Testimonials...

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"Dawn is an incredibly intuitive, compassionate, and down to earth teacher and therapist. She naturally connects with everyone she meets and helps you feel at ease. She has a passion for service and a caring, open heart which has a very comforting, healing influence. Dawn’s innate ability to sense when to challenge you and when to give you a gentle nudge is refreshing. Whether it’s getting in touch with your true self, designing an in home yoga program, or taking one of her Daring Way classes (as she is a Certified Daring Way Facilitator), Dawn is a true life teacher and guide, who combines her rich understanding of the body-mind connection, family issues, and many paths of healing to take you where you want to be, to live a fulfilling, authentic and joyful life which she will tell you, you deserve. I highly recommend Dawn to anyone looking to change or grow." ~PW

"Dawn is warm, caring, spiritual and straight-forward. She supports you when you're struggling and guides you to tools that help you both examine your ways of being in the world and align them to your core values. I would strongly recommend Dawn to women who may feel stuck in one or more areas of their lives, and who are interested in changing that. Through my work with Dawn and the Daring Way I have made some very large, positive life changes. It's amazing how starting to look at one area of your life can lead to changes in so many areas! So it's hard to separate out the DW curriculum from all that Dawn does in session. Words can't totally express how grateful I am for the care Dawn has given me." ~LB

"Doing the Daring Way work with Dawn has helped me identify my core values and how to live by them. If I could, I would recommend (and I have to many people already!) you and the Daring Way workshop to just about everyone. Through your services individually and as a group, I've learned to understand my feelings, where they come from, how to handle them properly through better ways of communication with others and living more of a whole hearted balanced life. The most important thing people should know about working with Dawn is it works! It's a great balance of identifying feelings, where they stem from and guidance to self discovery on how to effectively work through them and communicate them with those involved. In layman's terms, you provide none of the bullshit that I've received with other therapists, actual guidance to self discovery and clear direction on ways to handle situations effectively; you're a straight shooter and not afraid to call anyone out." ~LP

Interestingly, those in my circle, both professional and personal, would not have seen how conflicted and unauthentic I was. In fact, I spent a significant percentage of my emotional energy ensuring I was as close to perfect as possible, and when I wasn’t, I was so internally broken. I suffered the loss of both parents, and as a therapist, I knew this was an opportunity for unimaginable growth. I will forever be grateful for the powers of the universe to bring me to Dawn’s website. We have worked together for a year and completed the Daring Way curriculum…ok, the 12 sessions took 21, but who is counting! The skills I learned, realizations I made and light I found (in me!) has been transformational. I can sing Dawn’s praises for days, but, her spirit will be to redirect the successes to me. After 41 years, I can accept the praise and acknowledge my worth authentically, and simultaneously thank her from the depths of my heart. It’s rare to be able to recommend any professional without any hesitation, but I certainly can with Dawn. In fact, I have referred several, including one highly skeptical, guarded, completely analytical physician who historically would have never accepted such a recommendation. After two sessions, he fully engaged and started a healing process he deserved. Another referral was a therapist colleague of mine. She and I refer to Dawn as a Jedi. That is telling. As a therapist trained in New York City by those who have literally written the books behavioral health practitioners live by, I can say my yearlong work with Dawn has taught me more about myself (and the therapeutic process) then I have ever imagined. I am blessed to have a secondary benefit of having Dawn model what I truly believe an remarkable therapist should be – she is precisely intuitive, incredibly knowledgeable and eternally supportive of her client’s desire to mitigate the symptoms that presented them to therapy. Coupling Dawn with the Daring Way curriculum has been nothing less than transformational. Just be brave and start the process. ~TD

"Dawn's prenatal yoga classes were like getting a massage with the benefit of a workout! I started going at 16 weeks and by 36 weeks it was the only exercise I could handle. As my body was changing, so were the benefits I got from the classes. Early on, they allowed me to connect with the baby and study my body. Later in the pregnancy I loved the stretches and the way some of the poses prepares you for labor. During labor Dawn's voice would come to my mind and I'd remember to relax the rest of the body and breath. After my baby girl was born I also appreciated the stronger arms I had from taking her classes. Dawn is very sweet and I'm grateful for having found her during my pregnancy!" ~LA  

"I am forever grateful to you Dawn and your yoga classes for making my first pregnancy and birth so special, empowering and manageable. You are simply amazing! Coming each week while pregnant gave me a chance to relax, connect with my baby, and ease pain. Our little Matthew was born 3/28 and he was 9 lbs, and there is no way I could've managed the long labor without you. There was an hour of labor where I wanted to jump out of my body, and I kept hearing you say "find your resting place" and to breathe! And I knew that resting place so well because we had practiced it over and over. I recovered pretty quickly after labor and I finished a 5k 3 months after giving birth. I credit much of that to your classes. Also, we have a laid back baby, and maybe all that yoga kept him calm! Thank you so much!" ~CM

"I can't thank you and your yoga classes enough, the labor was actually easier than I thought it would be! The doctors and nurses complemented my breathing technique and were surprised to see how far along in labor I was as I looked 'too comfortable' for the baby to be born anytime soon when I was already half way there." ~AL

"Your skill is matched by your intelligence and sensitivity." ~CS

"Your yoga classes were a wonderful preparation...for my natural birth and I hope more women will find the strength through yoga as I did with your help." ~SA

"I've been meaning to write you for the last few weeks and am finally getting to it now. I wanted to thank you for everything you taught me in the yoga class and all the advice you shared. It was extremely useful during labor." ~YC

"For the past seven years I have been taking private yoga lessons from Dawn Campagnola. Dawn is wonderful! She works with whatever part of my body that is in need of attention so the lesson is personalized. Definitely not something you would get in regular class. Working with Dawn has been, and will continue to be, one of the best things I have done for myself. Dawn also worked with my husband to help him prepare for a total knee replacement. He credits her with making his recovery time shorter and less painful." ~JS.

"For the past seven years I have been taking private yoga lessons from Dawn Campagnola. Dawn is wonderful! She works with whatever part of my body that is in need of attention so the lesson is personalized. Definitely not something you would get in regular class. Working with Dawn has been, and will continue to be, one of the best things I have done for myself. Dawn also worked with my husband to help him prepare for a total knee replacement. He credits her with making his recovery time shorter and less painful." ~JS. 

"Dawn, is more than a good Teacher, she is a truly wise and gracious Teacher to us. I have learned from various yoga teachers before, but Dawn proves to be a true Teacher of Yoga, because she teaches through the Divinity of her Spirit, in the true Spirit of Service to others. Under her expert guidance and tutelage, my son especially, and myself too, strengthened our bodies, are able to become more flexible and supple and hence learn to calm it enough to help enable to calm our minds as well." ~PG