As promised, today is about my studio.  To get there, we have to make a little detour.  Please bear with me. 🙂

I had a previous business I started about 5 years ago and was doing private T-Tapp sessions in my home.  I live out in the western edge of Omaha and many people who were interested in trying T-Tapp felt it was too far to travel.  After becoming a certified yoga teacher and gaining some specialized training in restorative yoga, I purchased props and planned to do private sessions and even some classes from home.  Again, the same distance issue plagued me.  So after some major soul searching, prayer, and meditation, I decided to take a huge risk.  I also was no longer content with the name of the business…it just no longer fit with what message I wanted to send.

With the support of my amazing husband, I changed the business name, changed the focus, and leased a space.  I also worked with a local, female graphic artist to create a new logo.  Thank you to Dana Osborne at dSydesigns here in Omaha for her amazing work and encouragement!  With that, restorUphoria began to take shape.

The name came from me doodling and playing around with the concept of restorative yoga and my desire to help people find/uncover happiness.  I know I have wasted so much time searching for things outside myself to “create” happiness.  Or with keeping myself so busy that I don’t feel I have the time to feel what’s going on inside and really prioritize what makes me happy and what I’m doing to make others happy.  I have a much better grasp on the reality that happiness comes from within and that I can say “No” to requests made of me.  I may not always be great at these concepts, but I do a much better job of it now than in years past…after all, aren’t we all a work in progress!?  I wanted to convey that what I hope to offer is a chance for you to reconnect with yourself-your true inner self, quiet all the voices-including your own at times, to really uncover/discover that you hold your happiness within (restore euphoria).   So, when you combine restore and euphoria, and place a focus on YOU (bringing it down to U) you get restorUphoria.  My tag line is “uncover your inner tranquility” – our true self and happiness is there, we just have to uncover it.

The tool I use most often will be restorative yoga, so you can tune in to what your body is trying to tell you and so you can release stored stress and tension.  Restorative yoga is a fantastic way to help the body release tension…it is a great tool for stress management. More about restorative yoga and it’s benefits another day. 🙂  But let me say that it is very unintimidating and accessible to most. Lots of props-blankets, blocks, and bolsters are used to support the body so the muscles can relax and release stress and tension.  It is all done on the floor and I like to call it rest-full yoga.

So what is unique about restorUphoria?  I have a vision of where I’d like things to go in the future, but for now, it is just me in a small, quaint space.  I hold small classes of no more than 6. I have enough props to do a class of 6 and I also like to be able to personally help each class participant get into the pose comfortably.  I am not a typical looking yoga teacher and hope that if you are interested in trying it that you will feel I am approachable and authentic enough to come in and see what it is all about.  I admit, I don’t have all the answers, but I do know that working with students offers me a chance to learn in real life with real life situations.  I have things set up so that participants can register and pay ahead of time for the class or appointment time they would like.  I feel it’s important to make your health/wellness a priority, so making an appointment and prepaying gives you the opportunity to commit to yourself and not just set yourself aside.  Keep an appointment with yourself just like you keep an appointment with a client or your best buds!

I am in the Shake Place building at 10730 Pacific Street, in Suite 29, here in Omaha, Nebraska.  I am in the basement, so you have to go down the stairs or elevator to the lower level.  You can visit my website at http://www.restoruphoria.com to sign up for a class or session, see what’s going on, or see what other services I offer or contact me with questions.

restorUphoria – View from entrance

restorUphoria – View from back

Until next time…take some time to rest and relax…simply BE…your body will thank you.

Tamara