Winter-Warmer Workshop
Tuesday 3 November: 10:30am to 12 noon
You can watch this on: Eventbrite
Cost: Donation
Tuesday 3 November: 10:30am to 12 noon
You can watch this on: Eventbrite
Cost: Donation
Three winter recipes for:
- a winter warming soup
- a hot drink, as well as
- an Ayurvedic special tea for colds
- daily routines to follow
- foods to choose and avoid, and ways to prepare and eat them
- herbal preparations and other natural remedies to use for prevention and alleviation of diseases.
- a special set of Qigong movements to harmonise Yin-Yang Energy
- helpful for headaches, neck pain, cervical herniated disk, shoulder stiffness or pain, shortness of breath and asthma
- All in our Winter Warmer Worksop
Introduction
Sara Khoroosi
Sara will introduce today's workshops with a special winter warm-up song.
Part 1: Health During Winter
Dr Eleni Tsiompanou
During this session you will learn what illnesses can affect us during winter months, each one according to our type and lifestyle as well as the environment we live in. You will also learn practical steps that you can take to prepare for the cold months so as to secure health and a harmonious way of being:
- daily routines to follow
- foods to choose and avoid, and ways to prepare and eat them
- herbal preparations and other natural remedies to use for prevention and alleviation of diseases.
"Whoever wants to pursue properly the science of medicine must proceed thus. First, he ought to consider what effects each season of the year can produce; for the seasons are not at all alike, but differ widely both in themselves and at their changes… For with the seasons men’s diseases, like their digestive organs, suffer change."
– from Airs, Waters and Places by Hippocrates.
In this session we will draw our learning from ancient wisdom traditions and in particular the Hippocratic tradition and Ayurvedic medicine, as well as from Western modern science and nutritional and lifestyle medicine. We will share with you three recipes: a winter warming soup, a hot drink, as well as an Ayurvedic special tea for colds.
Part 2: Balancing Energies
Gina Mela
During this session we will share a short Qigong practice which is suitable for everyone.
The aim is to harmonise Yin-Yang Energy with a set of movements that can be easily performed. Whether you are new to Qigong or you are an experienced practitioner, you will find a deep and lasting benefit. This natural exercise is a great tool to prevent winter pain from chills and cold wind. It can also provide a therapeutic effect, especially if you suffer from headaches, neck pain, cervical herniated disk, shoulder stiffness or pain, shortness of breath and asthma
The relationship between Yin and Yang is the fundamental aspect of life; neither can exist without the other and our health is maintained by nourishing a balanced state of Yin and Yang, i.e. an overall homeostasis of the organs and organ systems of the body.
This dynamic balanced state of Yin and Yang exists within each organ and organ system, with some organs being more Yang in nature and others being more Yin in nature.
Ancient Chinese Medicine maintains that a protracted imbalance of Yin and Yang leaves the body in a chronic, unhealthy condition, making it more susceptible to sickness, disease and pathological processes. Therefore, we can certainly say: “Health is a balanced state in the Yin-Yang relationship and poor health is an imbalanced state in the Yin-Yang relationship".
In our brief session today we will explore the meaning of Yin-Yang Energy in relation to our body and nature, specifically the season of winter, and we will practice a simple yet very effective exercise to nourish and harmonise the Yin-Yang Energy.
Part 2: Balancing Energies
Gina Mela
During this session we will share a short Qigong practice which is suitable for everyone.
The aim is to harmonise Yin-Yang Energy with a set of movements that can be easily performed. Whether you are new to Qigong or you are an experienced practitioner, you will find a deep and lasting benefit. This natural exercise is a great tool to prevent winter pain from chills and cold wind. It can also provide a therapeutic effect, especially if you suffer from headaches, neck pain, cervical herniated disk, shoulder stiffness or pain, shortness of breath and asthma
The relationship between Yin and Yang is the fundamental aspect of life; neither can exist without the other and our health is maintained by nourishing a balanced state of Yin and Yang, i.e. an overall homeostasis of the organs and organ systems of the body.
This dynamic balanced state of Yin and Yang exists within each organ and organ system, with some organs being more Yang in nature and others being more Yin in nature.
Ancient Chinese Medicine maintains that a protracted imbalance of Yin and Yang leaves the body in a chronic, unhealthy condition, making it more susceptible to sickness, disease and pathological processes. Therefore, we can certainly say: “Health is a balanced state in the Yin-Yang relationship and poor health is an imbalanced state in the Yin-Yang relationship".
In our brief session today we will explore the meaning of Yin-Yang Energy in relation to our body and nature, specifically the season of winter, and we will practice a simple yet very effective exercise to nourish and harmonise the Yin-Yang Energy.