The Connection between Yoga and Gestalt Therapy

The Connection between Yoga and Gestalt Therapy

Using Yoga as a stress relief. That is how my guest Lisa started with Yoga 20 years ago.She realised that Yoga helped her stay grounded in the present moment and gave her strength to go through difficult times.

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We talk about the connection between Yoga and Gestalt Therapy. The different kinds of Yoga, where it originated and what kind of Yoga Lisa teaches but also the philosophy behind it. How to live your life optimally to enhance the experience of your life.

Lisa explains it this way; “ "When we feel good in our bodies, we also feel far better in our minds. And when we feel good in our minds, we feel better in our bodies. There for me is the connection."

How is this important?

The physical aspect of Yoga can bring you flexibility, pain relief. But Lisa’s clients have also experienced that it can ease mental issues as well. By practising yoga on a regular basis they are reconnecting with their body and with the present moment.

What’s Gestalt in all of this?

In Gestalt Therapy people learn to be more aware of problems, challenges and understand more about their habits and reactions in certain situations. Yoga can be helpful to deepen one’s own awareness and be more mindful. By checking in with what is going on inside your body, opening the flow of energy and making it a personal journey it relates closely to the awareness zones we use in Gestalt Therapy.


References :

Lisa van Laarhoven:

Lisa is a co-founder, together with Laurence Godfrind of LiLa Luxembourg which offers online Early Morning yoga classes She also gives live adult and kids group and private lessons.

https://www.lilaluxembourg.com/


How you can reach Lisa van Laarhoven;


Facebook:

Early Morning Yoga by LiLa Luxembourg

https://www.facebook.com/LiLaLuxembourg/

Personal page

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009334501641

Instagram:

LiLa Luxembourg

https://instagram.com/lila.luxembourg?r=nametag

Personal

https://instagram.com/laarhovenlisavan?r=nametag




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https://www.willegestalt.eu/

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Just a quick disclaimer:

All case stories are anonymised and no clients are directly quoted without prior written consent.

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