Integral Yoga for Autoimmune Diseases

What is Integral Yoga for Autoimmune Diseases?

Yoga means coming together. Integral means the core or essential components. When we put this together, we have the core components that come together to create healing or wholeness. Healing is a sense of balance, harmony, order, and wholeness.

Yoga offers several tools that can help restore a sense of balance:

• Pranayama (breathing techniques)

  • Deep, slow, and rhythmic whole-body breathing activates rest-renew-heal response, reduces anxiety and fear, supports your immune system, and releases healing hormones

• Asana (physical movements)

  • Fosters prana, blood & lymph circulation, reduces anxiety and depression, improves sleep, increases capacity and resilience, improves overall health and wellbeing

• Relaxation

  • Stress is the greatest and most powerful factor that’s holding in autoimmune diseases. Yoga activates the parasympathetic nervous system. This reduces stress and supports healing states.

• Dhyana (Meditation)

  • Works with the mind, thoughts, & emotions. Our thoughts and mindset can affect how our cells behave, influencing the enzymes and hormones they produce.

• Svadhyaya (Self-Inquiry)

  • The person who is practicing is the arbitrator of their own healing. We begin to awaken our body's own innate sense of wisdom and ability to heal by engaging in practices and lifestyle changes, and then noticing how these practices and changes are making us feel. As the facilitator, I do not offer medical or dietary advice. Rather, I invite you to notice what is happening in your own body as it responds to practices or lifestyle changes that I may invite you to try.

Integral yoga for autoimmune diseases is best practiced on a 1-1 basis, as each person's needs are unique according to their particular condition, needs, and interests. The goal of this practice is to bring one into balance, or harmony, within oneself. It offers a way of managing one's condition to improve one's quality of life through holistic practices and methodologies.

Where are sessions held?

Serenity Roots Yoga & Wellness Center, 8950 Lavelle Rd. Athens, OH, 45701

Or, online through Zoom. If an online session is needed, schedule as normal and call/text 740-586-4181 or email traumasensitiveyogaproject@gmail.com to let me know it is an online session.

I can also travel locally with no additional pay, or out of town with pay, if needed.

What if I need a time that isn't listed?

If you need a time that isn't listed, feel free to call/text 740-586-4181 or email traumasensitiveyogaproject@gmail.com and we can work something out.

What can I expect after signing up?

After signing up, you'll be emailed a questionnaire. It is optional, but the more information I have, the better I am able to design a practice that can best suit your specific needs.

The first session involves a consultation, and then we can begin the practice. Subsequent sessions can be the same or modified as needed.

Disclaimer:

These sessions are not intended to treat or cure any disease. I am not a medical provider. These sessions are intended to increase a sense of wellbeing and offer a way of managing one's symptoms and overall health through holistic methodologies. These sessions should not replace the care of a licensed medical professional, however, they can work well in conjunction with allopathic medicine in many cases.