KENDRA RENZONI TESTIMONIALS

“Kendra! I wanted to thank you for your work and for offering these Foundation Training courses. Can’t believe how much I’ve learned in so little time and how much more settled and empowered I feel in my body. Unreal. My parents had to tell me to stop talking about it when I visited them recently lol. And I’m finally able to do some running without ankle pain!”

“When I met Kendra, I was in a lot of pain, and nothing I did seemed to make a difference. She dove in headfirst, and gave me her complete focus and support. Kendra challenged me, taught me a ton of amazing things I didn’t think I could do, showed me how to think positively, and work on my issues myself. At times, her analysis of my pain bordered on prescient, and we always made progress, even when a way forward was unthinkable to me. Kendra always amazed me with her dedication, support, generosity, and passion for teaching. I feel I will benefit from the things I learned for the rest of my life, and I am truly grateful.”

“Kendra,
What an incredible class tonight. I wanted to put in writing that the cueing you did tonight was particularly helpful for me. You were so clear about each of the steps in the sequence of positions. It really helped me concentrate and refine my position, especially with my hips.
I was relieved that my vertigo did not emerge. I feel like my body is a wreck from the intense allergic inflammatory response I have had for the last week. Your class helped me move from hypervigience and fear of vertigo to trusting my kinestic sense. That, along with your verbal cueing really helped me focus and let go of the tension I have been feeling.
Many thanks.”

“I just had my first Shiatsu treatment and overall, I feel more lubricated….like WD-40 to my creaky areas and pain points and it feels easier to move. I felt this as I was driving home from our session but I am impressed that I am still feeling this way…gotta say I am pleasantly surprised by Shiatsu!”

“Dear Kendra,

Thank you so much for that Shiatsu session, my body is so so beautifully different; Tender but open are the words that come to my mind and I am so grateful to feel into this new way of being in a body. It is asking me to be intentional and slower than I have been before. I would like to come see you for a few sessions to work on my lower back, there is a lot there, holding, story, grief, joy…..Im excited to see what emerges through this work and I really feel like it is something I should commit to showing up for.”

“Kendra – both my body and soul appreciated the treatment onThursday. Thank you for your attentiveness and sensitivity guided by your deep understanding of the body and the subtle energies that we swim in. Being guided by your words in the beginning helped my to fully arrive into my body, situated on the floor, above the store, located in Greenfield on a bustling street, on the planet earth, in this vast universe.”

​”Dear Kendra, I am reading Iyengar’s Tree of Yoga, and I have to tell you that I immediately thought of YOU when I read this passage in the section On Teachers and Teaching:

The teacher should be clear, clever, confident, challenging, caring, cautious, constructive, courageous, comprehending, creative, completely devoted and dedicated to knowing the subject, considerate, conscientious, critical, committed, cheerful, chaste and calm.  Teachers must be strong and positive in their approach.  They must be affirmative to create confidence in the pupils, and negative within themselves so that they can reflect critically on their own practice and attitudes.  Teachers must always be learning.  They will learn from their pupils and must have the humility to tell them that they are still learning their art.

Kendra, this is exactly my perception of YOU!  You are a great teacher according to BKS Iyengar.  And an exceptional teacher according to me. “

“Kendra’s passion and enthusiasm for Foundation Training is contagious, and I am a huge fan. Even in Zoom classes, she is present and active in personal feedback. This work is hard – but so rewarding because of Kendra’s support. Plus I’m so much stronger in my back, glutes, and hamstrings!”

“Kendra is such an amazing teacher and such a kind, sweet person! She is so knowledgeable about the human body and her excitement and encouragement are contagious. She is patient, compassionate, intuitive and so generous with her time and knowledge. I feel so much better and stronger and more aware in my body since starting classes with her over four years ago. My life wouldn’t be the same without her!”

“Love my time with Kendra! Shiatsu, Foundation Training and education of how our bodies work in amazing ways!”

