Gestalt Therapy - A podcast about living here and now
Episode 15 - The connection between Yoga and Gestalt Therapy
Using Yoga as a stress relief. That is how my guest Lisa started with Yoga 20 years ago.
She realised that Yoga helped her stay grounded in the present moment and gave her strength to go through difficult times.
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We talk about the connection between Yoga and Gestalt Therapy. The different kinds of Yoga, where it originated and what kind of Yoga Lisa teaches but also the philosophy behind it. How to live your life optimally to enhance the experience of your life.
Lisa explains it this way; “ "When we feel good in our bodies, we also feel far better in our minds. And when we feel good in our minds, we feel better in our bodies. There for me is the connection."
How is this important?
The physical aspect of Yoga can bring you flexibility, pain relief. But Lisa’s clients have also experienced that it can ease mental issues as well. By practising yoga on a regular basis they are reconnecting with their body and with the present moment.
What’s Gestalt in all of this?
In Gestalt Therapy people learn to be more aware of problems, challenges and understand more about their habits and reactions in certain situations. Yoga can be helpful to deepen one’s own awareness and be more mindful. By checking in with what is going on inside your body, opening the flow of energy and making it a personal journey it relates closely to the awareness zones we use in Gestalt Therapy.
References :
Lisa van Laarhoven:
Lisa is a co-founder, together with Laurence Godfrind of LiLa Luxembourg which offers online Early Morning yoga classes She also gives live adult and kids group and private lessons.
https://www.lilaluxembourg.com/
How you can reach Lisa van Laarhoven;
Facebook:
Early Morning Yoga by LiLa Luxembourg
https://www.facebook.com/LiLaLuxembourg/
Personal page:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009334501641
Instagram:
LiLa Luxembourg
https://instagram.com/lila.luxembourg?r=nametag
Personal
https://instagram.com/laarhovenlisavan?r=nametag
Books that have educated and inspired Lisa:
The Gift by Edith Eger
The Yamas and Niyamas by Deborah Adele
Move Your DNA by Katy Bowman
8 Steps to a Pain Free Back by Esther Gokhale
BKS Iyengar Yoga: The path to Holistic Health
Untamed by Glennan Doyle
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
No Bad Parts by Richard C. Schwartz
Favourite Podcasts:
Feel Better, Live More - Rangan Chattargee
Where Do We Begin - Esther Perel
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