If you’ve delved into the philosophy underpinning Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), you’ll have fallen in love with its elegant and beautiful Taoist foundations. When we apply these principles to yoga, we can create wonderful themed classes that are highly effective therapeutically – not only physically but also …
Homemade FLORIDA WATER This scented water is very popular amongst Native American shamans and healers as a cleanser and for sealing the psychic and auric fields. It was first introduced by Robert Murray in 1808 in New York. Nowadays, you can buy this ready-made water from the company founded by Murray and his …
🤔 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 …
🧘♀️ One of the modules in the first section of the AROMAYOGA® Training Course is a chapter dedicated to SELF-CARE 🛀 Why? Because we want YOGA to go beyond the mat, so that we can apply Patanjali’s YAMAS AND NIYAMAS. And specifically, one …
The distillation of essential oils is generally attributed to Avicenna (Ibn Sina), a 10th-century Persian known as the “Prince of Physicians”. However, there is evidence to suggest that distillation was known in the Indus Valley, in Iraq, in India, in China, in Egypt… and so on…
Have you ever tried incorporating MUDRAS into your YIN YOGA practice? Mudras are physical gestures, the best-known of which are the “Hasta Mudras”, which are performed with the hands. By performing them, you can direct energy in certain directions. Here we explain in detail how we incorporate their use …
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 …