Yoga & TCM Healing Modalities

Yoga and working with TCM Healing Modalities with Sarah Manning

Yoga is a 5 layered practice – the first one – the physical is the most popular and obvious – bending, stretching and strengthening. But as teachers we are also (even if we don’t always cue for it) aware of energy (do you feel energised after a class?); the mind looking outward (are your emotions calm?); the mind looking inwards (are you receptive to your intuition and maybe have deep sense of peace?) and finally the spirit layer (is there an inner smile/ sense of gratitude/ heart opening).

So, lets focus on the Energy layer for this class. We could use the yoga terms for energy – Chakra, Ida, Pingala… or as often my preference and in this case – use TCM meridians, Acupressure points, Dan Tian – energy reservoirs and energy flow.  These are just labels that…