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💓🕉️🙏🏼Really loved teaching these wonderful yogis last week. I will be teaching virtual Astanga yoga on behalf of until we can be face-to-face again.
Saturdays: 9.30-10.30am 🤸🏽‍♀️Modified primary🤸🏽‍♀️
'See' you there! 🙏🏼💓🕉️


www.revitalise-u.com/yoga/
www.revitalise-u.com/yoga/

🕉️🤸🏽‍♀️Adho Mukha Vrksasana (handstand )🤸🏽‍♀️🕉️
Challenging both physically and mentally 🤯
💥But with regular practice a moment of suspension can be achieved, calming the brain and relieving stress, and anything that is calming will automatically increase immunity 💥

📸.c.churchill

🐦 Krounchasana (heron pose) 🦅 birds seem to be a🦜 recurring theme in my practice at the moment. Maybe because it is Spring and birdsong is all around? 🕊️
🦚 Vyasa, Patanjali's oldest commentator says: "The curlew and other seats [asana] may be understood by actually seeing a curlew and the other animals seated" (Yoga Sutra 2.46).🦢
📸.c.churchill

🦅🙏🏼Just when you feel you've nailed a posture, something else comes along that requires you to look at things in a different way. Trying to press my legs down into my arms in order to dome my back.🙏🏼🦅
The more years go by the less I feel I know 😅
📸.c.churchill

💆🏽‍♀️🕉️🙏🏼 Ayuvedic Massage/ Abhyanga 🙏🏼🕉️💆🏽‍♀️

💆🏽‍♀️Abhyanga is no ordinary massage, but an Ayurvedic holistic healing massage therapy
with innumerable health benefits.

💆🏽‍♀️The practice nourishes the body, reinstates the balance of the Doshas, encourages the body to self heal and promotes longevity.

💆🏽‍♀️Yoga Veda Therapy's Ayurvedic massage therapists have been trained by in a number of different traditional therapeutic massages. Below is just a sample.

💆🏽‍♀️Treatments include:
Nasya therapy: a gentle face massage is followed by a steam therapy and the application of warm herbal oils through the nose.

💆🏽‍♀️This treatment relieves headaches, sinusitis, migraines, sleep ailments, hayfever, allergies, tinnitus, high cholesterol and tiredness.

💆🏽‍♀️Pristha Abhyanga
This deep back massage is used to relax and revitalise using herb-infused Ayurvedic oils.

💆🏽‍♀️It stimulates the immune system, improve lymph flow, revitalises the entire nervous system, relieves backache, stiffness and stress.

£40 for any 45 minute treatment

We work in the Brighton and Chichester areas.
Either in your own home one of our therapy rooms.

DM
For more information about all the massages we offer. 🙏🏼

👀🌿🙏🏼 Spotlight on Nettle 🙏🏼🌿👀 which has been used since time immemorial to treat arthritis and is part of my complex herbal tincture prescription targeted at osteoarthritis.🦴🦵🏼✋🏼🦶🏼
It has even been found that taking nettle leaf tea and extracts alongside nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) helps people to reduce their NSAID dose.
💆🏽‍♀️
Nettle tea recipe
1 cup of nettles
4 cups of water

Find some nettles and cut of the leaves with as little stem as possible (the older looking nettles are sweeter). Fill up a cup full and wash them thoroughly in warm water. Put the nettles in a large saucepan with 4 cups of water.
Put the pan on the hob and bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 minutes.

🙏🏼If you are interested in an Ayurvedic consultation please email me on [email protected] or DM me here. Consultations take place in Brighton and Hove. 🙏🏼

😋Chia Pudding Recipe 😋
Great breakfast for vegans as chia seeds are high in plant Omega 3 and protein as well as being high in fibre. The combination of fat, protein and fibre means the seeds are digested relatively slowly, providing long, slow release of energy to keep blood-sugar levels stable.👍🏼

Soak a cup of Chia seeds overnight in oat milk. Add blueberries, flaked almonds and a sprinkle of coconut palm sugar. Heavenly 👼

🕉️🙏🏼 Backbend Workshop 🕉️🙏🏼
❤️🤯Open your heart and mind at my next backbend workshop!!❤️🤯
Postures such as Urdhva dhanurasana (upward bow) can reduce anxiety 💆🏽‍♀️ because of the timing effect on the adrenals, as well as improve breathing.🌬️ Great for pacifying Vata and Kapha doshas.
Sunday 29th March; 2-4pm; Ekah Yoga Studio Brighton £20
[email protected] to book.

