Ryoko Suzuki
For more about Ryoko, her classes and healing services, please visit
www.ryokosuzuki.com
Ryoko (“Lyo-ko”) completed her first yoga teacher training and became a registered yoga teacher in 2002. Originally from Japan, Ryoko grew up with traditional Buddhism philosophy and has continued to study, practice and share those ideals through teaching and studying different forms of yoga. In 2005, she deepened her meditation with Vipassana Meditation and yoga practice under the guidance of Swami Samarpanananda Saraswati in India.
Ryoko has her B.S. degree in Athletic Training, Magna Cum Laude, (minor in Psychology), and her M.S. degree in Sports Medicine & Biomechanics. She is also a licensed massage therapist, 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 healing modalities and Western osteopathic manual therapy techniques, Ryoko also used yoga & meditation as an integral part of rehabilitation with great success in Orthopedic Physical Therapy settings.
After her extensive and thoughtful study of Western & Eastern medicine, different style of yoga (Kripalu, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar, Yin, Acu-Yoga) and qigong, Ryoko discovered the most benefits through her own healing (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual transformations) and true teaching of yoga in her study of Svaroopa® yoga, which focuses on releasing deep layers of spinal tension. Under the guidance of Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati (formerly Rama Berch, the originator of Svaroopa® yoga), Ryoko travels to study Svaroopa® yoga, Advanced Yoga therapy, Vichara therapy (yoga therapy for your mind) and meditation through Svaroopa® Vidya Ashram in Downingtown, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, and Ganeshpuri in India. Ryoko is the only registered Svaroopa® yoga & authorized Svaroopa® Vidya meditation (in the ancient teachings of Kashmiri Shaivism) teacher as well as the only Certified Svaroopa® yoga & Vichara therapist in the state of TN (Click here to learn more about "The Learn To Meditate Course"). Ryoko continues to deepen her meditation practice and other healing modalities with several other world renowned teachers (including Mahamandaleshwar Swami Shankarananda, Marisa Peer - a world renowned speaker, therapist, and best-selling author with over three decades of experience, and the founder of Rapid Transformational Therapy, & Dr. Lad - The Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico).
Ryoko’s passion for teaching and extensive therapist background makes her classes truly unique, warm, joyful, peaceful, memorable, meditative, and therapeutic. Her presence (and smile) creates a positive and safe environment for both learning and healing.
“When you sit still and begin to look within, you find your inner bliss. When you follow your inner bliss, you follow your path to joy.”