Yoga with TQ Sims

TQ Sims’ skills at directing students through intelligent movement have led him to his current role as a modern postural yoga teacher, with extensive trainings along the way (see below).

In his classes or in private sessions, TQ offers a yoga practice with asana focused on developing strength, stability, and skill—in body and mind. Classes include flow and alignment exploration linked through breath, guided by specific verbal cues and an option for hands on assistance. TQ is also a big fan of bringing in other movement techniques not typically seen in a yoga class, many based on an intelligent use of varied props and supports. The practice may also include philosophy, chanting, dedication, breath regulation, meditation, and/or relaxation. His classes are also known to have great soundtracks and several doses of humor. TQ realizes that the practice of yoga goes far beyond what we do on the yoga mat, so he presents teachings from yoga and spiritual lineages in a way that they can be applied to our modern lives, and he encourages students to cultivate happiness and freedom in their own lives by offering happiness and freedom to all beings.

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TRAININGS TIMELINE

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2012: SWAN RIVER YOGA TEACHER TRAINING, 400 Hours

2014: SWAN RIVER YOGA ADVANCED TEACHER TRAINING, 100 Hours

2015: JIVAMUKTI TEACHER TRAINING, 300 Hours

2015: YOGA OF LADY NIGUMA INTENSIVE IMMERSION, 15 Hours

2016-2017: SWAN RIVER YOGA SEVA SCHOOL FACILITATOR & SWAN SCHOOL TEACHER TRAINING MENTOR, 800 Hours

2017: YOGA THERAPEUTICS TEACHER TRAINING, 30 Hours

2018: THE MAZE METHOD, 300 Hours

2019: LOUISIANA YOGA SCHOOL ADVANCED TEACHER TRAINING INSTRUCTOR, 8 Hours 

2019: YOGA FOR HEALTHY AGING TRAINING, 34  Hours

2019: SWAN RIVER YOGA RESTORATIVE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING, 14 Hours

Yoga with TQ Sims

TQ's weekly classes

Tuesday

Freedom Flow (all levels)

5:30 (60 min)

Free to Be Yoga Downtown, 725 Magazine St

 Wednesday

Align & Flow (all levels)

7:45am (65 min)

Capulet, 3014 Dauphine St 

Thursday

Swan River Flow (all levels)

6pm (75 min)

Swan River Yoga, 2940 Canal St

 Sunday

Swan River Flow (all levels)

10am (60 min)

Swan River Yoga MidCity, 2940 Canal St

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Swan River Flow (all levels)

5pm (75 min)

Swan River Yoga MidCity, 2940 Canal St 

Upcoming Events & Trainings

For more updated info on TQ's workshops, events, and trainings, check here.

MENTORSHIP TRAINING

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For teachers with 200+ hours of training who would like to further their professional development, hone their skills, and refine their offerings, TQ Sims offers Mentorship Trainings. Through this mentorship, TQ will work with you to co-create a training focused on the specific areas where you would like to improve. TQ will share with you techniques in creating unique class plans that bridge dharma and movement, including asana, skills and drills, and other movement modalities, so that your classes are effective and memorable. He will also help you find your unique voice to call out instruction with skill to address an entire class or an individual. TQ is also highly skilled at training teachers in the philosophy and application of hands on assists. He will share with you how to identify what assists a student might need, how to tell how much to assist, and how to offer the assist so that it is mutually beneficial. Additionally, there will be practical instruction on how to best promote your offerings to students and studios. This program is co-created between the mentor and apprentice to foster experential learning. The program includes private one-on-one sessions, class observation, homework/feedback, and self-study practices.  To inquire, send a message to TQ, and for more information, go to swanriveryoga.com

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Private Sessions

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One person: 

60 minutes: $85

 90 minutes: $120

Two people (semi-private session):

60 minutes: $125

 90 minutes: $150

(+$20/person for 3 or more)

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Rates shown are for private sessions at TQ's spacious home in the Lower Garden District. 

Small travel fee applied for private sessions at student's location.

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You can also book private and ICP* sessions through Swan River Yoga. 

Studio prices vary.

*ICP: An In-Class Private Session is a unique way to deepen and refine your practice while still joining others in community practice. 

The student and TQ will attend a class together, where TQ will offer skilled hands-on assistance throughout the class as well as a special savasana massage.

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