CUSTOM 1 ON 1 GUIDANCE / PRIVATE SESSIONS
A Personalized Approach for Pain, Stress, Fatigue, and Other Persistent Patterns
Work one-on-one with a Prism practitioner to explore the unique ways your nervous system, body, and life experiences may be influencing the symptoms you're navigating today—so you can begin creating more ease, adaptability, and trust in your system.
Many health care approaches are designed to look closely at one part of the picture: a symptom, a diagnosis, a body part, or a specific system.
When our founder navigated a knee injury, standard physical therapy didn’t just plateau—it actually made the pain worse. It wasn't until she began looking at her body through a whole-system lens that she was able to finally see the change and improvement she wanted.
Most of our 1:1 clients come to us because they’ve already explored other forms of care and still feel like something important hasn’t been fully addressed yet. This is not because those approaches are wrong—it’s because each one has its own focus.
If your current routines aren’t working, or are just making you feel worse, it may be because your system needs to be understood as a whole—not just through one symptom, muscle, joint, or diagnosis.
To unlock true, everyday physical freedom, we have to look at the whole picture.
A Completely Individualized Framework to Clear the Patterns Holding You Back
We trade rushed, clinical band-aids for human-centered, whole-system support that helps you better understand your own body and patterns.
When complex or long-standing symptoms refuse to budge under traditional care, working 1:1 with a senior Prism practitioner allows us to follow what your system is showing us in real time and tailor each session to your body, symptoms, life, and capacity that day.
Whether you work with us online worldwide over Zoom or in person at our Pearl District studio in Portland, Oregon, this is personalized support for understanding your system and creating meaningful change over time.
“She has changed my life over the last several months.”
“I have absolutely loved working with Amy! She has changed my life over the last several months of working with her. I rarely say things like that but it’s absolutely true in this case. I keep referring friends to her and they have all had amazing experiences as well. I honestly look forward to my session with her so much and I am getting so much out of our work together.”
—N.C., Private 1:1 Client
This Is for You If You Are Navigating:
The symptoms, histories, and patterns that require deep individual attention to resolve.
Chronic Pain & Movement Limitations
Built for stubborn neck, back, knee, or hip pain, recurring injuries, or structural alignment issues that traditional physical therapy or chiropractic care have not been able to resolve.
Your Goal: To move effortlessly, walk stairs without fear, or get down on the floor to play with your grandkids, without organizing your whole day around pain.
Chronic Illness & Systemic Fatigue
Built for autoimmune challenges, cancer recovery, chronic fatigue, or unidentifiable physical symptoms where it constantly feels like your body is actively working against you.
Your Goal: To pull your system out of survival mode so your body finally has the support it needs to feel stable, steady, and adaptable.
Chronic Stress & Work Burnout
Built for high-achievers, entrepreneurs, and professionals who look perfectly capable on the outside, but the constant pursuit of life, business, or responsibility is quietly draining their physical system—leaving you stuck at a performance plateau where you can’t quite break through to your next level.
Your Goal: To lead, scale, work, and create at your absolute highest potential without paying an ongoing, permanent tax on your health, relationships, or your sanity.
Anxiety, Trauma & Depression
Built for stored trauma loops, baseline anxiety, flat depressive states, or survival responses that talking, thinking, or "knowing better" has never been able to fully reach.
Your Goal: To retrain your nervous system to respond to the safety of the present moment, rather than what your body survived in the past.
Why This Work Often Feels Different
Many approaches offer valuable tools, insights, and support. This work focuses on the relationship between your body, nervous system, movement patterns, and lived experience—so your system can develop new possibilities for ease, adaptability, and resilience.
Client-Centered, Whole-System Support
In private 1:1 sessions, we work with understanding, curiosity, and safety—helping you better understand your own body, notice what your system is showing us in real time, and become an active participant in your own care.
Body-Based Tools for Deeper Pattern Change
Self-awareness is important, but some patterns are held in the body in ways that thinking alone may not reach. Private care gives you movement-based tools to explore those patterns through body mapping, nervous system education, and guided practice.
