Somatic-Based Yoga and Mindful Movement
Embody ease. Clear your mind. Feel at home in your body.
Serving New Haven, Guilford, Madison, Branford, and the Connecticut shoreline for over 25 years
Evolving at Any Age
A New Way Forward
If stiffness, tension, or accumulated stress has started to limit how you move or feel, there is a better way forward. Your body and mind can relearn how to cooperate, and much of what we once accepted as “just getting old” can begin to change. It can be a life-changing and paradoxical lesson to realize that as struggle and effort soften, balance returns and movement feels more natural.
Life begins to open again.
Whether you are rebuilding strength, recovering from pain, or simply seeking to feel better in body and mind, meaningful change begins where you are.
Start Where You Are
If you have tried stretching, strengthening, or pushing through discomfort only to find the results fade, you are not alone. Many people discover that these methods help for a while but do not create lasting change.
What is often missing is awareness and a steady, enjoyable way to build it.
Through this work, you begin to notice how your body holds and compensates, and how habits influence the way you move.As awareness develops, your nervous system learns to release unnecessary effort and reorganize movement in ways that feel natural and stable. Balance and comfort can return through cooperation between body and mind.
How This Work Helps
This approach teaches you to move in ways that restore coordination and natural self-support while also helping calm and focus the mind.
As the nervous system learns to release unnecessary effort and guide movement more efficiently, strain eases, stability improves, and balance begins to return.
What You Can Gain
Release tension and long-held guarding patterns
Enhance relaxation and stress release for greater mental clarity
Reconnect breath, posture, and movement for steady support
Regain balance and confidence in daily movement
Feel more at home in your body, even when living with pain or limitation
As both body and mind reset, movement becomes lighter and more responsive. Ease begins to feel natural again, and many people find themselves moving through life with steadiness, calm, resilience, and a renewed sense of comfort.
About This Approach
I am Alan Franzi, M.S., C-IAYT, and for more than thirty years I have guided people in restoring comfort, confidence, and vitality through yoga-based and somatic movement education. For more about my background and approach, click here
You can explore this work in weekly classes or in individual sessions designed around your specific needs and goals.
Ready to Begin
If you are ready to move with more freedom and feel better in your own body, I invite you to reach out.
Check out our Schedule of Group Yoga and Movment classes here or Contact me for more information or to schedule a free consultation so we can explore how to work together to help you feel your best.


