Hatha Yoga
At Ulysses Natural Healing Centre Yoga is taught with a creative and relaxing manner.
Yoga is over 2000 year old practise originally from India, but other cultures also were found to do yoga too. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word YUJ which means to JOIN, TO UNiFY, a coming together or a YOKE. In practise of yoga, we try to create union and balance of our whole being – Body, Mind, and Spirit. Coming together creates awareness, creating balance and harmony throughout onesel
The yoga experienced at Ulysses studio is HATHA based yoga. There are many styles of Yoga available. Hatha Yoga concentrates on the physical being with the breathing (Pranayama). The aim is to create balance and wellbeing within the person. Each teacher bring his/her own experience and skills and flare to a class.
At Ulysses Natural Healing Centre classes are catered to students needs and where students skills are at. Yoga should be available to everyone no matter age, experience or limitations.
Many people are seeing the benefits of choosing Yoga over other types of physical activities, because it not only tones and strengthens the body. It also has a calming and clarifying effect on the mind. It cleanses the body creating a sense of mental, emotional and physical wellbeing. Some people are choosing yoga to compliment other sports or activities they participate in to receive the benefits of cross training.
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Benefits of Yoga:
- Toning the body
- Giving the body/mind flexibility (more often one does yoga, more benefits received)
- Gives body strength
- Creates clear and focused thinking
- Creates calming and relaxed feelings
- Creates balance of glands, organs, nervous systems in the body
- Increases energy levels, helps prevent tiredness
- Can ease common problems, headaches, migraines, asthma, backache, arthritis and stress and anxiety.
- Create positive outlook – clear thinking and list goes on…..
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What a class includes:
- Pranayama(breathing techniques)
- Asanas (Postures)
- Limbering (warm ups)
- Stretching
- Balancing/Concentration
- Relaxation and Meditation
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Aromatherapy
AromatherapyIs a holistic therapy that uses essential oils to treat the Body, Mind and Spirit through touch and smell.
Often massage is a treatment to use the essential oils, but there are other treatments to use the essential oils as well. (Eg. Aromatic therapeutic Baths, Creams, Lotions, Oils, Compresses, Vaporisation, Foot bath, Steam inhalations, and Direct inhalations.
Essential oils can be used for many ailments for many complaints through all Body systems and for mind and emotional issues. Sports injuries, muscular aches and pains, arthritis, skin disorders, hormonal imbalances, menstrual imbalances, anxiety, depression, headaches, migraines, stress, digestive complaints and the list can go on…
An Aromatherapist looks at the whole person and can suggests blends and treatments which will best suit what you require. Diet and lifestyle needs will be looked at also and general advice given.
At Ulysses Natural Healing Centre, Women’s Health is a main focus.
Aromatherapy Massage
Aromatherapy MassageAromatherapy massage is one of the most important methods of applying essential oils.
Massage has been found to reduce anxiety levels, relieve muscular tension and fatigue, Improve local and distant lymphatic circulation, improve circulation, help with pain relief, stress levels, and induce relaxation.
There are many massage techniques that can be used to enhance essential oils. At Ulysses Natural Healing centre the Aromatherapy Massage technique developed by Madame Micheline Arcier is used. It uses many different massage techniques to enhance the wellbeing of an individual on all levels. It uses Swedish massage, neuromuscular massage, lymphatic massage, reflexology, accupressure and polarity therapy.
We only massage women at Ulysses Natural Healing Centre.
Aromatherapy Massage Technique
75mins including footbath & using essential oils $80( first consultation 90 mins)
Swedish Relaxation Massage
75mins using nourshing oils to relax your body. $80 ( first consultation 90mins)
Aromatherapy products are avaliable or can be made for your personal needs.
By Appointment.Day time appointments only.
