Mary DeVore Fitness & Wellness Therapy
Adhesion Release Therapy
Allergy Testing (NAET) & Nutrition
Corrective Exercise
Strength & Conditioning
Yoga & Pilates
About
Mary DeVore
Mary started practicing yoga as a child with her mother in the 1970's. She was also a competitive gymnast and dancer until she was 22 years of age. She dabbled in many sports as well as in formal education. She has a B. A. in Psychology and an M. S. in Biology. Always looking to learn something new, she has taken many courses and earned many certificates in fitness and wellness. Besides practicing yoga and pilates, Mary enjoys climbing, hiking, skiing and training in the Sierra.
Adhesion Release Therapy/ Soft Tissue Manipulation
Mary is certified as a Professional Massage Therapist and Natural Health Counselor. She is also certified through the California Massage Therapy Council. She was trained in various styles of tissue manipulation and took most of her beginning training from Twin Lakes College of the Healing Arts in Santa Cruz, CA, where she also taught classes for many years. Mary has also pursued courses that focus on structural and postural work, as well as orthopedic issues. She has studied Myofascial Release, Craniosacral Therapy, and Pelvic Floor with John F. Barnes and Lori Zeltwanger. Currently she has been studying the Adhesion Release Method which focuses on releasing adhesions in the tissue and along nerve pathways incorporated with movement of the muscle. Her sessions focus on structural work where she helps break up adhesions and tension patterns. Manual therapy, grit bar, and the shockwave device is used.
*30-60 min Appointments available upon request*
Allergy Testing(NAET)& Nutrition
Mary is certified as an NAET Practitioner by Dr. Devi Nambudripad and by NASM as a Nutrition Coach. NAET: Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique was discovered by Dr. Devi in 1983. This is a noninvasive, drug free, painless natural solution to alleviate intolerances, sensitivities, and allergens that build up over time in your body. This method helps reduce symptoms from food, chemicals, environmental toxins, and emotions. NAET uses a blend of acupressure, allopathy, chiropractic, homeopathy, kinesiology, and nutrition. Through the use of Neuromuscular Sensitivity Testing, one determines the imbalance in the body caused by the allergens. While the patient holds the allergen, the spinal points are stimulated as well as certain acupressure points. The allergen is then put next to the skin for 20 minutes, then removed, and avoided for the next 25 hours. Mary will guide you in how to restore balance to your diet and work with your sensitivities/allergens in your every day life.
*30-60 min appointments are available upon request*
Corrective Exercise
Mary is certified by NASM as a Corrective Exercise Specialist.
The primary objective of Corrective Exercise is to optimize movement quality. It helps enhance performance, results, injury resistance, movement efficiency, and recovery. By using static, movement, and mobility assessments the practitioner will be able to determine which muscles are underactive and which are overactive. This information is then used to help the client learn how to inhibit(self massage)and lengthen (stretch) the overactive muscles and activate (isolated strengthening) and integrate (dynamic strengthening)the underactive muscles. Hence allowing for the client to enhance their quality of movement.
*Private sessions are available upon request*
Strength & Conditioning
For decades Mary has been using strength training and conditioning to increase her power and endurance in different sports. From an early age Mary was a competitive gymnast, distance runner, cyclist, and cross country ski racer. Later in life she focused most of her time and energy in climbing and skiing. If you want to increase your overall strength, power, or endurance, you can set up a private session or sessions to help improve your overall fitness and work on your goals. Power lifting, TRX, resistance bands and springs, rings, pull up bar, hangboard, and climbing wall will all be available tools for use to help you improve your strength and conditioning.
*Private sessions are available upon request*
Yoga
Mary is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (Senior Teacher~Level 3). Mary took her Iyengar yoga teacher's training with Kofi Busia and with Cathy Rogers Evans, both Senior Iyengar Yoga teachers. She has also studied with the Iyengar family (Guruji, Geetaji, and Prashantji) in India and continues to study with Senior Iyengar teachers. She enjoys teaching everyone yoga, so that we may become firm in our body, steady in our mind, and have a delighted spirit.
"Sthira sukham asanam." Mary teaches private sessions, limited group classes in person, as well as teacher education workshops.
*Privates sessions for personal development and/or Iyengar Teacher education are available upon request via in person or online*
Pilates
Mary is a fully Certified Stott Pilates Teacher and an Athletic Conditioning Specialist. Mary did her Stott Pilates training at the John Garey Fitness and Pilates Training Program in Long Beach, CA. This training program encompassed mat, reformer, cadillac, chair, barrels, and work with injuries & special populations in all levels (essential, intermediate, and advanced). She enjoys sharing her understanding of the body, breath, and mind connection through the teaching of pilates exercises with her clients.
Group Classes and private sessions available.
*Private sessions are available upon request*