Hatha Yoga & Watsu Practitioner
Summer Greenlees is a certified Hatha Yoga Instructor with twenty-five years of experience. In 1997, Summer became certified as a Yoga Instructor, and she obtained her massage therapy license in 1998. Using the combined modalities of Yoga and Massage enhances and deepens her holistic approach.
At age nineteen, during her first pregnancy, Summer discovered Yoga through Prenatal Yoga with Austin Toga teacher Shannon Potts. Summer apprenticed with Shannon for two years to learn to teach Hatha, Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga. Subsequently, she immersed herself in Advanced Yoga Studies with renowned expert Donna Farhi. Summer is grateful to have had the honor to assist Donna as a senior assistant when teaching locally in Austin. Summer has completed Donna’s Teacher Training Certification program twice, once in 2007, and again in 2022. The emphasis of this Yoga Certification program is unique in that it is strongly centered on an inquiry-based, embodied somatic approach that integrates developmental movement repatterning, and embodied anatomy, with deeply therapeutic, meditative, and Restorative Hatha Yoga practices and the study and practice of the Eight limbs of Yoga.
Summer is currently a dedicated student online with Amrita Choudhury and her practice of Nrityoga and Mudra Vigyan, and she is engaged in continued online learning with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in Embodied Anatomy studies.
Summer supported families during childbirth preparation, birth, and postpartum for twelve years as a Doula, incorporating Yoga and Massage Therapy, and repatterning to assist with childbearing, Postpartum, and Motherhood. Summer received “Best Massage Therapist” Award from the Austin Birth Awards in 2013 for her work as a Prenatal and Postnatal Massage Therapist. The Star Doula training that Summer received Doula Certification from was unique in that it Incorporated Massage Therapy, Breathwork, Rebirthing, Secure Attatchment education and practices, Holistic Parenting practices, Color and Aroma Therapy, Infant Massage Instruction, Water Birth, Rebirthing and Breathwork in water, in therapy temperature pools.
In 2010, Summer discovered Watsu and Aquatic Bodywork and fell in love with this powerful and beautiful modality which brings together elements of each aspects of Summer’s life’s work and study. Developmental movement repatterning, embodied anatomy and fluid pattern awareness and support, Rebirthing, Yoga and Bodywork, Prenatal Support, Nrityoga, Breathwork, Shiatsu, Meditation, Trauma healing, unity with the power of Naure, all of these elements are present in Summer’s practice of Watsu, and Aquatic Yoga and Bodywork.
As a professional Massage Therapist and Yoga Instructor, Summer has completed certification programs including; Acupressure, Shiatsu, Ashiatsu, Watsu, Healing Dance, Bodywork for the Childbearing Year, Neuromuscular Therapy, Myofascial Release, Functional Yoga Therapy, and Reiki.
Certifications
Having worked as a full-time professional massage therapist and yoga instructor for over 20 years, in addition to the modalities listed above, her certifications also include:
- Reiki III
- Bodywork for the Childbearing Year
- Advanced Yoga Studies with Donna Farhi
- Massage Doula
- Infant Massage Instructor
- Functional Yoga Therapy
- Watsu Practitioner
- Healing Dance 1 & Underwater
Summer‘s intimate understanding of the human body has been cultivated through years of dedication to study and practice in the field of health and wellness. She brings the richness of her experience working with hundreds of massage therapy and childbirth clientele to complement her yoga instruction. Summer delights in applying her wellness insights, practices, tools, and techniques, which always refer back to and confirm the ancient, healing wisom that yoga offers. She is a gentle guide, sharing resources and inviting students to explore their own self-discovery.
Through her continued study and practice of Yoga, Bodywork, Watsu, and embodied, somatic studies, Summer still feels very much like a beginner, and is always learning from each client and student, her self study, as well as from her teachers and mentors.
Integrative and therapeutic, Summer’s classes focus on harmonizing mind, body, and nature. Offering an individualized approach, Summer assists her students in their building skills so that movements are safely and mindfully practiced. Summer supports her students to feel more refreshed, more grounded, and more open. Each student feels as if they have received a lovely, gentle, full-body therapeutic massage when they practice with her.
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Summer is at home in the Hill Country. She is truly blessed to be the mother of three: a 27-year-old, a 18-year-old, and a 10-year-old.
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Booking
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Yoga classes & Therapy
Summer’s private yoga therapy practice specializes in movement repatterning for reducing strain and tension in the body during the everyday movements of life as well as movements of the client’s exercise and fitness or yoga practice.
Summer’s yoga classes and yoga therapy sessions are based on a somatic approach, strongly inspired by her Yoga teacher, Donna Farhi, and her own 20 years experience with yoga, bodywork, and maternity support.
Her yoga series classes taught privately or in a small group session provide a foundation for the beginner or seasoned yoga practitioner to discover or re discover his or her own way of moving and being in yoga practice that is truly integrative and supportive of the individuals highest well being and personal wellness goals.
Watsu
Watsu season is over for 2024 but will return next year.
For special Watsu news, please sign up to the Summer Greenlees Newsletter with Watsu selected. You will receive notices about locations, booking availability changes, adjustments for weather.
Summer has been a Watsu student and practitioner for 6 years and of all the modalities offered, Watsu and and Yoga therapy are her favorite modalities to share.
Please read more about Watsu on the Watsu and Ashiatsu Massage services page.
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