📸.c.churchill

👀🌱🌸 Spotlight on Rosemary! 🌸🌱 👀
Rosemary is an ingredient in many of my herbal tinctures, in particular combinations that support the nervous system. Ihas many health benefits, which include boosting memory, improving mood, and lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s. It also helps to reduce inflammation, relieve pain, and protect the immune system. It can help stimulate circulation, detoxify the body, protect it from bacterial infections and even delay aging 😲
A wonder herb just outside the back door. Add it to your Vata pacifying warming winter soups and stews for both mental and physical well-being 💆🏽‍♀️
I see Ayurvedic clients in Brighton and Hove. DM me for details. 🙏🏼

🕉️🙏🏼Come and explore Vata pacifying sirsasana (headstand) at my Yoga and Ayurveda workshop on Saturday 8th February, 2-5pm 🙏🏼🕉️
Can reduce wrinkles, calm the brain and alleviate piles. 😲
🌱Don't worry if you have never done a headstand before, yoga is about the journey not the destination. I have 25 years experience of teaching and there are lots of preliminary stages before you take your feel off the ground. 🌱
Email: [email protected] to reserve a place 🙏🏼
📷 .c.churchill

🥶❄️It is officially mid-winter ❄️🥶and the end of January. Supta virasana (with support) is a wonderful Asana to explore at the end of the month when - in the Iyengar tradition in particular - a more restorative practice is advised. The bolster props, prompts and probes as you go deeper within 🕉️
A posture we will be exploring at my Yoga and Ayurveda workshop on Saturday 8th February, 2-5pm
And relax 💆🏽‍♀️🌬️
📷.c.churchill

👀🙏🏼💆🏽‍♀️ Spotlight on Ashwagandha 💆🏽‍♀️🙏🏼👀
This amazing Ayuvedic herb whose name refers to the virility of a stallion 😲🐎 has a multitude of benefits in particular for Vata disorders such as anxiety, insomnia, inflammatory joint disease, poor immunity, low s*x drive, exhaustion and low weight. 🌱
In the UK it's usually prescribed as either a capsule of the ground herb or in tincture form, and can be used to alleviate both acute and chronic conditions. 🌱
Although it has very few side effects and is suitable for children and adults of both s*xes, it is important that you work with an Ayurvedic consultant to determine whether Ashwagandha is right for you and what dose to take. 🌱
If you are interested in an Ayurvedic consultation, feel free to DM me. I see clients in Brighton & Hove

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💕I love this moment. When all the preparation has been done, the studio is set up and we are waiting in anticipation. 💕Thank you for hosting my Yoga and Ayurveda workshop ⭕ Blessed Yoga Chichester ⭕ and for the glorious food from . Thank you for coming .co et al. I really enjoyed meeting you and sharing the amazing thing that is Ayurveda 🙏🏼🕉️

🙏🏼💕Thank you to my mum for doing yoga when I was a child and sowing a seed in my head that has led to lifelong learning.💕🙏🏼
🌱 In my 20's when I started my yoga journey, my head was on my heels. In my 50's I am content to tickle my toes with my fingers.🌳 Self-acceptance 🧘🏽‍♀️

🕉️🏹 Urdhva dhanurasana 🏹🕉️ (upward bow) another one for my Yoga and Ayurveda workshops.
It increases energy, counteracts depression, is
therapeutic for asthma, back pain, infertility, and osteoporosis. 😃

🧘🏽‍♀️🌱🙏🏼Abundance meditation Day 13 🙏🏼🌱🧘🏽‍♀️
My Sit Spot on the allotment - a term coined by Rupert Sheldrake - to find a place to sit every day and observe nature. An age-old technique prescribed in Ayurveda. Through this practice of connecting to nature research indicates many benefits; from lower blood pressure to strengthened immunity to an enhanced sense of well-being and happiness. 🥰

🕉️🐸Bit of a difference in the lift of the chest without a prop! 🐸🕉️ Iyengar also states the heels should touch the floor 😲
📷 .c.churchill

