by Cath Watsham | Mar 18, 2021 | Journal
Yoga Therapy for Anxiety and Depression Depression and anxiety can affect how we interact with life. Symptoms of anxiety can include feelings of agitation, racing thoughts, rapid and shallow breathing, insomnia, excessive fears and worries, feelings of inner...These individual appointments are an opportunity for you to learn some self care tools to support yourself in your everyday life. Since there is such a close connection between body and mind health we can explore practices to improve mobility, stability and flexibility. Emotional health and stress play a part in our physical health. specific toools might be carefully selected to reduce stress, anxiety, to calm the mind, (nervous system), and develop better coping strategies. Muscles and joint pain can often be a result of poor posture and alignment in the body. If relevant, we can explore this to adopt better, more healthy movement patterns and thus develop a better understanding of unique habitual holding patterns and improved awareness of the position and movement of the body. Our habitual holding patterns which create our everyday pose are very much related to muscle tension in the body. Support can be provided to help reduce and manage other forms of pain too.
It often takes at least six appointments to notice any changes. After the first session, I put together a plan for us to work together on. It’s tailored to your individual needs and what you want to achieve. After your first session I will send you a home practice. This is a great opportunity to put some of the skills that you learn during appts into everyday life – we will chat about what is realistic and achievable for you to do at home. Frequency of appointments can be weekly, bi-weekly, every 3 weeks, whatever you need. During follow up sessions we can chat about what is working or not working. The programme I create is adaptable and we can make any necessary tweaks along the way. As mentioned, using yoga therapeutically is a (w) holistic approach, we can work with tools that support you on a physical, emotional, energetic and spiritual level.
Back pain can be persistent and the root cause may not be fully understood. Some causes might include, abdominal or pelvic organ inflammation, injury, and surgery, causing pain in the back and surrounding areas as well as excessive lengthening due to pregnancy. Poor posture can also be a contributing factor to back pain. Prolonged hunching whilst working on a laptop or poor alignment when standing can negatively impact the healthy functioning of your back, core, and abdominal muscles. Creating weakness, discomfort, pain, and reducing their blood supply, Hense stiffness and weakness develops in the trunk and lower back.
Six sessions to help you:
Handouts and home practice provided.
When asked what causes back pain, the first, most obvious answer that springs to mind is that pain is caused by a structural problem in the back itself e.g. spinal abnormalities, disc degeneration, herniated discs, and other forms of ‘physical proof’ of pain. However, the research and science behind pain suggests the exact opposite. In summary, there is no reliable correlation between physical abnormalities in the spine (like slipped/ herniated discs) and levels of physical pain. In actual fact , over time, most herniated discs can spontaneously de-herniate on their own, without medical intervention. Our attitudes, feelings, and beliefs about back pain have a measurable impact on the level of physical pain we feel. Mindbody treatments like Yoga Therapy, (designed to change these attitudes, feelings, and beliefs about pain) can measurably reduce back pain over time.
Back pain can be persistent and the root cause may not be fully understood. Some causes might include, abdominal or pelvic organ inflammation, injury, and surgery, causing pain in the back and surrounding areas as well as excessive lengthening due to pregnancy. Poor posture can also be a contributing factor to back pain. Prolonged hunching whilst working on a laptop or poor alignment when standing can negatively impact the healthy functioning of your back, core, and abdominal muscles. Creating weakness, discomfort, pain, and reducing their blood supply, Hense stiffness and weakness develops in the trunk and lower back.
Six sessions to help you:
Handouts and home practice provided.
When asked what causes back pain, the first, most obvious answer that springs to mind is that pain is caused by a structural problem in the back itself e.g. spinal abnormalities, disc degeneration, herniated discs, and other forms of ‘physical proof’ of pain. However, the research and science behind pain suggests the exact opposite. In summary, there is no reliable correlation between physical abnormalities in the spine (like slipped/ herniated discs) and levels of physical pain. In actual fact , over time, most herniated discs can spontaneously de-herniate on their own, without medical intervention. Our attitudes, feelings, and beliefs about back pain have a measurable impact on the level of physical pain we feel. Mindbody treatments like Yoga Therapy, (designed to change these attitudes, feelings, and beliefs about pain) can measurably reduce back pain over time
Our physical practice can improve posture, help strengthen core muscles, proprioception and balance. Thus avoiding aches and pains associated with poor posture. It can also bring improved mobility, stability and awareness. Breathing practices improve respiratory function and increase energy. Relaxation, visualisation, meditation, to stay positive and calm.
*Cancellations: you must please give more than 24 hours’ notice if you need to cancel a class and would like me to consider issuing a credit. The credit can be used at the end of your block of six sessions or for another class/workshop I am running.
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