“Kendra’s depth of knowledge is remarkable and her enthusiasm contagious. She is a gifted teacher who creates a fun and safe learning environment for highly challenging work. I’m so glad I took the leap into FT, it’s such a transformative practice!”

“If you have chronic pain, hyper-mobility issues, joint problems, or just want to shake up your exercise routine with a mentally challenging practice that helps you lengthen, decompress AND strengthen, and do all of this with a wonderfully motivational and supportive teacher, check out Foundation Training with Kendra!

Having had to give up entirely on asana yoga and severely curtail my dancing, gardening and other beloved physical activities due to the symptoms of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, FT is literally saving my life- getting me stronger, improving my interoception, strengthening me into decompression patterns so that even the degenerative disc disease and arthritis that has prevented me from belly dance and lifting weight more than 20 lbs is alleviating. While physical therapy helped, it only got me so far.

Between FT and other important lifestyle changes, I have far less pain in my body now, far fewer subluxations and a greater felt sense of how to move in my body to prevent injury. I am now able to work in my garden without being debilitated the next day, and am going to go to salsa dancing events again! Just in time for difficult times requiring fierce dancing and victory gardens.

So grateful for Kendra and her work!”

“Hey, Kendra—

“Kendra speaks of alignment, strength within mobility, grace, technique, and experiential understanding of the anatomy and emotions in the body. I have experienced all of this and so much more with her insight, guidance and support.

Working at a sedentary job for most of my life,  I tried to counter this inactivity with an active lifestyle on my time including alpine skiing, cycling, hiking and working the family farm.  These choices have left my body with many imbalances.  I relied on yoga for many years to find a solution.

This physical quest has lasted many years, and more recently to Foundation Training which is so much more transformative and challenging for me than yoga.  Strengthening at my range of motion is building my mobility and has been the most direct way that i have found to solve my body’s imbalances.

Kendra has also introduced me to Shiatsu, which I find is another way to try and fully understand myself.  First she fully listens to you, then she uses her skills to tap into your body and facilitate its healing.  These continue to be one of my favorite treats to my soul.

Her Podcasts are another way that she brings light onto the human condition.  Ranging into many topics she has a way to weave others knowledge with hers to make the complex understandable.  I find myself listening over and over in the car to get all of the treasures that are there.

My current daily routine includes a 20 minute blend of internal martial arts, Foundation Training, breath work, and standing meditation.  I have never felt more alive and confident in who i am.  I take this feeling into my life and it is empowering me to face my life through difficult feelings and life’s many obstacles toward a sense of contentment.”

“I worked with my weight trainer today after two weeks off. At my request, we had a session on shoulders which was inspired by my work with Kendra in the Foundation Training sessions that we do together, which let me focus on scapula mobility, pelvic/posterior chain foundation, hip driven movement, and axial alignment. 

It was a really good session. My weight trainer was fascinated by what I told him about the FT work I have been doing with you. He said he could see the progress I have made in shoulder position, external rotation at the humerus, and scapula position.  That was very satisfying! 

It was really exciting for me to  see and feel how all of the above set my lats up to support my shoulders. It really was quite a session today!”

“I just wanted to reach out and say a quick thank you, practicing and learning Foundation Training has really helped me, especially recently as I’ve been in some tougher waters—the movements, breathing techniques and your philosophy, the outlook—-to cultivate mindset and embodied practice of conscious stress-adaption and resilience and strength building is so powerful. There are tools for life’s challenges. It’s up to me to use them lol. Courage and discipline, responsibility and response-ability, ya know what I’m sayin’ ?!”

“Kendra, thank you S000 much for the amazing journey yesterday – “Shiatsu session” barely begins to cover it! It felt amazing and continues to sit in my body, I generally feel more balanced. I loved the spiral from the heart to the neck and emerging sponginess in my lliacus! As I mentioned, it feels really privileged to experience such deep listening and tuning in. 
And, of course, the FT class this morning felt like it was the perfect continuation of this work!”