🕉️🐸 Bhekasana 2 (frog) 🐸🕉️ with a rolled up mat as a prop under the lower ribs and help access the lift of the chest.
'Props can provide support for the body and allow the mind to relax and more profoundly receive the benefits of the yoga' (Iyengar yoga institute, India). 🙏🏼

📷 .c.churchill

🐸🕉️ Bhekasana 1 (frog)🕉️ 🐸 is a challenging Asana, but this is a good first expression. The tricky thing is the hand position. You have to rotate your hand inwards, leading with the thumb.
It is a 🔺tridoshic 🔺posture: the backbend benefits kapha 💦 abdominal massage benefits pitta 🔥and the work on the knee and shoulder joints benefits Vata 🌬️ It even cures flat feet! 👣

📷 David Churchill

🧘🏽‍♀️💕Thank you to all those who attended my Yoga and Ayuvedic Cleanse Workshop last Saturday at ekah yoga studio 🙏🏼🧘🏽‍♀️💕I was overwhelmed by the enthusiastic way you engaged with the subject matter.
My next workshop, Yoga and Ayurveda for Physical Ailments - co-hosted by Space Yoga Studio www.spaceyogastudio.uk - is on Saturday 8th February, from 2pm til 5pm. To book 01273 549072 or email: [email protected]. Cost: £30

📷 David Churchill — with Gemma Anne, Betty Blisters, Emma Furr and John Bedwell in Brighton and Hove.

The new website for ekah yoga studio, where I will be holding my next Yoga and Ayurvedic Cleanse workshop. Check it out! 🙏🏽🧘‍♀️💚

One love, one life, one yoga ❤🧘🏽‍♂️🙏🏼

https://www.ekah.co.uk
Book now for my upcoming Yoga and Ayurvedic Cleanse Workshop at the newly rebranded ekah yoga studio (formerly Yogahaven Brighton).

Saturday 11th January
1.30-4.30pm
£30.
Includes a vegan taster bowl of the Ayurvedic dish Kichadi.
Open to all levels
ekah yoga
Donkey Mews
Hove
BN3 1AW

🙏🏼👀🌱Focus on Shatavari (wild asparagus). An amazing Ayurvedic herbal remedy for all things female.👩 Although it can also boost male s*x drive 😁. Fantastic for women of all ages, and really supportive during the perimenopause and menopause. It contains compounds that support both oestrogen and progesterone levels, alleviating vaginal dryness and balancing the menstrual cycle. 🤸🏽‍♀️ If you are interested in a consultation to explore how Ayurveda can support you through the menopause, please message me directly. Consultations take place in Brighton and Hove 🌱👀🙏🏼

🥳👀!!! Special Offer !!! 👀🥳
!!! £25 off Osteoarthritis treatment plan !!!
Offer ends 20th December 2019
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We are in the height of the Vata season (ie: Autumn). If you are Vata dosha dominant you may have noticed more aches and pains. Or maybe they're just always bad 😔 Osteoarthritis is a Vata disorder and can be aggravated at this time of year if you are out of balance in any way.

We'll, there's good news! 😁

The anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric - pictured here - make it an essential ingredient in my Ayurvedic tincture that can alleviate the terrible pain suffered by people with osteoarthritis.

Book an Osteoarthritis Treatment Plan with Yoga Veda Therapy between now and 20th December and for £60 (usual price £85) you will receive:
2 X consultations; 1 X follow up phone call and one month's supply of my Ayurvedic complex herbal tincture as well as bespoke diet, lifestyle and exercise advice to being you back into balance 🧘🏽‍♀️

Consultations take place in Brighton and Hove.

You need to book by 20th December by messaging here or emailing [email protected] using the discount code OSTEO25. Your initial consultation can be after that date. 🙏🏼

Really enjoying researching my next workshop, Yoga and Ayurvedic Cleanse. It will explore poses such as this, Marichyasana 2, dedicated to the Sage Marichi who's name means 'ray of light'. This asana calms the mind, extends the spine and gives the internal organs a healthy squeeze.

Really pleased to be launching Yoga Veda Therapy today. Got a lot of exciting workshops coming up in 2020. 💚🙏🏽