In the third of a series of podcasts during National Pain Week 2015, Rachael reflects on how to consider yoga as more than a set of techniques that can help with the symptoms of pain and in doing so, begin a more sustainable form of...
Many of us think pain is something that happens when we’re old, or as the result of physical injury. But persistent pain affects people of all ages and for the most part is unrelated to tissue damage.
We currently understand ongoing pain medically as a sensitised...
Have you ever heard your yoga teacher instruct you to be without judgement, only to find yourself totally judging yourself for judging your (lack of) attention, for how far you're bending or how the person next to you is doing?
The first two limbs of the...
In Gentle Yoga for Pain we begin by learning to protect the body so that we don't overdo it and cause ourselves more suffering (ahimsa). As we learn and trust ourselves to work safely, we enter a new phase in our practice where we find...
"Can you be cured from Fibromyalgia?" is a question that often comes up during our course for people with pain and fibromyalgia. Here are some thoughts based on personal experience about what it means to be cured, or to be well, when you're working through...