“Our Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy session felt so relaxing while I was there and I loved the deep rest that it induced!”

“Since our last Shiatsu session I’ve been much less sore and creaky, looser, more cheerful, more hopeful about my future, more energized, more active without getting tired, my blood sugar numbers have been lower (which is good), I have put in more physical work hours, earned more money, loved my wife more (if that’s even possible), reached more clarity about my life’s purpose, and felt ten years younger … all good!”

“Kendra is an amazing bodywork practitioner, her friendly and open demeanor help you relax and get the most out of your session.”

“Kendra Renzoni is a true teacher and student of Yoga with all its components.  She is gentle, smart, energetic and kind.  She has an infectious laugh and spirit.  Her classes are beginner to intermediate  and above.  She doesn’t want anyone to limit themselves, but is aware of limitations!  She is awesome!”

“I’ve been taking classes with Kendra since the summer at Serenity in South Hadley. As someone new to yoga, Kendra is an amazing instructor. She teaches techniques to make the poses accessible to students at all levels. She’s also fun to work with and I leave every class feeling energized.”

“Kendra is AMAZING! My friend talked me into trying her Foundation Training course a year ago and I have been hooked ever since. It is transforming my body and I look forward to it every week. Her shiatsu sessions are intuitive and exceptional as well. I cannot recommend Kendra enough, she is a dedicated teacher and healer who operates from deep passion and dedication.”

“Kendra is an incredible teacher. She is all in–a master of Foundation Training AND always learning more. This class is the hardest thing I do all week–while basically standing in place. It requires all of my physical effort and concentration, and Kendra’s lively, authentic connection to her class is amazing. I took classes live before COVID and now on Zoom and I believe I get even more individualized attention on Zoom and love the setup of the class with plenty of time for questions. Our class is quite interactive and we all learn from each other, as well as Kendra’s use of the Essential Anatomy app for nerding out and teaching us amazing anatomy. I thought I was stuck with my body. Now I am learning how I can change my body. Foundation Training is something I just learned about in the past year and half. Foundation training with Kendra is its own amazing experience. So many people have healing their bodies with it, and Kendra is committed to your success.”

“Kendra is a gem. She teaches her Foundation Training classes with passion, she finds great podcasts and articles to share, she gives amazing shiatsu treatments where I always feel that she’s focused on my particular issues, and she’s always looking to learn more that she can share with her students and clients. I am so grateful to have Kendra in my life!”

“Working with Kendra in her Foundation Training courses has been SO supportive and transformational for me. I have a 9-5 desk job, and through my practice with Kendra I have corrected many of my poor posture habits, I no longer have chronic shoulder tension, and have fewer tension headaches.

My body has become stronger overall and more adept at any other exercise, sport or movement I engage with.

Kendra is also an incredible resource for learning anatomy in an Embodied way, not just memorizing parts and labels.

Kendra Renzoni’s practice needs at least 10 stars, all the stars!”

“Kendra is a wonderful teacher because she loves what she teaches, knows her stuff and gets to know her students so well she gives just the right feedback. Her enthusiasm makes the class fun and sets us all up to learn.”

“I appreciate you, dear Kendra: you are a wealth of information/knowledge, and enthusiasm;  you are inspiring, and truly helpful for those who find you; you are important for the continued health of all of us … during these times.”

“Kendra, you’re simply the best! Thank you so much for our deep dive together yesterday. I love the resourcing which kept me squarely in the moment. That session can now be a resourcing image for me as well ❤️ I love that you start by encouraging me to tune in to what’s going on. Your listening hands are magic, the soft waves of fascia are way fun, and today I have a new appreciation for the sinews of my neck. Yes that C7 hump did get all ironed out at the very end of the session. So long story short it’s all there, now I have to cultivate returning to that place. 

Love you lots, and I value all your teaching and healing enormously.”

“WOW!