HOW DID I COME TO LINK ASANAS, CHINESE MERIDIANS AND MYOFASCIAL TRACTS? Several years ago, whilst studying at the TCM School, I realised that yoga asanas influenced specific meridians. This was quite a discovery for me, as the description of the nadis (circulatory channels) originating from …
🤫 I’M GOING TO TELL YOU A SECRET… The human body has a series of energy points, which for some people coincide with points where the fascial tissue intersects; stimulating these points can trigger a range of physical, emotional and even spiritual reactions. Today I’m going to talk to you about V62 (Bladder 62) …
Nowadays, it’s very common to come across phrases such as “YIN YOGA, the style that improves the FASCIAS”. There’s no doubt that Yin Yoga is a beneficial practice for the fasciae, but… is it the only one? Consider the following: isn’t Hatha Yoga in itself a practice that influences …
💚 WOOD OVERPOWERS EARTH I’m fascinated by TCM because it’s a form of medicine based on the observation of nature. It describes the five elements that make up everything around us and the three relationships between them: Creation, Destruction and Opposition. In my courses, I always describe the relationship between …
🌟 Yoga is a broad philosophical system with a wide range of branches. One of these branches – arguably the best known in the West – is Hatha Yoga, from which practices such as Vinyasa, Anusara and Restorative Yoga are derived. One such system of Hatha Yoga that emerged in the 20th century is …
I love TCM because it is a medical science based on the observation of nature and respect for its movements, cycles and stages. I couldn’t possibly like it if it weren’t like that. And as nature is the foundation of existence, we can also observe it in yoga. …
MUSCULAR STRENGTH VS FASCIAL STRENGTH You’ve no doubt noticed, either in yourself or in people close to you, how quickly you can get fit and then lose that fitness at the gym. This type of training, which focuses mainly on the muscles, isn’t sustainable; the results don’t last because we aren’t working on the fasciae properly. Modifying the …
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 …
We have our own illustrations of Myer’s MYOFASCIAL TRACKS. We love them! They are clear illustrations, specially designed for yoga teachers with simplicity and clarity to aid a better understanding of the myofascial lines. We present the SPIRAL LINE (SL), the only one that allows for a wide range of movement in the transverse plane. …
I am convinced that there are so many different styles of YOGA because each of us needs to work on our FASCIAS in different ways, thereby reaping various benefits such as improved fascial elasticity, remodelling of collagen fibres, hydration and the clearing of water pathways, integration and …
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