by Daphne | Nov 5, 2021 | Body, Connection, Homeostasis, Neck, Nervous System, Safe, Self, Space, Yoga
Yesterday, my sister sent me a message from Singapore to tell me she went to a TCM doctor to sought help after experiencing some pain from her neck that was radiating down her right arm and hand. The therapist proceeded with lots of needling, tissue manipulation and...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Breath, Cells, Connection, Consciousness, Core, Homeostasis, Movement, Space, Spiral, Touch, Yoga
The IAYT model of Yoga Therapy (often 1:1) integrates the whole being through relationships in the Pancha Maya Kosha model, i.e the physical body, the energetic body (e.g chakra system and pancha vayus, prakriti and vikruti etc), our emotional afflictions, our thought...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Awareness, Body, Breath, Curiosity, Embodiment, Grounding, Mind, Nervous System, Other, Polyvagal Theory, Safe, Space, Touch, Yoga
Yesterday I taught a class at the Special Needs Foundation in Koh Samui. This facility helps to support kids and teenagers who are on the autism spectrum. When I started the class, this young Thai boy was slumped face-down on a yoga mat, he refused to make eye...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Brain, Breath, Connection, Consciousness, Feet, Mind, Spine, Yoga
There’s a piece of recent news depicting an Instagram yogi who suffered a stroke performing a Hollowback Handstand – an “advanced” pose requires the practitioner to extend spine and create a deep backbend, all the while holding the legs in mid-air. The...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Embodiment, Exploration, Homeostasis, Limbs, Mind, Other, Self, Somatic, Yoga
On 29 December 2018, I received a phone call that changed the world I knew forever. My father passed away, without warning… Everything around me crumbled in that instance. I felt my limbs went numb, and I stood frozen looking at the phone in...
