Private Tai Chi & Yoga Therapy
Get personalized 1:1 guidance and a customized home practice designed for your unique body, health conditions, and goals. Relieve pain, restore balance, and finally reclaim your life.
Work 1:1 with Ann Swanson, MS
You don’t need another generic wellness app, AI-generated routine, or social media post telling you what “everyone with _____” should do.
You need personalized guidance from a real person who sees you. Hi, Ann Swanson here!) Based on your body, needs, preferences, and goals, I blend science-backed tai chi, qigong, yoga therapy, breathwork, and meditation into a low-impact practice you’ll look forward to daily.
This is not a generic private yoga or tai chi class. In this personalized 3-month program, we meet privately on Zoom so I can assess how you move, design a customized home practice for you, and apply habit science so you can finally stick with it!
Together, we are not just filling your calendar with ongoing sessions. The goal is not to keep you dependent on buying more sessions, as most programs do. It’s to give you the tools, confidence, and clarity to continue practicing on your own.
This is an investment in your long-term health and future self.
I only take on a small number of 1:1 clients each year so I can give each person thoughtful, individualized support.
Is pain, stress, or balance holding you back?
Maybe you’re dealing with back pain, arthritis, joint stiffness, chronic pain that flares, fatigue, anxiety, fear of falling, or simply not feeling like yourself. With your unique body and health conditions, it can be hard to know which practices are safe, effective, or worth your time.
Group classes may feel too fast, too intimidating, or not designed for your body. And even when you find a class you like, you may not know how to adapt the movements for your needs.
Maybe you’ve been told not to do certain movements, or you’re afraid you’ll do something that makes things worse or flares your pain. That’s where personalized guidance from a professional who cares makes all the difference.
This is for you if you want:
✓ A customized home practice designed for your body, health conditions, and goals
✓ Personalized adaptations so you could confidently attend a group class
✓ Natural tools for pain relief and stress relief
✓ Support for balance, fall prevention, and overcoming fear of falling
✓ Science-backed tai chi and qi gong adapted for your needs
✓ Yoga Therapy, including chair options, not a one-size-fits-all yoga routine
✓ A private, non-intimidating way to practice from home on Zoom
✓ To reclaim your life and feel like yourself again
Relieve pain and reclaim your life
I know pain. My joint pain started in my teens, and now I specialize in helping others in pain reclaim their lives.
And when pain and health conditions make you afraid of moving the “wrong” way, it is easy to start doing less and less.
I’ll give you creative solutions to stick with a mindful movement practice that works. That might mean a gentle yoga routine you can do in bed to relieve morning stiffness, tai chi walking breaks throughout the day to warm up your joints, breathing practices to ease anxiety in the moment, or a meditation to help you fall asleep.
Restore balance, physically and mentally
Balance is not just standing on one leg.
Physical balance means feeling steadier on your feet, walking more confidently, and overcoming the fear of falling.
Mental balance means knowing how to calm your nervous system when stress, anxiety, or overwhelm take over.
Tai chi is especially powerful for balance and fall prevention because it trains your dynamic balance in a whole-body way: weight shifting, posture, coordination, breath, relaxation, and focused attention all at once.
This is why tai chi is a gold standard for balance and why I specialize in the research-backed Tai Chi for Health programs.
How Private 1:1 Support Works
This is a 3-month private program designed to provide you with personalized support, accountability, and a home practice you’ll look forward to continuing.
The program includes:
✓ One 90-minute intake session on Zoom
We’ll review your health history, pain patterns, movement concerns, current routine, and goals. This includes a personalized assessment of your mobility, balance, posture, breathing, and flexibility.
✓ A clear plan based on your unique goals
Together, we’ll clarify what you want to change and create a realistic plan using habit science, so your practice actually fits into your life.
✓ Four 60-minute follow-up sessions on Zoom
We’ll refine your practice, answer questions, adapt movements, and build your confidence over time.
