Blog about how Yoga and Qigong helped me take more ownership of my IBD, rather than solely relying on medical science. They’ve brought awareness and empowerment and have helped me to feel better.

Yoga helped me to reconnect my Body and Mind. Qigong connected me to the more Spiritual and Energetic.

It might be easier to look into what makes us unhappy… Unhappiness is an experience of the mind; craving and aversion perpetuated by fear. We can use Mindfulness and Meditation to create space and let go of thought patterns.

I used to suffer from panic attacks. I’ve learned that resisting fear makes it stronger and that the key is to allow whatever feeling is arising in the moment. Allowing it, will help the fear to lose its power over you. Easier said than done..

When we age our habits will effect our posture, usually in a negative way. Somatic Exercises; consist of slow, purposeful movement, effectively restructuring of the alignment of the body (posture) by retraining the brain.

This is a 25 minute mindfulness practice to combat stress and anxiety using progressive muscle relaxation and autogenics.

I am fascinated by yoga philosophy and its physical, mental, emotional and spiritual qualities; there is always another layer, another connection. While it is vast, I am struck by the beautiful simplicity; it all makes such perfect sense.

This is a 2 minute practice to counter these effects and improve your posture; especially for those of us who work in behind a computer causing many of us to slowly move our heads forward and round our shoulders.

Yoga Nidra is a guided meditation that uses the body scan as one of the key elements of the practice. Yoga nidra, meaning ‘yogic sleep’ is a guided meditation, is generally performed lying down.