Yoga for Pain

Nine sessions total every other Thursday evening starting August 21 5:30-6:30 pm in-person at The Foundation of Light in Ithaca, NY. Register for all nine classes ($200) or pick the ones you want to attend ($25 each) below. Each in-person class is capped at 6 participants. Attend online for free by joining Spontaneous Yoga Membership ($1.00 first month, sliding scale fee afterwards $5-$20 per month). Online attendance is not capped.

Each class will focus on relieving stress, tension, and pain in a particular area of the body. Gentle whole body movement, breathing, meditation, and options to do the movements seated, standing, or in a chair will be included in every class.

You do not have to be in pain to benefit from this gentle, focused class. This class is also good for yoga teachers interested in expanding their understanding of accessibility and yoga for pain. Recording and take home/printable handout with references available with each class. This class is fragrance free. Please plan accordingly.

  • Dr. Liz has helped me relieve physical, emotional, and spiritual pain and shift long-standing patterns.

    — Hannah Ricks, QNRT Practitioner

  • Dr. Liz taught our students the science behind yoga, the deep inner connection to who we are, and how we can heal.

    — Lora Rosebaum, Pure Hot Yoga A2 Teacher Training

  • Dr. Olson has the highest level of personal and professional integrity, and I hope that I will continue to have the opportunity to collaborate with her on future research projects.

    — Philippa Clarke, PHD, Research Professor, ISR Professor, Department of Epidemiology University of Michigan

  • I was so grateful for the invitation to follow my intuition. Not just for the invitation, but because I knew it would be honored. Thank you.

    — CD

  • I have such a sense of connection to how you teach. I'm glad you are doing what you're doing and showing how we allow and accept the space we exist in with a simple explanation that connects us to our body. Thank you. I'm grateful for you and what you bring to the world!

    —Charlene Gates

  • Dr. Liz is a skilled intuitive healer

    — RH

  • Dr. Olson’s understanding of the human body from both western and eastern schools of medicine and healing modalities offers an unprecedented source of holistic knowledge.

    — Alexandra Cohen, Sustainability Entrepreneur, Spiritual Teacher

About Dr. Liz

Hi, I’m Dr. Elizabeth Olson (she/they), a chiropractor and yoga teacher. I spent years learning personally from yoga masters in two lineages, teaching yoga full time at a busy city studio. I went back to school and got two graduate degrees (DC and MSACN), founded my own clinic, consulted on yoga research, and taught yoga teachers.

I spent fifteen years of my life learning about healing from both science and yoga tradition. Now, I teach people to heal themselves using yoga, science, and intuition.

As a chiropractor, I’ve worked in diverse clinical settings, consulted on yoga research with the University of Michigan, and founded Healing Arts Red Wing. I hold a master’s of science in applied clinical nutrition and was adjunct research faculty at Northeast College of Health Sciences. As a teacher of yoga teachers, I create custom yoga science curricula for yoga teacher training programs worldwide. I teach anatomy and physiology for massage therapists and yoga teachers, and am the founder of Yoga Close to the Bone.

I’ve taught thousands of yoga students of varying ages, abilities, and health statuses around the world. I am trauma-sensitive, and adept at making yoga accessible—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually—to anyone. 

I was personally trained by yoga masters in two lineages. I am certified in the 26-and-2 Hot Yoga Series and I AM Yoga. I had a spiritual awakening while training intensely for the 26-and-2 yoga competition. My training included, among other things, three hot yoga classes a day plus one hundred backbends a day for one hundred days.

My advanced yoga training happened in the traditional way, spending personal time with master teachers, getting daily feedback from them, and watching them teach. Most of the things I learned, I want to pass on to my students. Hopefully, the unhelpful traditions stop with me. I’m grateful for all of it.