The Importance of How we Breathe !
The Breath Breath should not only be an unconscious act. It can be a force, a medicine and a mechanism to gain inner power, to preserve and establish physical or mental health, longevity and even reach higher levels of consciousness. The lung capacity seems to be the...
Yoga & Neurogenenis – Originally published in Yoga Therapy Today, a publication of the IAYT. ( www.iayt.org ) shared with permission.
Stress, Autoimmune Conditions & Physical Activity
Stress Stress affects every aspect of our body and brain and although its effects are partly mediated by powerful corticosteroid hormones that target the nervous system, its long-term effect is highly related with the explosion in Autoimmune as well as a big increase...
Yoga & Yoga Therapy for every stage of the Cancer challenge
A summary of Evi’s Dimitriadou presentation the British Society of Integrative Oncology on the role of Yoga Therapy to Cancer Patients and survivors given on 6th October 2022. Cancer and Cancer treatment-related side effectsCancer patients and survivors not only...
The role of Yoga Therapy in Pain Management Programs
Yoga has a lot to offer individuals challenged by pain and in particular for chronic pain conditions. As C-IAYT Yoga Therapists we know this. Through this article, we explore how and why Yoga Therapy can be part of Pain Management Programs. What is Pain? According to...
Neurogenesis and Yoga Therapy
Why we need it - how we enhance it and Yoga Therapy Neurogenesis, the formation of new neurons throughout life is a very distinct example of human brain plasticity and maintenance of the central nervous system (Poulose et al., 2017). It takes place in a few...
Tai Chi for Parkinsons, Cardiovascular & Stroke Rehabilitation
Tai Chi for Parkinson Disease Parkinson disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that is prevalent in 1% of subjects 65 years of age or older, and an increasing appearance suggests that in 2020, there will be more than 40 million people in the world with...
Effects of Yoga Nidra (guided relaxation) for Breast Cancer Patients
In Yoga Therapy Greece we combine the ancient yoga wisdom and the evidence informed practices suggested by research. Critically evaluating the latest and most robust research articles, we are happy to share a small summary of them hoping that you will find it...
A review of a study into the ‘Effectiveness of Yoga for Hypertension’
In Yoga Therapy Greece we combine the ancient yoga wisdom and the evidence informed practices suggested by research. Critically evaluating the latest and most robust research articles, we are happy to share a small summary of them hoping that you will find it...
Yoga for Asthma, a Cochrane review, the highest quality research article
In Yoga Therapy Greece we combine the ancient yoga wisdom and the evidence informed practices suggested by research. Critically evaluating the latest and most robust research articles, we are happy to share a small summary of them hoping that you will find it...