Liliana is a 200+hr yoga teacher. Her classes are dynamic; characterized for being fun, active and challenging. They go from easier warm up poses, progress to more challenging poses and finish with restorative. It is here where she connects most with her students. She says, " It is always those individuals that I touch and align towards the end of the practice,or in shavasana, that meet my eyes at the end of class and thank me with a big smile." Because of this and wanting to give more to her students, she began studying thai yoga massage and enrolled in workshops and trainings. She has trained with Shuka Wong for Thai head massage and Michael Sitzer for Thai Yoga bodywork. She continues to further her studies and is enrolled with the Integral Yoga Institute of NYC. 

"Touch is in our human nature. Because we are so technologically based it is even more critical and crucial that we have touch...real human touch-based connections." 
                - Liliana Skinner
                

What is Thai  Bodywork?
Thai Yoga Body Work is a dynamic bodywork therapy with origins dating back 2,500 years. It is based upon both yoga and Ayurveda practices. In this unique healing system of Thai Yoga body work the practitioner guides the client through a series of supine and seated yoga postures, while palming, stretching, and thumbing along the body’s energy (‘Sen’) lines and pressure points. By pressing and stretching specific muscle groups and pressure points in the body, Thai Yoga body work can enhance the flow of energy thereby promoting optimal health.
Yoga is generally accepted as being an effective way of remaining healthy and flexible. Thai body work is ultimately a passive way of obtaining these benefits of yoga and more. When muscles are tense, they become shorter even when not consciously contracting. This can happen due to overworking them, under-using them, and/or emotional tension. Thai yoga manipulation techniques can be used to relieve these types of tension, chronic pain, stiffness and loss of flexibility.  These manipulations are designed to stretch the accessible muscles just a little more than they would normally be stretched under the action of the antagonistic muscles. Together these actions result in a comprehensive full body treatment that relieves muscular tension, improves circulation, boosts the immune system and balances the body energetically.
Thai yoga bodywork can be done for the whole body but it is more effective to focus bodywork on those regions that can be adequately treated in the time. Thai Yoga Massage is performed on a mat or on the floor. Both the client and practitioner are dressed in comfortable clothing allowing ease of movement and flexibility. Thai Bodywork is especially beneficial for upper and lower back pain, shoulder and neck pain, headaches and sore, tight hamstrings. It is not recommended to anyone with serious heart conditions, high blood pressure, people with severe osteoporosis, or who have artificial joints, certain skin conditions or for pregnant women.

Liliana's Thai Bodywork Rates

60 Minutes: $80
  90 Minutes: $120

Liliana's Private Yoga Rates

60 Minutes: $100
3 Pass Package: $270
5 Pass Package: $400