Mary DeVore Fitness & Wellness Therapy
Corrective Exercise
Soft Tissue Manipulation
Sports Nutrition
Strength & Conditioning
Stretching & Flexibility
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.
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*
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.
*30-60 min Appointments available upon request, please prebook*
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*
Stretching & Flexibility
Mary is certified by NASM as a Stretching and Flexibility Coach. With the help of static and mobility assessments, the practitioner will determine where the body appears to shift, bend, tilt, or rotate and which fascial nets are responsible. Functional movement patterns are then assessed and an individualized integrated stretch program is designed that may include self-myofascial techniques, specific corrective stretches, dynamic stretches for warm-ups, and recovery stretches for cool downs.
*Privates are available upon request*
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 via in person or online*
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 online classes/workshops for the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Los Angeles.
*Privates sessions for personal development and/or Iyengar Teacher education are available upon request via in person or online*