An intelligent and balanced practice provides the automatic nervous system with new information, which can act as an antidote to the effects of stress symptoms. Savasana acts on the nervous system, and allows time for the body to integrate these messages into the neuromuscular system.

Breast cancer is particularly close to my own heart, as everyone in my maternal lineage had a battle of one kind or another with breast cancer, and I myself am on a list of very highly susceptible. Given that my family were all raised in China, with a traditional diet, this is a highly unusual statistic. Breast cancer in traditional China in my great grandmother's day was considered very rare.

I noticed years ago, even before I did yoga, that people in the West can’t squat as easily as Asians. Is there a different angle in the hip or joint that makes it easier for us to squat than our Western brothers and sisters? Is that something from childhood, or is there a physical difference? Are we built structurally differently? Will that effect how yoga poses are accessed in the body?

Therapeutic Yoga focuses on working with mental and physical conditions. It utilises yogic techniques including posture, breath work, meditation and pose variations created for a unique need and/or individual. Therapeutic Yoga is particularly helpful for recovering from, or living with, injury or illness.