AYURVEDIC YOGA. TAILOR YOUR YOGA PRACTICE TO YOUR CONSTITUTION. Each of us is a unique and special individual, and for that reason, our yoga practice should be closely tailored to our anatomy, personality, medical conditions, age, etc. But is it possible to set out some guidelines? According to Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine), everything …
WHAT IS THERAPEUTIC YOGA OR YOGA THERAPY? According to the Yoga Sutras, yoga is defined as the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind. Indeed, achieving this state of union between our Higher Self or Soul and the Divine heals and restores us on every level. Therefore, yoga in itself …
WHAT ARE FASCIAS AND HOW DO THEY AFFECT YOGA? ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIANS VS MYER’S MYOFASCIAL MERIDIANS. Fascia is a connective tissue that extends throughout the body like a three-dimensional network from head to toe, from back to front and from the inside to the outside without …
DO YOU KNOW HOW YOGA AND EASTERN MEDICINE (TCM AND AYURVEDA) CAN HELP WITH DEPRESSION? The practice of yoga is a fantastic tool to be used as a complement to medical treatment (psychiatric or psychological) when someone is suffering from “depression”. That said, every case of depression is different, and not all cases have …
Yoga and Traditional Chinese Medicine complement and enrich one another. There are various ways in which we can practise yoga and therapeutic yoga whilst taking into account the principles of TCM. One of these approaches is based on the well-known Five Elements (Fire, Earth, Metal, Water …
The human body is one, and discoveries and teachings regarding its therapeutic treatment, whether they come from the East or the West, cannot but go hand in hand. In this sense, there is a similarity between the “Chinese acupuncture meridians” and the “myofascial pathways’ …
WHAT IS THERAPEUTIC YOGA? Any form of yoga is therapeutic when it benefits the individual, whether practised in group classes, during a one-to-one session at home, etc. However, the term “Therapeutic Yoga” is used when we employ the tools of yoga for therapeutic purposes in cases …
DANCING WITH CRYSTAL. To dance with a crystal, you must appreciate the gift of nature that it is. You must hold it with a calm and relaxed mind, free from prejudice. Meditate… If you let go of the reins, if you allow yourself to be carried along, if for a few moments you are able to stop identifying with who you think you are…
I often notice that therapeutic work with minerals carries the risk of placing all the power in the Mineral Kingdom and thinking that they will do all the work for us. In my view, this is a mistake. Minerals are wonderful tools or vehicles that HELP us …