A Grounded, Structured Approach to Nervous System Work
This work is not abstract or one-size-fits-all. Our sessions bring structure, logic, and care to nervous system-based support—helping you understand what is happening in your system and how change can begin to happen over time.
“The simple tools she teaches me have shifted not only my physical body but my emotional experience.”
“Amy is amazing! She has a way of teaching and explaining that has landed more deeply than ever before. The simple tools she teaches me have shifted not only my physical body but my emotional experience. I feel so lucky to have found Amy. She is an exceptional practitioner and has a true gift for healing.
— A.A., Private 1:1 Client
What Happens Inside a Private Session?
Every Prism 1:1 session is a 55-minute collaborative learning experience. Depending on your goals and symptoms, your session may include:
Mapping specific points of the body while performing gentle, low-friction, repetitive movements.
Utilizing specialized studio equipment in Portland, or simple, accessible at-home props via Zoom.
Bypassing the analytical, thinking mind to feed the brain accurate physical data.
Walk away with a tiny, zero-stress daily integration practice so your nervous system can maintain its new baseline in your real life.
Online and In-Person Formats Available
In-Person Session
with Amy Bonaduce-Gardner
Restorative studio space in the Pearl District. Professional biomechanical equipment to assist and support your structural alignment.
In-Person Session
with Kelly Moon
Restorative studio space in the Pearl District. Professional biomechanical equipment to assist and support your structural alignment.
Online Session
with Amy Bonaduce-Gardner
From the comfort of your home. Practices elegantly adapted for the floor, a chair, or standing using simple household items.
Online Session
with Kelly Moon
From the comfort of your home. Practices elegantly adapted for the floor, a chair, or standing using simple household items.
Meet Your Clinical Care Team
Every new client journey starts with a personal consultation with our founder, Amy, to accurately assess your history and assign you to the perfect practitioner team.
Founder
Specializes in complex, long-standing physical or emotional patterns, chronic illness, severe burnout, stored trauma, and systems that have completely plateaued using traditional medical or alternative care methods.
Practitioner
Specializes in physical alignment, functional mobility, and structural rehabilitation especially through the lens of how stress patterns may be shaping movement, tension, and everyday physical ease..
Practitioner
Specializes in gentle, embodied awareness practices, helping clients confidently navigate the relationship between their physical tissues and chronic stress or fatigue states.
“I continue to meet with her regularly for all over wellbeing and areas needing improvement.”
“I have been a client of Amy’s since 2019. She was seeing me due to a severe ankle and leg injury that I was not interested in treating with surgery. I continue to meet with her regularly for all over wellbeing and areas needing improvement.”
— S.B., Private 1:1 Client
Your Safest First Step Is a Conversation.
The first step is a 30-minute online New Client Consultation directly with our founder, Amy. This private Zoom call gives us a chance to review your symptoms, understand your history, and build the perfect roadmap for your goals.
The New Client Consultation
$50Consultation Credit: Your $50 consultation fee is credited toward our Let’s Get Started introductory package if you choose to move forward after our call.
Private Tier & Pricing Options
Following your initial consultation, you can choose to move forward with the practitioner package that best fits your goals, schedule, and investment level.
The New Client "Let’s Get Started" Package
Our signature introductory package designed to build rapid momentum, structural consistency, and safety. Includes 3 comprehensive 1:1 sessions, personalized body-mapping tracking, and your baseline integration guide.
Single 1:1 Maintenance Session
A private, 55-minute session available in-person or online. Best suited for existing clients continuing long-term maintenance, processing minor structural shifts, or upgrading their daily practice.
Practitioner Rates
Choose your preferred coach for in-person (Portland, OR) or online Zoom sessions.
Private Session with Amy
Founder & Lead CoachPrivate Session with Ashley
Nervous System & Biomechanics CoachPrivate Session with Kelly
Nervous System & Biomechanics CoachPlease note: Introductory packages are for new private clients only. Non-refundable. No expiration dates apply.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a consultation before starting 1:1?
In most cases, yes. We highly recommend it.
