Learn how to move your body in a way you were meant to move

Yoga for Strength and Stability® is a fusion of yoga and natural movement created by Lori Gaspar that restores healthy movement patterns in the body and builds reflexive strength to support the flexibility you gain in yoga. It's aim is to help you live a healthier, longer, more active and more fulfilling life.

Playful approach to becoming stronger and more stable

Natural movements are the movement skills you develop from interacting with the natural environment. Based on neurodevelopmental sequencing, these are the movement patterns we develop as infants and children. These movement skills form the basis for all healthy movement patterns and include rolling, crawling, squatting, jumping, climbing, balancing and more.

Combine Natural Movement with Yoga

The primary goal of yoga is to quiet the mind so you can see yourself clearly, become aware of your patterns and make choices that allow you to abide in your own true nature.

The primary goal of natural movement is to reset you back to your body's innate movement patterns to restore health and well-being.

Just because you can create a yoga shape with your body does not mean that you're sufficiently stable in that position. Natural Movement builds strength and stability to support the flexibility you gain in yoga. Yoga for Strength and Stability® seamlessly combines both yoga and natural movement and provides a more balanced and adaptable approach to our yoga practice. The movement skills we develop allow us to participate more fully in our daily life and helps us abide in our own true nature. Plus, it is fun and playful! 

Are you ready to upgrade your yoga practice?

The Founder of Prairie Yoga's Teacher Training, Lori has practiced and taught yoga for over 25 years. She discovered natural movement 9 years ago and is a certified MovNat^® Trainer. Lori loves sharing her knowledge of yoga and natural movement with experienced yoga students ready to move beyond the traditional yoga practice.

"Integrating natural movement into my yoga practice has made me feel better in so many ways - stronger, more balanced and more playful too. It helped me break free of the mindset of what yoga is and what it is not."

~Lori Gaspar, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, MovNat^® Trainer

"After this training, yoga has never been the same! I incorporate natural movement for strength and stability in every yoga class no matter who I am teaching. No more rectangular mats for me."

~ Rogina Curry, 500 CYT

"This was a great intensive to learn how to integrate natural movement such as crawling, jumping, balancing on a balance beam (low to the floor) getting up off the floor, hanging from the wall ropes, like we did as kids on the monkey bars with the joy of yoga. Thoroughly enjoyed working with all of my fellow students/teachers and learning movement in a different way. Lori is a great teacher and learning with her was one of the best things about this program."

~ Linda Troutman, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500

"It was such a fun and energetic training! It’s changed the way I teach!"

~ Amy Cardella, 200 CYT

"I love Lori's strength and stability class. I feel so invigorated after class and ready to meet the day. Her cues are precise and powerful. Her class is FUN! She utilizes everyday movements in a creative way to meet the intention of strength and stability."

~ Mariana Von Wald