Consumerism and Yoga.

Ok we all love to get new things.
Shinny and new makes us happy.
For a while, then shinny and new gets dirty and old and our attachment to it changes and we discard it for the next best thing. Shinny and new.
When we think of Yoga, we think of each breath being our shinny and new. We think of each pose creating shinny and new within our physical bodies. We think of rising after each Savasana with a shinny new outlook.
Unfortunately sometimes this inward shinny and new gets side swiped by marketing and our need for consumerism.
We feel compelled to have the best Bamboo organic Mat, coupled with our Hemp fair trade bag. Our $200 Yoga Pants and our organic cold pressed oils to “clean” and over stimulate our senses while shutting down and withdrawing form external stimulation. .. What?
We don’t need fancy clothes, Fancy smells or fancy props.
We just need a moment of peace and compassion of Self to bring our selves out of this crazy wasteful consumer driven world that we live in, and into our self. Our Home, our Body, our Breath, our Planet.
This ever increasing “need, want” can create a trance of unworthiness and disappointment even despair and depression. The impact on our planet is devastating too.
So next time you are told you need a certain product to improve your Yoga, think about what that product really is.
You
You are all you need to make your Yoga practice happen.
You are all you need to improve in Asana or Pranayama.
You are all you need to find that Yogic glow of peace and joy, Compassion and Love.
If you don’t have a mat, use the floor. If you don’t have a calm space, Cultivate that calm space within your own self.
If you don’t have the latest Chants on spotify, Sing or listen to your breath, the birds, the wind.
Yoga always meant poverty and renunciation from Earthly possessions by the devotion to the path of purity, and although we no longer live in the age of the great sages and we don’t live in a country where Renunciation is common place, we can practice self restraint and bring the practice of mindfulness into our consumeristic ways.
Seeking to understand why we feel we need a product. What is our expectation of the product and how we think it will change our experience of Yoga.
If we all reduce our buying we also reduce our waste.
Mindfulness is not just about our Breath we can bring mindfulness and compassion training into every aspect of our lives.
Try starting introducing mindfulness and compassion into our shopping habits.
I look forward to hearing the results.

What is Rolfing and how does it differ from Physio, Massage and Yoga?

 

Rolfing(R) Structural Integration is a whole body re-education programme, using a combination of bodywork and movement education to help you live more comfortably and move at optimal level in your body. It focuses on freeing and enhancing the fascia, and creating strength through length, rather than the muscular focus of some other modalities. This holistic approach helps your body accept and enjoy change both physically and emotionally.

 

Who is Rolfing for?

 

Everybody! Or at least everybody who is open to change habits to change results, and wants to feel more fluid in movement, to live with less pain and to feel more balanced and grounded.

 

What is Craniosacral balancing?

 

Cranio Sacral Balancing, sometimes called  The Art of Touch, is a gentle scientific based bodywork which helps improve the function of our nervous system, reduces the negative effects of stress and trauma, strengthens resistance to disease and overall enhances our sense of wellbeing and our health.

 

How does it work?

 

Cranio Sacral Balancing uses our body’s innate ability and desire to heal, precisely and gently easing restrictions in bones, membranes and soft tissues, and calming and balancing the nervous system. It is

 

What conditions is it suitable for?

 

Craniosacral Therapy has been found to be effective for all ages and many unbalanced conditions including chronic pain, sensory processing disorders and memory loss. Craniosacral can also enhance thecreative work of artists, writers, performers, and students’ learning. Moms and babies, children, teens and adults benefit greatly from Craniosacral Therapy to restore the body to its best potential. Older people often find more energy and fluidity.

Everyone can benefit from Craniosacral Therapy, whether they would like to improve their existing Health, or need to create more ease and mobility, less pain or stress, recover from injury,trauma and/or balance the system.

 

 

Will we be getting a blend of all these modalities when we book to see you or do we book for the one we want?

 

You can request a specific modalities, or make an appointment for a 15 minute complementary consultation to discuss your own personal needs and to plan a specific treatment regime for you. My goal is to find the correct balance of resources to keep you at your optimum health.

 

How long is a session and how much will it cost?

 

Rolfing sessions for adults are approximately 75 minutes (90 for the initial visit if we have not met before). Cranio Sacral sessions for adults are usually 45 – 60 minutes. Exact times and prices can be obtained by calling Su on 0409 637 082 or emailing su@wellnessonthemove.com.au.

The latest in our story sharing from our beautiful Yogic community.
This is Annettes Light Bulb moment story!
Thank you for sharing Annette.

My light bulb moment thanks to yoga.

All my life I have tried to do the right thing, look after my body ,eating properly, and squeeze in some exercise between everything else I had to do but never did it occur to me that I wasn’t doing everything, I wasn’t looking after the whole me, by nurturing my ‘self’

That is until I felt a calling almost, to try yoga. And it was in the first couple of beginners classes with Claire and her gentle guidance that opened up an whole new dimension of myself that I had not been paying any attention to.

I have been surprised what I discovered about myself. I am enriched now by what Yoga has connected me to. I feel a lot more mellow within myself, thanks to Yoga.