Sherryn Rault
Biography
Sherryn's study of yoga and yoga therapy began a number of years ago while searching for ways to relieve her own chronic pain. Through yoga she found the means to recover her own health and regain her life.
Sherryn organizes the Annual series of Critical Alignment Yoga Therapy workshops in Calgary with Dutch International Yoga Teacher Gert van Leeuwen and is currently working on the Spring 2010 series of teacher trainings and workshops.
She teaches Critical Alignment Yoga Therapy and gentle yoga classes at her Yoga Therapy Studio in the SE community of Acadia in Calgary, AB and also teaches workshops at various venues throughout western Canada.
Her life's journeys through different injuries and ailments has helped her to develop a very detailed and specific style of teaching that all practitioners, experienced or beginners, can learn something from her classes.
Sherryn is a Professional Member of the Int'l Association of Yoga Therapists, an Associate Member of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada and a member of the Yoga Association of Alberta.
Certified Yoga Instructor- Yoga Studio South, Calgary, AB
Certified Yoga Therapist - Bharata Yoga Institute of Amsterdam in Critical Alignment Yoga Therapy
"Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life"
"I have found Critical Alignment Yoga to be the one therapy that consistently offers me freedom from back pain, increased mobility and a return to an active life.
Sherryn's compassionate approach together with her in-depth knowledge of each individual student's situation is second to none. The small class size and flexible options help create an environment conducive to healing and well being."
Rob O. in Calgary
***"It is without hesitation that I write this testimonial regarding the Critical Alignment Yoga classes I have been attending for the past year .... I was suffering from a broad based disc bulge which was causing me agonizing pain and loss of mobility. I was told I needed a full disc replacement. I also was suffering from tennis elbow in both arms and my overall well being was not good.
After receiving the news from the surgeon I realised that my condition was quite serious.
I was only 34 years old I needed to make every effort to try and resolve the condition without surgery since this approach was very invasive and once completed it could not be reversed but I was in chronic pain and could not perform normal mechanical function...
I began attending Sherryn's classes with an open mind and signed up for a full session of 7 weeks. In the beginning it was not easy but I am thankful that with some determination and the support of Sherryn and the other fabulous students I continued. I can say without any doubt what so ever my body has been restored to the same mechanical condition as when I was 25 years of age.
My background is in physical therapy and orthopaedics and I can say professionally as well as personally Critical Alignment Yoga works! The ability to access the core, release muscle tension, over all stress and build the important stabilising muscles in ways which does not compromise a person with an injury is absolutely amazing.
I am living proof of how good this therapy really is and I would only be too happy to pass on my positive experience to anyone who is in chronic physical pain and would like to improve their condition, their sleep and their health overall."
Liam E. in Calgary
Testimonials
Dr. Dennis Desjardins Chiropractic; Certified in Active Release TechniquesMidnapore Health Center, Calgary, Alberta "Sherryn is a true treasure of experience, knowledge and passion. Sherryn has a true understanding of what chronic pain is and how it affects people’s lives. Critical Alignment Yoga Therapy is a great tool for achieving not only pain relief but better health. I highly recommend anyone interested in improving their health to Sherryn."
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Five years ago my body quite suddenly 'seized up' rendering me twisted and in severe pain from head to toe. After months of increasingly specialized but ultimately unsuccessful physio treatments my doctor suggested a new, more rigorous style of physiotherapy which had demonstrated excellent results in a number of difficult cases. After a few months my new physio suggested I contact Sherryn Rault to begin Critical Alignment Yoga Therapy as a complement to her treatments.
The results have been miraculous. Not only have I become, for the most part, pain free, and that with no medication or other types of treatment, but I've learned to recognize when I'm beginning to tighten up again and how to head it off myself. After four years of practicing 'CAT' my physio was most impressed with how straight I've become and how freely I move. She told me "that she's noticed that her patients who've taken up 'CAT' with Sherryn make the best progress in their healing." As for me, I can't get over how each year I feel better and more able to lift, carry, bend, cook, garden, and even sleep better...
Now at 68 years of age I look forward with confidence to a future that promises at the very least maintenance of my recovery, and possibly even more improvements, as I endeavour to better integrate my 'CAT' practice into my daily routines.
Needless to say, I can't thank Sherryn enough for her patient, student centered teaching, which consistently provides incentive, inspiration, and valuable insights into the ongoing evolution of new knowledge of body awareness, and all with a generous injection of fun.
Ruth G. in Calgary
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I have been attending Critical Alignment Yoga Therapy classes with Sherryn since the fall of 2005. I first started going to class because of intense pain, discomfort and numbness in my shoulders, arms and neck due in large part to my full-time desk job and a lifetime of bad postural habits. I had tried many other therapies without any lasting relief.
Sherryn has helped me immensely. In a gentle and relaxed setting, the classes are always positive and restorative. I look forward to going each week.
I no longer feel powerless! I can now manage my muscle tension, recognize it and actually help myself by practicing some of the poses at home. I now have the tools to affect my own relief.
My chiropractor has commented that the curvature in my neck is much improved and he and my other practitioners have said,
"whatever you are doing, keep doing it."
I whole-heartedly recommend Sherryn's classes.
Theresa S. in Calgary
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Once again, thank you for the great couple of months of 'Sheryoga'. I can't tell you how much better I am feeling and how much I have learned in such a short period of time.
This month has been the first time in a very long time that I have been able to shake my chronic head aches. It is such a relief to know that I can offset so much pain just by administering some of the strategies that I am learning in your class.
Even driving away today, I surprised myself by sitting up much straighter, much more comfortably, and that it came about so naturally.
What is especially great about your classes is that you 'show', not just 'tell' what an engaged core looks and feels like, etc.
All my life I have been told to 'stand up straight', 'quit slouching, 'sit up properly ', 'put your shoulders back' and what not, but I never knew what that really meant. I didn't know that all the things I am learning today require much time, practise and a consciousness of how the body is MEANT to work. Before it made no sense. Now it does.
As much as I know it will take a long time to be able to effectively carry this out, I am absolutely thrilled with where I'm at today!!! What a relief! Thank you so much, Sherryn!
Jill F. in Calgary
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Oh, I feel so good. Can't believe how good I feel. Can't believe I didn't know just how bad I used to feel. Core muscles... fancy that; don't believe I've ever felt them before. So glad I found SherYoga.
Linda H. in Calgary
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