THE ART OF SEASONAL THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE
Restore vibrant, flowing health, build resilience and support longevity through a truly holistic therapeutic yoga practice designed to address physical, emotional and energetic imbalances.
Rooted in the traditional healing practices of Japanese Yoga Therapy, including Oki-Do and Ryoho, OSTARA works with the Five Elements and their corresponding seasonal qualities, organ systems and meridian pathways.
As we journey through the seasons and develop an understanding of your unique constitution and imbalances, you will learn the appropriate yoga therapy, dietary and lifestyle practices to restore balance and strengthen your body's natural self-healing capacity.
Incorporating therapeutic movement, meridian therapy, acupressure, shiatsu massage, breathwork and self-healing techniques, OSTARA provides a practical system of seasonal medicine that evolves with your body's changing needs.
An invitation to understand your body, cultivate lifelong health and live in greater harmony with nature's cycles.
Ways to practice
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Seasonal Yoga Retreats
An immersive experience in the art of seasonal living.
Each retreat is designed around the qualities of the current season and its corresponding element, organ systems and meridian pathways within Eastern medicine.
Through daily Japanese Yoga Therapy, seasonal wholefood nourishment, shiatsu and self-massage, traditional healing practices and guided meditation, you will experience a holistic approach to restoring balance.
Retreats offer the opportunity to step away from daily routines, deepen your understanding of your constitution and discover practical self-healing techniques to incorporate into everyday life.
A space to restore, reconnect and return to the rhythms of nature.
Seasonal retreat dates announced throughout the year.
Private 1:1 Japanese Yoga Therapy
A therapeutic practice designed around your unique constitution.
Each private session is tailored to your individual physical, emotional and energetic needs, drawing on the seasonal principles of Japanese Yoga Therapy, Oki-Do and Ryoho.
Through a comprehensive constitutional assessment, we identify areas of imbalance and develop a personalised practice incorporating therapeutic yoga sequences, meridian therapy, acupressure, shiatsu massage, breathwork and self-healing techniques.
You will learn specific movements, dietary principles and lifestyle practices to continue at home, providing you with the tools to support your own health and restore balance throughout the changing seasons.
Private session — 90 minutes
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I give thanks to the great work of Master Oki Sensei, the original weaver of Oki-Do (Oki’s Way), and to my teachers Danielle Sui Ling, Peter Masters , and Andrejz Andrzej Gospodarczyk who have each gifted me their synthesis and embodiment of this knowledge. Heal self – Heal Earth