Transformative movement.
Optimal health.
Hi, I’m Annie Adamson.
I’m a healer at heart and educator by design.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been insatiably curious about movement. As a struggling teen mom, movement was the medicine that helped me navigate my life’s traumas and find equanimity, resilience and healing.
At the age of 24, I opened a yoga studio in Portland, Oregon with my husband Todd. I wanted to share the transformative power of intentional movement with my community. I undertook a journey to learn everything I could about the body – including why pain shows up and what can be done to remedy it.
Since then, I’ve studied injury rehabilitation and yoga therapeutics with world-renowned teachers…
Led thousands of public classes and workshops…
And helped hundreds of private clients use the tools of yoga, mindfulness, functional movement and natural medicine to awaken to greater health, healing and self-empowerment.
Today, I’m proud to have created a method that helps countless people find greater freedom in their bodies.
Movement has the power to transform our lives and wellbeing. In fact, science has proven that there’s no faster way to upgrade your health than movement.
But with so many systems out there, it can be challenging to find a method that’s fun, dynamic, and truly sustainable…
Primal Vinyasa is a method of re-patterning movement uniquely designed to inspire you to attend to the beautiful wisdom of your own body.
By combining the magic of yoga with functional movement, Primal Vinyasa offers a methodology applicable to daily life.
Focused on practical applications rather than aesthetic goals, Primal Vinyasa is meant to empower you to move and live better – both on and off the mat.
Our bodies are born to move, but in our modern world too much repetition often leads to stagnation, injury and pain.
This is your call to break free from habitual movement patterns and rediscover your body’s natural wisdom.
Primal Vinyasa isn’t your traditional yoga practice…
It’s intelligent, functional strength and mobility training that will teach you the skills for more advanced poses, while empowering you to reclaim your body’s innate capacity for easeful, balanced and powerful movement…
So you can finally take your movement practice off the mat – and into your life.
“Primal Vinyasa is an intuitive style of yoga that is incredibly freeing. The focus on being in tune with your body and moving the way it wants to move within and around these poses. So common sensical yet I’ve spent years in yoga feeling stuck trying to get poses “right.” It has deepened my practice in just a few sessions and I am so grateful to have discovered you!”
“Annie is in inspiring, creative, and an amazing teacher! She empowers others to go beyond heir comfort zone in healthy and unique ways! She is absolutely fantastic and lovely on so many levels. I HIGHLY recommend Annie & Primal Vinyasa.”
“It’s been 6 months since receiving this app as a Christmas present and I’ve got to say it’s been the most wonderful gift I’ve ever had! My body feels so much more agile I’m conscious of most movements now and a back problem I’ve had for years is dissipating slowly! I’ve shouted from the rooftops about a PR yourself and hopefully you’ll be long and successful in your mission to help people to help themselves.”
– Nikki
Years of yoga, taught by Annie and Todd, have been a huge part of my career as a professional actor. I played King Lear at 80 years old and had no trouble at all speaking Shakespeare’s lines while carrying “Cordelia” in my arms. My strength and continued flexibility are so much a result of their training. I am now 85 and still very much active in the theater.
– Tobias Andersen
“Primal Vinyasa… is unlike any method of yoga that I have experienced. Prepare to move your body in ways that you may have never moved it before. You’ll feel a soreness the next few days that is only borne from deep, mindful movement, and an immense feeling of accomplishment and appreciation for one’s own body.”
All Access Membership
Get instant access to a library of 200+ classes, including therapeutic movement lessons and live stream Sunday practices with Primal Vinyasa founder Annie Adamson and certified teachers.
Build functional strength and mobility, deepen mind-body awareness, and transform your relationship to movement.
Individualized Therapeutics & Clinical Herbalism
Get personalized support in private 1-on-1 therapeutic sessions with Primal Vinyasa founder, Annie Adamson.
Learn to identify habitual patterns of movement contributing to pain, injury or stagnation and find out how you can repattern the story within your body.
Workshops & Courses
Learn to integrate the wisdom of Primal Vinyasa into your daily life on a deeper level.
Perfect for dedicated students, teachers and holistic practitioners ready to transcend the boundaries of traditional yoga practice, break free from prescriptive models of learning, and ignite their own path to self-inquiry, inner alchemy, and radical authenticity.
Primal Medicine & Props
Browse hand-crafted herbal remedies, botanical skin care, and movement props designed to keep your body’s natural wisdom top of mind.