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BOTH modalities , YOGA AND MASSAGE therapy offer powerful benefits for the physical body, our mental health and our emotional wellbeing.
Combining the two, complementing each other beautifully into our regular routines can be powerful!
Some of the key benefits are improved mobility and flexibility, better postural alignment and a reduction in pain. Increased circulation and detoxification through out the body. A reduction in stress levels, improved sleep quality and a better mind and body connection. Lowering cortisol and increasing endorphins and serotonin while aiding relaxation and recovery.
FIONA ANFIELD
Honouring yourself and giving yourself time out is so important today. The lives we lead have become intensely busy and stressful and we are constantly looking outside of ourselves for connection and happiness. The most important form of connection is firstly with oneself.
The practice of Yoga as a spiritual and physical discipline is a wonderful way to develop not only strength in your body but also your mind. It is an opportunity to find and cultivate stillness and a steadiness of the mind and emotions through connecting with the breath and movement.
When times have been tough in my life yoga has been the key to unlocking my strength both physically, mentally and emotionally.
I am passionate about bringing to you the same benefits I have myself experienced not only from the practice of yoga but the experience of receiving body work.
The benefits of massage are endless and again so important to maintaining a sense of balance between mind and body. It is a powerful ancient practice that in many cultures plays a normal part of every day life. In our culture it is often under valued. We tend to value that which we can see more, we spend money on beauty treatments that enhance our outer being, yet receiving massage and a practicing yoga can truly enhance our health and wellbeing from the inside out.
When we can truly connect to ourselves and create a space to clear the mind we can fill our cup of vitality back up. This then enables us to carry on giving to the world around us in a positive way, strengthening our relationships and community.
Both modalities can help us find this, whether you are interested in a regular yoga practice or a regular massage treatment. Both give us that time to de stress, release tension and anxiety and increase our OJAS (sanskrit word for vitality).
I have been a qualified massage therapist for the last 23 years taking my first training in Thailand while travelling and have also been practicing yoga in some form for this time first discovering the practice while travelling firstly in Australia then more deeply in India. After falling in love with the practice I became a qualified yoga teacher 17 years ago at a Sivananda ashram in Kerala, India and have since continued my learning more recently in 2018 and 2024 with Keren Cooksey in Falmouth, Cornwall.
Discovering these treasures from my travels around Asia and mostly India have been life changing and set me on this path of holistic health. For which I am most grateful.
Extremely lucky to be able to live in one of the most beautiful places in the UK, the Scottish Highlands. OJAS yoga and massage is available from my home on the Balmoral Estate in Royal Deeside.
OJAS
The Sanskrit word OJAS means strength, vigor and energy. Within the Ayurvedic belief system (ancient Indian holistic health system) and view of the body OJAS is the subtle substance that is produced by the body that governs ones vigor and immunity. It is critical to maintaining well being and vitality. Both a regular Yoga practice and receiving bodywork treatments such as massage help increase our OJAS (strength, vigor and energy) and help support and strengthen our immune system, increasing our emotional and mental wellbeing. Being so inspired and influenced by Ayurveda's teachings and ways of promoting wellbeing and balance in the mind and body OJAS felt such an obvious name for my business. I hope to inspire you to look after your WHOLE self the way yoga and Ayurveda have inspired me.
Ojas Yoga and massage is delivered to you by Fiona Anfield, a fully qualified and insured practitioner.