WHY RESTORATIVE YOGA?

EATING DISORDERS & COCURRENT CONDITIONS ANOREXIA BULIMIA BINGE EATING DISORDER ANXIETY IS AT THE ROOT OF ALL DISORDERED EATING. UNEASE IN THE BODY-INABILITY TO FIND REST, RELEASE, EASE. THE BODY & MIND REMAIN IN A HYPERAROUSED STATE. DEPRESSION IS USUALLY SEEN AS WELL. OBESESSIVE FOCUS ON THE BODY AS SEPARATE & PARTS RATHER THAN WHOLE-OBJECTIFICATION. DISCONNECTION TO THEIR BODY, THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS & BEHAVIOR. TRAUMA/PTSD MAY BE PART OF HISTORY.

SUPPORTED CHILD’S POSE SUPPORTED SPINAL TWIST SUPPORTED BACKBEND SUPPORTED RESTORATIVE INVERSION (LEGS UP THE WALL VARIATION)-WITH A GUIDED VISUALIZATION. INVERSION VARIATION WITH CLOSURE SUPPORTED BOUND ANGLE SIDE LYING SAVASANA

FOCUS IS ON FREEDOM, PERMISSION TO CHANGE, SHIFT, DO OR NOT DO, ALLOWANCE OF WHATEVER ARISES IN THE MOMENT. ALL THOUGHTS, FEELINGS & SENSATIONS. MOVEMENT FROM ANNAMAYA TO MANOMAYA LEVELS CHOICE IS HIGHLIGHTED. LANGUAGE USED SUPPORTS THIS PROCESS. TRAUMA SENSITIVE ALONG WITH BEING PRESENT MOMENT FOCUSED. INQUISITIVE NOTICING WITHOUT BEING ANALYTICAL. ISHVARA PRANIDHANA- THE ABILITY TO LET GO & TRUST IN THE DIVINE, SOMETHING GREATER THAN.

ONLY 50% OF CLIENTS RECOVER WITH CURRENT TREATMENTS USED. PROGRAMS ARE NOW UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF BODY, MIND & SPIRIT INTEGRATION. THIS IS A PRACTICE THAT CAN BE USED IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST IN HOSPITALS & PROGRAMS. WE CAN REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE BY BRINGING IT TO MAINSTREAM YOGA STUDIOS, CENTERS, COLLEGES (where ED statistics are highest). WE CAN BEGIN TO BREAK THE SILENCE AROUND THIS DISORDER BY GIVING PERMISSION & SAFETY TO EXPLORE CONNECTION TO BODY & MIND WITHOUT SHAME & ISOLATION.

SUPPORTED CHILD’S POSE

SUPPORTED TWIST

SUPPORTED BACKBEND

RESTORATIVE INVERSION

INVERTED ABDOMINAL PRESS

SUPPORTED BOUND ANGLE

SUPPORTED SIDE-LYING SAVASANA

Ann Saffi Biasetti LCSW-R;RYT 500 Saratoga Counseling & Yoga Therapy Center