Recovery lives in the body.
I've been sober for nearly six years. Yoga, breath, and somatic practice are central to how I regulate my nervous system — not just to stay sober, but to keep building a life worth being awake for.
This work isn't replacing your 12-step program. It isn't replacing your therapist. It isn't replacing the medication that's helping you function. It sits alongside all of it. The body is where recovery lives, and the body needs its own practice.
Whether you're newly sober, long-term sober, in medication-assisted treatment, working a 12-step program, working no program, or somewhere in the middle of figuring it out — this practice is built for your body.
Movement is medicine. Stillness opens pathways. That's the work.
What this practice does
Recovery is more than the absence of substances. It's the slow return to a regulated body — and that part takes its own work.
Nervous system regulation
The unsexy daily work of staying out of fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. Most people in early recovery have nervous systems wired tight from years of dysregulation. Yoga gives the system a way to find a new baseline.
Stillness, finally
For people whose default was constant motion, constant numbing, or constant noise, stillness is the part of recovery nobody warns you about. The practice builds the capacity to sit in your own body without needing to escape it.
The body, not the story
You don't have to talk about it. Recovery groups have story-telling covered. This practice works in the body — through breath, movement, and integration. No sharing required. No accounting for yourself.
Practice, not perfect
Recovery is daily. So is this. You don't have to be good at yoga. You don't have to be calm. You don't have to be doing well. You show up, you breathe, you move what wants to move. That's the whole thing.
This works alongside
A note on how this practice fits with the rest of recovery. The body is one piece. It is not the whole.
12-step programs (AA, NA, and similar)
Fully compatible. I won't preach the steps, I won't preach against them. The community, the sponsorship, the literature — all of that is yours. Yoga gives your body its own daily practice on top of the program work.
Alternative recovery frameworks (SMART, Refuge Recovery, secular)
Same. The practice is non-denominational and program-neutral. Whatever framework supports your recovery, this can complement it.
Therapy and clinical care
Yoga is not therapy. It is not a substitute for therapy. If you're working with a therapist, the practice can support the work — and your therapist can refer here directly if it would help. Communication between us happens within your signed release.
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
Welcome. Suboxone, Vivitrol, naltrexone, methadone — none of these change the practice or your welcome here. MAT is recovery. No judgment, no questions, no shame.
Treatment programs and recovery houses
Group sessions are available for treatment centers, recovery houses, and sober living communities. Sessions are designed for the population in the room. $35 per person, 6–20 people.
Credentials
The training behind the practice
Lived experience leads. The training and credentials are how I make sure I'm doing the work responsibly.
- Nearly six years sober from mood-altering substances
- Peer Recovery Specialist certification
- Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), National Council for Mental Wellbeing
- Bachelor's in Human Services — specifically covering recovery groups, process groups, 12-step facilitation, and addiction recovery
- Master's in Social Work at the University of West Florida (in progress, anticipated Summer 2027)
- RYT-200 (Vive, Yoga Alliance), TSTY-certified through Zabie Yamasaki, Life Awareness Sessions facilitator
I am not a licensed clinician. I do not provide therapy. What I provide is trauma-informed yoga with clinical literacy and lived experience as the foundation. Full credentials.
Sliding scale
If you're in active recovery, the standard rate may not be what's right for you right now. Email me. We'll find a number that works. No applications, no proof, no questions asked.
hello@renude.usCommon questions
Can yoga support my sobriety?
Yes — as one tool among many. Yoga supports nervous system regulation, which is part of why people stay well long-term. It doesn't replace 12-step, therapy, or medication-assisted treatment. It sits alongside them. The body needs its own practice.
Is this 12-step compatible?
Yes. The practice doesn't conflict with any 12-step program, alternative recovery framework (SMART, Refuge Recovery, secular paths), or religious tradition. I won't preach the steps and I won't preach against them. Your program is yours. More on how the body practice fits with the program.
What if I'm on medication-assisted treatment like Suboxone or Vivitrol?
Welcome. MAT is recovery. The practice works the same. No judgment, no shame, no questions about your dose.
Do I have to be in recovery to come here?
No. The recovery framing is for people who find it useful — people in recovery, peer supporters, family members, treatment workers carrying secondary stress. The practice itself works for any body in any nervous system.
Are you in recovery yourself?
Yes. I've been sober for nearly six years. Yoga, breath, and somatic practice are central to how I regulate my nervous system. I bring that lived experience to the work, alongside my certifications and clinical training.
What if I'm newly sober and shaky?
Show up. The practice meets you exactly where you are. Newly sober nervous systems are wired tight — we move slowly, breathe a lot, end with stillness. Nothing has to be perfect. Nothing has to be hard. More on practice for early recovery.
What if I've been sober for years and want to go deeper?
Long-term sobriety is its own work. Once acute survival mode passes, the body often has more to say — old trauma surfaces, the relationship with stillness changes, the practice deepens. That's where this work tends to land hardest. More on long-term recovery work.
Can yoga replace therapy or my recovery program?
No. Yoga is most powerful as part of a larger constellation of care. Therapy. Recovery community. Medical support. Spiritual practice. Yoga is one part. Be skeptical of anyone who says it's enough on its own.
Do treatment centers and recovery houses book group sessions?
Yes. Custom sessions for treatment programs, recovery houses, and sober living communities are available at $35 per person, 6–20 people. Sessions are designed for the population — newly sober, long-term, dual-diagnosis, women's house, men's house. Email to discuss.
Where to go next
Wherever you are in recovery, there's a path that fits.