Physical Benefits
Poorly managed stress finds a way of calling attention to itself in the body through chronic pain, problems sleeping, digestive issues, headaches, back pain, weakness and a tight feeling across the body. Working with Sharon is a wonderful way to find open spaces, relieve these chronic physical complaints and strengthen and tone the body. Breathing practices both enhance nervous system processes and help with asthma, panic and anxiety. Stress has been implicated in infertility, cardiovascular disease (the no.1 killer of women in America) including diabetes, asthma and breathing problems, endocrine disorders, PMS, migraine, digestive problems such as IBS and more. Yoga and meditation help us to approach the body on an energetic level in order to receive incredible health benefits and relief from chronic health problems.
Mental Health
Yoga and meditation are sciences that provide us with specific tools for mental health and well-being. We know that brushing our teeth twice a day is important for oral health, but we tend to ignore mental hygiene. The science and medicine of yoga and meditation have been proven, for thousands of years, to provide evidence-based changes in the brain, endocrine and circulatory systems. While working with Sharon, you will learn techniques that you can use at any time and in any place to support mental and emotional health and well-being. Yoga philosophy teaches us the incredible benefits of compassion, awareness and approaching problems with equanimity. These are learned skills—the very skills you will learn while working with Sharon.
Community
Yoga and meditation draw upon philosophical and spiritual systems and cosmologies that suggest we are all connected. This sense of connection provides relief and promotes well-being. You are not alone. If you are suffering, you are not the only one suffering this way. If you are in a state of bliss, you are connected to all living beings enjoying happiness at this very moment. Our American culture teaches us that we should be independent and self-reliant. Yoga and meditation help relieve us of the pressure of being alone in the world and we not only find a very real community of people to support us on our adventure, but we start to feel connected the the earth, our environment, to the movement of time and all living beings in a deep and meaningful way. Some might say that this adds a spiritual component to their practice, but what you call this sense of connection isn’t as important as how wonderful it makes you feel!
