Each time I get a henna tattoo, which is on special occasions in my life, many ask if it is permanent, others wonder if I have recently travelled to Morocco and many other want to get a henna tattoo or learn how to create one. I really believe that using our skin to express creativity […]
SYMBOLISM IN YOGA POSES – THE MOUNTAIN
«Stillness is a state of polarity that always has movement as its complement”. I Ching On this occasion I felt the need to practise one of the most basic and profound standing asanas, the Tadasana, the “Mountain” posture, with the objective of building a strong and solid structure. The idea was brought up during my […]
Ayurvedic Recommendations for CoVid-19
Improve your immune system with Ayurveda With the latest global news that both informs and unites us worldwide, we must not fail to offer the information that Ayurveda can help to maintain a high level of energy and to aid the body’s defence by strengthening the immune system. In view of the current news it is inevitable that an […]
Moving with Amparo González Olsen
I was with Amparo in El Galpón in Badalona and asked her some questions… Eliana: What is authentic movement?Amparo: Authentic Movement is a form of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT). It was created in 1950 by Mary S. Whitehouse, and later developed by Joan Chorodow and Janet Adler. Through a body and movement aproach, a greater […]
Analytical Psychology
When my patients come into my office in El Masnou, their attention often gets caught by a painting on the wall with the image of a man. Some ask who the man is and why the painting is there, others wonder if he is a relative or a guru, given the central position I gave […]
SYMBOLISM IN YOGA POSES: THE TREE
“To Agni we speak and to the trees, to the plants and to the herbs; to Indra, Brihaspati, and Sûya: they shall deliver us from calamity!”. Atharva Veda In Ayurveda, the ancient Indian holistic medicine, treatment comes from plants and trees, that is mainly from the plant kingdom, but also minerals can be used to […]
SHIRSASANA – TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND
Turn everything around. Be upside down. In the yoga posture, the headstand or Shirsasana in Sanskrit – meaning “rooted into the earth – like in the “Mountain” or Tadasana, is like a tree whose roots reach straight for the heavens in the air. Turning everything upside-down means we see the world upside down. This also […]