My first experience with yoga was when in October of 2020, I attended a Friday night Yin class taught by Alexandra Pachter. This class was nothing like I have ever experienced before. After attending several classes with Alex, I started working seeing her for Yoga Therapy in May of 2021. I knew I needed my life to change-what I was doing wasn’t working. I needed guidance and tools to help support me along my journey and Alex taught me how to help myself. I had constant pain in my left hip, I just thought it was a normal part of my life to be in this pain. Alex taught me how and why we store emotions in the body. She taught me how to release these emotions through movement and other practices.

As I continued to see Alex for Yoga Therapy and expand my beliefs, challenge old programming, and work towards healing my trauma, I decided to take Alex’s Yoga Teacher Training in August of 2021. I became a RYT200 in February 2022 and then jumped right in to become Therapeutic Yin certified as well under Alex.

With the knowledge I have gained, as a Yoga Teacher ,I am now able to lead people into a deeper connection with the Self through what I have learned from Alex. I not only don’t have any more pain in my left hip, I now have tools to create a healthy and balanced way to process whatever life throws at me. I recently became Reiki Level 1 certified under Alex This is still only the beginning of my journey.

- Jennifer Bowie

I attended Alex’s Reiki level 1 certification and loved it! Alex is absolutely wonderful to learn from and has a true passion for sharing her knowledge and expertise in Reiki. I loved how she kept the group small for the certification and made the information clear to understand and apply immediately. Alex encouraged the feeling of knowing intuitively how to use the energy healing and made sure we were all able to integrate. I highly recommend working with and learning from Alex for any and all of her expertise whether that’s Reiki energy healing, or yoga/physical movements. You can FEEL the grounding energy just learning from her, and I promise you will thank yourself for trusting in her to be by your side in the process.

- Alyssa Mecoli

I have had the pleasure of working with Alex for the past year and I look forward to continuing to work with her. I had never done yoga therapy before I met Alex. Being blessed with a surgically bad back and titanium hips, I was looking to increase my mobility and flexibility in addition to the walking and swimming I do on a daily basis. Alex was just the Coach I needed.

Her Yoga Therapy was immensely effective and beneficial. We have worked twice a week - and her homework assignments add to the healthy behavior and goals she has in mind. Alex truly cares about her work, and it shows in her follow up. Recently, I had a serious arm injury and she has me doing Yoga Therapy, I am on the road to recovery- Alex is an excellent Yoga Therapist, teacher, and coach, she will help you achieve positive results. She is so knowledgeable, creative, and intelligent.

- Danny More

Alexandra has been at Wayside House providing yoga therapy groups since 2015. She provides groups to clients in our Residential and Partial Hospitalization Programs. Alexandra curtails her yoga therapy groups for the clients with physical limitations as well as for those that are compromised medically. Alexandra is always willing to get feedback from her clients so that she can best target their individual needs. She is a pleasure to work with and brings a positive and spiritual aura to the women we serve.

-Michelle Fyfe, Chief Clinical Office at Wayside House Treatment Center