✓ A customized home practice
Your practice may blend tai chi, qigong, yoga therapy, breathwork, meditation, and mindfulness, based on what you desire and need. I’ll email you practices to do between sessions, and by the end of our work together, you’ll have a clear routine to continue on your own.
✓ Personally curated video practices
I’ll give you a curated playlist of videos to continue your practice. When helpful, I create a printout of individualized poses so you won’t forget.
✓ A personalized audio meditation
Save this audio recording on your phone and use it whenever you need support.
✓ A personalized breathwork practice
Listen to this breathing practice when you need it
✓ Email support for 3 months
You can ask questions, get clarification, and receive support as we build your home practice.
✓ Access to book brush-up sessions
I don’t offer one-off sessions, except to previous clients who have a life change and need an update to their routine. You’ll get special pricing and access to my calendar that I only give to previous students
Since starting yoga with Ann, I cannot believe this is my body. I can move better now—at the age of 60—than I could at the age of 40! I was intimidated by yoga but always secretly wanted to do it. Several years ago, I broke both of my legs in a horse riding accident, resulting in surgeries and pain. Ann is so compassionate, not to mention bright and knowledgeable about the human body. She took the time to get to do a full assessment of me in the beginning. Then, she tailored poses for MY key areas. I feel so much stronger and better. I was hesitant about doing this online, but I can’t imagine driving to a studio anymore. This way is more personal and just easier with my busy schedule. I feel as if Ann is in the room with me!
-Barbara Amaker, M.D.
I do group classes also, but having the 1:1 yoga therapy in my home with Ann is so valuable. Over the past year, I have been able to refine my poses. I started doing many poses with the aid of lots of props, including a chair, as a beginner with injuries and pain. But now, I can do it on the floor...with joy! I love how Ann uses technology, including recording audio and video I can take anywhere on my phone, so I do not forget what I learned.
-Susan
Meet Ann Swanson, MS, C-IAYT, LMT, E-RYT500, Tai Chi for Health Senior Trainer
Hi, I’m Ann Swanson. I spend a lot of my time creating free tai chi and yoga practices for YouTube and writing books (with nearly a million copies sold in 15+ languages!) However, my passion is working 1:1 with real people to transform their lives, as these practices have transformed mine.
My own chronic pain and anxiety led me to study yoga in India and tai chi in China, become a massage therapist, and earn a Master of Science in Yoga Therapy. I study tai chi with the world master and researcher Dr. Paul Lam and am now a Senior Trainer in his research-backed Tai Chi for Health programs.
My Master of Science Graduate Degree included clinical training in working 1:1 with real people’s bodies, health conditions, pain patterns, goals, and limitations. That clinical approach is part of what makes this work different… and so life-changing.
I only take a few 1:1 clients per year, so I can provide the care you deserve. My approach is gentle, science-backed, accessible, and deeply personalized.
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I have been a professional rider for 40 years. I had a lot of injuries that resulted in arthritis in my back and knees and I felt embarrassed to do yoga in a class. Ann's kindness and expertise immediately drew me to her. I have been afraid about my knee replacement but developed a plan with Ann to modify the poses in the chair and bed. She used meditation with me to help me overcome fears and anger. I never thought I would be drawn to yoga but Ann has opened up a whole new world for me to heal from pain!
-Kathy
I have heart failure disease and had tried yoga before but was previously frustrated because of the pacing and discomfort. Ann designed a program that was safe, pain-free, and helped with strength and flexibility—without leaving me breathless. The classes with Ann were convenient and fun. Even my dog benefited from joining us!
-Linda
"Ann is exceptional. She did the most amazing thing for me - she taught me that the pain my body had been experiencing for 20 years due to a traumatic surgery was a ‘learned response’ in my brain. Studying with Ann instinctually taught my body that the pain was an optional experience for me, not a required one. This was the gift of working with her for three months. Truly a gift - a priceless one at that, working with Ann was a blessing."
-Daphne