A consult helps us understand what you’re experiencing, answer your questions, and make sure 1:1 support is the right fit. It also allows us to recommend the best starting point based on your body, your goals, and the level of support you need.
How long is a private session?
Private sessions are 55 minutes long.
Can I work with you online?
Yes. Online sessions are held over Zoom and may include movement done lying down on the floor, seated in a chair, or standing.
You ultimately do not need any special equipment to do this work.
Can I work with you in person?
Yes. In-person sessions take place at our studio in the Pearl District of downtown Portland, Oregon located at 821 NW Flanders, Suite 303, Portland, OR 97209.
In-person sessions may include use of our professional equipment, which we will guide you through every step of the way.
What should I wear for my sessions?
Wear whatever clothing you feel comfortable moving in.
Clients wear everything from pajamas to business suits to athleisure. Shoes are discouraged for online sessions and are not allowed in the in-person studio space. Socks welcome.
What do I need for an online session?
Please have a space where you can lie on the floor and open your arms fully out to the side. A yoga mat is optional. And if being on the floor is not an option, we will modify.
We may also do movement seated in a chair, or on a stool. A chair that is not on casters and does not have arm rests is preferable, but we will always work with what you have.
Do I need any equipment?
No special equipment is required to begin.
If you have a foam roller, pinky balls, lacrosse balls, or other tools available, we may use them, but purchasing equipment is not necessary.
How often should I come?
Most clients begin with one session per week.
Depending on your circumstances, your practitioner may recommend two sessions per week for a short period of time, then tapering down to once per week.
Your practitioner will discuss the best cadence for your body, goals, and capacity.
How quickly will I feel results?
Everyone is different.
After a full 55-minute session, many clients have an experience that helps them understand this practice better than any verbal description could.
Within the first few weeks, many clients begin noticing changes that help them feel like they’re on the right path. Deeper nervous system adaptability develops through consistent practice over time.
Is this physical therapy?
No. While this work may support pain, movement, and physical function, it is not traditional physical therapy.
Physical therapy often focuses on strengthening, stretching, rehabilitating, or treating a specific area of the body. Prism looks at the whole system—including the nervous system patterns that may be driving pain, movement limitations, stress, or dysfunction.
Is this therapy or mental health treatment?
No. This is not talk therapy, psychotherapy, or mental health treatment.
Because the body and nervous system are connected, emotional patterns, stress responses, trauma patterns, anxiety, or depression may come up through the work. When they do, we support you through body mapping, movement, awareness, nervous system education, and coaching—not traditional psychotherapy.
Our coaching helps you notice what is happening in your body, understand the patterns that may be showing up, and stay connected to your experience as your system gathers new information.
Coaching is not therapy, and Prism Movement Studio does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions.
Can this support chronic illness, anxiety, trauma, or depression?
This work can be supportive for people navigating chronic illness, anxiety, trauma patterns, depression, burnout, or nervous system overwhelm because we work with the body and nervous system patterns that may be connected to how you move, feel, respond, and protect yourself.
That said, Prism is not a replacement for medical care or mental health treatment.
Depending on your situation, 1:1 support may or may not be the best place to start, which is why we recommend a New Client Consult for anyone navigating more complex physical or emotional patterns.
What if I’m not sure whether I need 1:1, the membership, or the course?
We’ll help you choose the best starting point based on your body, your goals, your symptoms, and the level of support you need.
“I love working with Amy. She is knowledgeable, professional, kind, and supportive in our work together.”
— G.H., Private 1:1 Client
Ready to Explore What Your Body Has Been Trying to Tell You?
If you’re curious whether private 1:1 support is the right fit, book a New Client Consult. We’ll talk through what you’re experiencing, answer your questions, and help you understand the best next step for your body, your goals, and the level of support you need.
Not quite ready for private 1:1 support yet?
No problem. You can always learn more about our method and start an at-home practice with our Self-Paced Course, try an unlimited 7-Day Free Trial of our Studio Membership, or sample our exact style by watching a completely Free 55-Minute Sample Class.