WHAT IS YOGA THERAPY ?

“The body teaches the mind, and the whole person, what the mind cannot arrive at through cognitive processes alone “  (M. Sullivan) 

 

The body can store thoughts, emotions and experiences, just as the mind can. Yoga therapy considers your whole being.  It does so, using Yogic principles including postures, breathwork, somatic (body) enquiry, philosophy along with modern neuroscience to tune into what arises in the body and to connect with your innate inner wisdom.    I will support you and work in collaboration with you to realize your wholeness and inherent freedom from suffering, enabling you to feel in harmony with yourself, with others and with the world around you.

 

What can it help?

 

Yoga therapy can help you to navigate grief, loss, chronic pain, anxiety, low mood and low self-esteem. 

 

 

What to expect

 

Expect the unexpected. It is impossible to describe a typical Yoga therapy session as we will always be guided by what is happening at each moment, and everybody is different.    But it will not look or feel like a yoga class, you will not be given a set of postures like a classical class.   It will instead be a creative collaboration of exploration.   

 

No previous Yoga experience is necessary.  

 

Yoga therapy is not a replacement for medical attention, physiotherapy or psychotherapy, although it can support the work of qualified professionals in these fields.