YOGA THERAPY

As children, we discover the world with curiosity.

We fall.
We get back up.

We move forward without questioning whether we are capable. As the years pass, joyful experiences shape us. So do the difficult ones.

Some make us stronger and others leave invisible marks. Little by little, we develop patterns of thinking, automatic reactions, fears and sometimes even physical tensions whose origins we no longer remember.

Yoga calls these invisible marks Impressions or Samskaras.

These impressions are not inherently bad.
They allow us to learn, to grow and to live. But some become so deeply rooted that they begin to guide the way we think, breathe, feel and act. Often without us even noticing.

Yoga therapy does not seek to erase our past. It helps us to create enough inner space that our past has no longer control over our present.

Observe.
Breathe.
One moment of awareness at a time.
This is the real work.
A quiet work.
An invisible work.

Yet one that can profoundly change the way we experience ourselves and the world around us.

Before techniques, there is an Attitude.

Over the years, I have come to understand that true transformation never comes only from a breathing exercise, a posture or a meditation. It begins with an inner decision, to care for Yourself. As written in the Yoga Sutra (I.1) :

Atha yoganusasanam
“Now, the discipline of Yoga begins.”
Are you truly ready for what will follow next ?

In the yogic tradition, this Attitude has a name, Tapas which is often translated as discipline. I prefer to see it as a commitment to oneself. An inner fire that reminds us each day that our physical, emotional and mental wellbeing deserves our attention.

Yoga therapy does not transform anyone against their will. It simply supports those who choose to take a step toward themselves.

Sometimes that step is small.
A few minutes of breathing. 
A silent walk.
A meditation.
A single moment in which we simply observe what is happening within us.

Often in these small acts, repeated with kindness and consistency, we can quietly transform our entire life.

The first act of life is inhalation and the last will be exhalation. Between these two breaths unfolds an entire lifetime. We breathe thousands of times every day. Yet, very few of those breaths receive our attention.

When we feel anxious, the breath shortens.
When fear appears, it accelerates.
When the mind becomes calm, the breath naturally follows.

The breath is more than air entering the lungs.
It is a mirror of our inner world.

And it is also the doorway back to balance.

Revered teachers like Sri T. Krishnamacharya have always placed greater importance on the breath than on the posture itself.

Yoga therapy does not replace a medical diagnosis and its treatment. It accompanies the individual by complementing conventional medical care whenever appropriate. It empowers each person to become an active participant in their own wellbeing.

Health is built every single day and this is never too late to start!

Yoga therapy is a way of meeting a person.

Yoga therapy primarily offers support from multiple tools such as Psychology (Indian & European psychology), Ayurveda (Indian Holistic Medicine), Asanas (postural practice), Prāṇāyāma (breathing practice), Yoga Sūtras (Major Indian philosophy text), Chants (vibrating practice associated with prāṇāyāma) and many more.

Yoga therapy does not begin and focuses only on the pain. This practice begins with an encounter between the person seeking care and the practitioner.

Two individuals may experience the same back pain, the same stress or the same anxiety without having lived the same life.
They do not carry the same experiences. They do not have the same body, the same breath or the same lifestyle.

Why, then, should they receive exactly the same practice?

Yoga therapy is founded on a simple idea: every human being is unique. This practice does not seek to fight a disease only. It seeks to understand the person as a whole.

The body.
The breath.
The emotions.
The mind.
The lifestyle.

From a meeting, an exchange, an entirely personalized practice is created and then, we keep adjusting on the way.

Yoga is no longer a succession of postures. 
It becomes guidance.
A dialogue.
An invitation to rediscover the balance that already exists within you.