The cold is setting in, along with the rain, chestnuts, the urge to stay at home, to tidy up, to look within, to enjoy soups, and so on. Every season has its own vibe, its specific characteristics that stir within us a range of needs. In Ayurveda, autumn is Vata, the season when the cold sets in…
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 …
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 …