INTRODUCTION According to Ayurveda, there are certain daily habits that we should follow to maintain our health. These routines help to restore our balance, regulate our biological clock, improve our digestive system, and promote peace, happiness and longevity. ADAPTATION …
🤔 Have you ever noticed how what you eat affects your emotions, and how, when you’re feeling a certain way, your body craves certain flavours? 🤓 Ayurveda is a traditional medical science dating back centuries that has studied this link. Ayurveda classifies all foods into 6 flavours or …
Ayurveda, the traditional medical science of India and a sister discipline to Yoga, describes the human body as a series of physical channels (SROTAS) and energy points (MARMAS). It is these energy points that are used to regulate prana during an Ayurvedic massage, as well as to counter an attacker in the Indian martial art …
DO YOU KNOW what SUB-PRANAS are and their IMPORTANT ROLE in a balanced YOGA practice? The Sub-Pranas, or Vayus, are five subtle, physiological movements that occur within the body to enable it to carry out all its physical and mental functions in a balanced way. Understanding how to manage and mobilise them …
In AYURVEDA, the term BRAHMI refers to two plants with relatively similar properties (VPK = (V + Purslane)) On the one hand, “Centella asiatica”, also known as “Gotu Kola”, and, on the other hand, “Bacopa monniera” or, more commonly, “Verdolaga”. Brahmi translates as “pure consciousness”. Both plants have a marked effect on the mind …
DID YOU KNOW that both YOGA and AYURVEDA work not only on the PHYSICAL body but also on the MIND? If we look at the origins of both – Samkhya philosophy (Ayurveda) and Patanjali’s classical yoga – we find many similarities, such as the concepts of Purusha and Prakriti, the Gunas and the five elements. The …
DO YOUR GLUTES OR SACROILIAC JOINT HURT? It’s normal. It’s one of the most common ailments affecting our musculoskeletal and fascial systems. Here are some exercises (TIPS) to “ease the pain”, whether you have a spastic piriformis muscle, a displaced sacrum, or knots and stiffness in the fascial tissue …
Both Ayurveda (based on the Samkhya philosophy) and Patanjali’s classical Yoga refer, in their cosmogony, to the GUNAS or subtle forces that precede the five elements. The Gunas govern our mental state and are responsible for how we approach our yoga practice. For example, we may find ourselves …
MIOBALL® TECHNIQUE by HolisticYoga® Would you like to find out about our specialised myofascial release technique using balls? You can learn it during our ONLINE HOLISTIC YOGA® RYT300 ADVANCED PROGRAMME (www.holisticyoga.com.es) as well as in its constituent courses: MYOFASCIAL YOGA® – Application to Trigger Points. The option with the most exercises. www.yogamiofascial.comr TCMYOGA® – Application to Acupuncture Points …
NATURE HAS ALL THE ANSWERS “As above, so below,” says one of Hermes Trismegistus’s maxims in his famous Kybalion. Science seems to be increasingly discovering and embracing the idea that the entire Universe is a hologram – that is to say, each part contains the whole. This led us …
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