Denise Osso: 71 years old, former communications professional, and client for 3 years

The limitations of my tight hips impact everything. The classes and one-on-work with Tessa has opened the door to awareness and change. I now see my body as a process, not just a thing that is below my head.

When I began to work with Tessa, my life changed. I met her after a high stress career that I endured and during which I had no time to pay any attention to my body except for repairs. I had endurance but no flexibility. And no joy. All that has changed.

The opportunity to be truly present with myself for one hour keeps me coming back. No matter what is going on. Working with Tessa sets the tone for joy and success! I would take this class every day. 

The quality of my life has changed in every way. I now look for ways to move and have fun every single day. Stairs are easy. I can walk for miles with my dogs. I can roll around on the floor with my grandsons - and get up and down without a hitch. My body is my friend now.

Madeline Peikes Mom of 2, Entrepreneur and Founder of Food Doula, and private client for 2 years.

“I used to struggle with kicking in swimming, esp the breastroke.  My glutes would fire up too much and I threw out my back. After working with Tessa I could tell that my body was moving right. She helped me become aware of my habits and reconditioned my muscles. I'm excited to feel easy in the water, again!”

I started working with Tessa because I threw out my back while swimming. I use to swim religiously, doing intervals 2 miles a day, but something was off. Kicking was hard, esp breaststroke. I thought it might be Diastasis Recti. Tessa and I worked together online over zoom. She did a whole body evaluation, helped me measure my gap, identified dead zones, and came up with a conditioning program for me. We met for 45 minutes once a week and I was given 3 short homework videos every session. After 9 sessions I was back to swimming a mile with no symptoms. Tessa caused me to slow down and move more mindfully. Actually achieving better results. I stopped experiencing pain in my hips when I swam and was able to stay in a straight line even without a lane marker! Not only was my swimming improving, but also my bike riding, and my ability to stand all day working as a Private Chef. I now do my self check in’s daily, and kept going with sessions long after meeting my goals just because it felt so good to retrain my body!

Skip Beard Retired Military, and avid horse rider

“It’s amazing how my horse can tell the difference in my balance and confidence. Not only has my seat alignment (ear, shoulder, hip, ankle vertical line) improved, but recently learning to breathe deep into my abdomen has made my transitions intuitive. For Equestrians breathing deep into your abdomen while sitting on a horse lowers the rider’s center of gravity. The closer the horse and rider’s center are the more stable they are (physics 101). When doing a transition from walk to trot, trot to canter the first thing you do is breathe deep into your abdomen before giving the horse your leg aids (i.e. commands). Recently, because of your 3 dimensional breath exercises, my horse has been changing his gaits when I take that deep breath, with no additional commands required. It feels amazing! Because my horse and I both started later in life we get to grow together, and we even won both second place and Grand Champion in last Sunday’s show! Which was a first. Thank you!”