Stillwaters - Yoga, Pilates, Massage and Bodywork

Donna Phillips
E-RYT500
B.S. Exercise Physiology and Business Administration

Donna has been in the health and wellness industry for 25 years. With degrees in
Exercise Physiology and Business, she has worked in Human Performance Labs, has
been a trainer for football and other sport teams, coordinator for corporate fitness
programs, coordinator and director for Rehabilitation programs in hospitals.
Currently Donna is the Director of the Yoga and Pilates Department for the Club at
Green Valley (formerly Sportime) and she owns and operates Stillwaters Yoga,
Pilates and Massage, a well-being retreat located in northwest Greensboro. Donna
has been studying, practicing or teaching yoga and Pilates since the mid-90's. She
has her RYT-500 and E-RYT-500, and has advanced certification in yoga and
Pilates. Donna is grateful for and has been influenced by the teachings of B.K.S.
Iyengar. She has trained with, and continues to study with, many of the most
influential Iyengar-inspired yoga teachers and 1st & 2nd generation Pilates
teachers of our time.

In her private practice, Donna has developed a particular expertise in applying yoga
and Pilates to help athletes enhance their performance and adapting yoga and
Pilates for individuals with medical issues and various health concerns (such as
Auto-Immune Disease, MS, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Cancer, Back Injuries &
Spine Issues, and various sports injuries). She is equally successful with those who
are not ill but wish to increase self-awareness, enhance well-being, and prevent
health-related challenges.

'Her creativity and ability to adapt to ones needs, had become her focus and
passion'

Donna's gift of blending modern science with the wisdom of ancient healing was
natural. Her deep interest and study in rehabilitation, sports medicine and wellness
has blended with her study of eastern healing techniques, allowing her to team up
with an extraordinary group of like-minded individuals - both gifted and
passionate. This collaboration with health professionals, medical doctors,
alternative medical practitioners, therapists and trainers creates a team approach
in teaching mind-body solutions and "balance" for their patients/clients.

"Working together & loving what we do, our passion is our purpose & our
purpose is to help others become better balanced".

Not just for Athletes!
The weekend warrior-recreational athlete-professional athlete

Whether you are the runner, golfer, tennis player, soccer, football, baseball player
or cyclist - if your muscles are tight and inflexible you are compromised and
imbalanced. Solutions to help an athlete's flexibility, mobility, tight backs,
hamstrings, shoulders, are available. Donna has sequenced postures for
sport-specific and issue-specific individuals. This unique specific work brings the
body back into balance, improving one's awareness, mobility and control, making
their game more successful.

Donna, a triathlete through the mid 90's, found the repetitive training and overuse
of the sport was breaking down her body and injuries were occurring. It was then
when she started bringing in yoga: Integrating the principles of stretch, strength
and balance in all her exercise. 'I had no choice, my body told me to stop - yet
everything else wanted to keep on going!' It's pretty hard to run, when you can't
even walk - a big learning moment for me. I had not ever in my life not been able
to complete my task; especially that I asked of my body - my life changed that
moment; if I had not experienced the break down of my body, I don't know if I
would have tried yoga. Back then, I wouldn't have said I did yoga or even went to a
yoga class. As weird as that sounds, it's true. I had an image in my head of what
'yoga people' were, and that was not me!! I laugh now, but at the time (early 90's) I
was serious - oh well! After years of study and practice, and with a big smile on my
face, I am proud to say I am also a yoga teacher!

Everyone needs to understand yoga and Pilates is not just for athletes, it can be
for each of us. All of us enjoy our sport of choice whether you are the 'weekend
warrior', recreational athlete, (or just want to go for a walk!), or complete your day
without feeling so tight, sore, stressed-out and out of whack! When I say it is for
all people, it is! In my past the wellness/healthcare industry has generally taken me
to extremes. I was always asked to work with the people no one else wanted to; for
whatever reason, I was fortunate enough to work with the extreme athlete or the
high-risk medical patient. I was OK and excited to work with anyone, and the
thought of being creative and proactive in a persons' health and wellness is still my
passion 25 years later; I'm just much better at it now!!

I am so blessed to get to do this job - my purpose. I hear stories everyday of where
people are at and where they hope to be, and whether in a private session or group
I have seen lives transformed in such a beautiful way. This type of work does not
happen quickly - sometimes it takes months, and often years. My intention is to
create a lifestyle of balance, working and creating a plan with whoever walks
through my doors.

"Knowledge of yoga is no substitute for practice."
-BKS Iyengar