Dieser Eintrag hat noch keine deutsche Übersetzung; das Video ist auf Englisch.July: New video uploaded, that explains it in detail. If stress, exhaustion or burnout are relevant to you, or to somebody close to you, I hope you find it useful.
The Paradox of Self-Help
We are told that self-regulation is a matter of willpower, of assembling the right tools: a morning routine here, a breathing exercise there, a supplement, a protocol. But for most who have tried this, eventually there comes a reckoning: Random tools accumulated, and their relief is no longer proportional to the effort. All the routines and techniques™ have become another burden.
The promise of stability remains just out of reach, and -worse- can be perceived as a personal failure. But in reality that is the inevitable outcome of a model that asks us to heal in isolation, to stitch together our well-being from fragments stripped of cultural context, nuance, expertise and depth. We learn through integration, yet we are sold the myth that healing is a solo project. And when we struggle, the conclusion drawn is we didn’t try enough. Not that the approach was structurally inadequate.
Beyond The Patchwork
Yoga therapy – and the video explaining it – is relevant for those who grew tired of piecing together well-being techniques from fragmented sources. An approach needs to be concerted in order to be simpler, easier and honor the complexity of our situations and nervous systems.
The video aims to explain what can actually provide deep, lasting stability, relief and regulation. It is an invitation to pursue finding back to how regulation happens as a natural process, which we may enjoy, vs. a chore lacking a clear plan.
This new video took me a few attempts to record. It was important to me to explain it, as learning this had improved my life in so many ways, and I could talk forever about the advantages and benefits … but I didn’t want the video to become too long or too medical. Thus I rerecorded it two times 🙂 Let me know if it worked out.
Background
I find yoga therapy especially relevant for recovery in the context of chronic stress from trauma and exclusion.
What helped me not only cope, but overcome the results of trauma, even attain stability, peace and balance of body-mind – although my nervous system had been conditioned for vigilance, defense, hardening, and compensation, and the environment (read: Schland) never stopped amplifying this conditioning – was yoga therapy.
Back then, my life had been dominated by a theme that was aufgenötigt – forced upon me by circumstance: how to survive a hostile environment. It consumed much of my energy, to the point of multiple burnouts. Through the profound regulation I experienced, hostility gradually lost its grip, and the newfound balance opened me to who I actually was, and allowed me to move towards that. (Wanting to renounce is not a typical result however; promise 🙂 )
While learning and qualifying to teach what had benefitted me, I kept studying the latest findings in neuroscience, especially curious that they increasingly affirme traditional teachings, in surprising and most interesting aspects. Over time I developed an integrative and replicable form of therapeutic interventions, and led these in India and Germany.
From Community Care to Public Availability
For years, these programs have been held for community veterans with systemic issues which they felt not being properly being addressed by the medical system. The interventions are structured, integrated, and have excellent success rates. Now the program is opened to the public.
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