathwork, we build a personalized toolkit, including lifestyle adjustments and a bedtime routine, that you keep using on your own, without adding more to your day.
Book a free 30-minute discovery call to talk through your situation and see how we might work together to support your sleep, and whether yoga therapy is the right fit for you.
You may have heard that “yoga is great for back pain.”
But when you try a class, you might feel lost or your pain may even feel worse. Maybe you’ve searched for stretches or exercises online, yet nothing brings lasting relief.
Back pain rarely has a one-size-fits-all solution.
To uncover the cause of your pain, I take time to learn about your lifestyle and consider all aspects of you. This holistic understanding becomes the foundation for lasting change.
Through practices of yoga, somatic movement, breath, ayurveda and meditation, we work together to restore strength, reduce tension, and support long-term change. You will learn tools that empower you to continue your healing journey on your own.
If you’d like to better understand what your back pain might be telling you, book a free 30-minute discovery call to see if Yoga Therapy is right for you.
Do You Recognize This?
You've lived with pain for months, maybe years. You've tried stretching, painkillers, rest, and none of it holds for long. You may have pulled back from things you used to do, and noticed your mood, sleep, or energy slipping too. You're told to "just relax" or "just move more," but nothing changes.Why It's More Than a Physical Problem
Chronic pain can stem from past injuries, overuse, arthritis, fibromyalgia, neuropathy, or chronic inflammation. But it isn't just a tissue issue. The brain and nervous system can get stuck in a pain loop, sending signals long after the body has healed, and stress, anxiety, and low mood can all feed back into how much pain you feel.
How Yoga Therapy Supports Chronic Pain
Yoga therapy calms the nervous system directly, helping interrupt the pain loop. Through gentle movement, breathwork, and meditation, we work on:-
Easing muscle tension and deepening breath
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Lowering stress hormones that keep pain signals active
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Improving sleep and reducing fatigue
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Addressing the anxiety and low mood that often ride alongside chronic pain
How We Work Together
Your practice is built around your specific pain pattern. We use gentle postures, breath regulation, and nervous system tools to ease pain, rebuild strength safely, and support the recovery your body needs.-
Do You Recognize This?
Anxiety and depression often show up together, hopeless and lethargic on one hand, agitated and racing on the other, sometimes both at once. Panic, intrusive thoughts, interrupted sleep, and physical symptoms are common. Depression especially can make even asking for help feel impossible.
Why This Takes Skilled, Tailored Support
Stress and trauma often underlie anxiety, including PTSD and secondary stress disorder. There's no single practice that works for everyone. It takes an experienced yoga therapist to tailor the work to you, and often to coordinate with your medical provider, therapist, or psychiatrist.
How Yoga Therapy Supports Anxiety & Depression
We combine movement, postures, breathwork, meditation, mantra practice, and relaxation techniques to calm the nervous system, lower stress hormones like cortisol, and support the brain chemistry involved in regulating mood. Research backs this approach:-
Lowers heart rate, blood pressure, and physical tension
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Reduces inflammation markers and balances the nervous system
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Calms racing thoughts and increases present-moment awareness
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Improves sleep quality, energy, and motivation
We also look at what's contributing to your state, stress, sleep, and nutrition among them.
How We Work Together
Consistency matters most here, especially with depression, where taking action can be the hardest part. We build structure together, slowly and gently, so the practice stays doable. When helpful, I coordinate directly with your medical provider or therapist.
Please note: yoga therapy is not a substitute for medical or psychiatric care. I do not diagnose or treat mental health conditions.
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Do You Recognize This?
You're injured, in pain, and stuck. Maybe you've stopped moving altogether, and that inactivity is only making the pain, stiffness, and low mood worse. Maybe you're in physical therapy, but progress feels slow, or you sense there's more going on than just the joint being treated.Why Physical Therapy Alone Often Falls Short
Physical therapy typically works in isolation, focused on the injured joint or area, without looking at how your whole body works as a system. Injury rarely stays contained to one spot. It changes how you move and breathe, and often brings emotional stress along with it, even when that connection isn't obvious. Real recovery needs the whole picture, not just the site of injury.How Yoga Therapy Supports Recovery
Yoga therapy works alongside physical therapy, not instead of it, combined they show the best results. While physical therapy targets the injury directly, yoga therapy supports what your body needs to heal: circulation, sleep, and a regulated nervous system, since chronic stress slows healing and heightens pain.We work on:
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Pain management. Calming the nervous system to ease pain
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Gentle mobility. Restoring range of motion without risking re-injury
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Rebuilding strength. Reactivating the small stabilizer muscles that protect your joints
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Trauma support. Addressing the emotional stress that often comes with injury
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Body awareness. Rebuilding trust in the injured area
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Injury prevention. Recognizing imbalances early, so this doesn't happen again
How We Work Together
Your practice is tailored to your injury and where you are in recovery. I often coordinate directly with your physical therapist to support what you're already doing.
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YTM philosophy
Move
with intention
Movement is the entryway to holistic healing because the body holds our lived experiences. Through intentional movement, you begin to access and shift patterns shaped by stress, trauma, and life itself.
Listen
With Curiosity
You learn to read the language of your body and the patterns it holds. Building this awareness you lay the groundwork for making choices that support your health and wellbeing.
Connect
Authentically
As you begin to listen inward, a deeper relationship with yourself develops - built on trust, care, and awareness. From there, you can live more authentically and cultivate healthier, more resilient connections with others.
I had been relying on sleep medication for quite some time and was still having trouble sleeping. After this 5-day retreat with Stefanie, with its daily Yoga Nidra and nervous-system-calming practices, I’m sleeping through the night for the first time in years. I’ve even stopped taking my sleep medication. I feel empowered and deeply grateful!
B.V., Doctor of Medicine
Working with Stefanie has been genuinely transformative for me. Others have commented on the changes they’ve noticed in me, but what has mattered most is what I’ve experienced internally. I feel more balanced and grounded, and, more importantly, I am now on a path of self-awareness that has made me calmer, more guided, and more confident. Her teaching has had a lasting impact on my life, and I am sincerely grateful for her guidance.
N.G., Attorney
Since I can remember, sitting straight used to be always exhausting and painful to me. After just a couple of months working with Stefanie, for the first time ever, I can sit straight without pain nor feeling exhausted!
M.D., Professor
Stefanie has a gift for this work and has a nice balance of being empathetic and challenging. She does a wonderful job of mixing the physical practice with the spiritual, emotional, psychological elements.
D.R., Marketing Director
How to get started with Yoga Therapy
1. Free Consult Call
We explore what you’re experiencing, your goals, and whether Yoga Therapy is the right fit.
(30 minutes)
2. Intake Form
You complete a detailed intake form so I can understand your history, lifestyle, and current needs.Please submit it at least 3 days before our first session.
3.First Session
We assess movement, breath, patterns, and clarify goals together. In collaboration we’ll create a therapeutic action plan for you.
(90 minutes)
4. Follow-Up Sessions
This is where your practice truly takes root. The work is physical, but verbal check-ins are woven throughout to track progress and adapt as you grow.
(60–75 minutes)
Stefanie Boettle
Founder & Director
YTM | Yoga Therapy + Movement
Based in Atlanta, Berlin & Munich
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Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT)
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Experienced Yoga Educator (E-RYT 500, YACEP)
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Movement specialist and former professional dancer
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Creator of ReConnect & ReBuild, a community movement practice
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Developer of corporate wellbeing and movement programs
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