About a decade and a half ago, I started trying to figure out who my best self was. I was a tangle of low confidence, low self-esteem, people-pleasing tendencies, but also immense ambition and a desire to feel alive with… Read More »Mind-Body Integration: How my DIY Combination of Therapy, Somatic Work, Yoga, and Massage Transformed My Mental Health
Photo credit: Anthony Tran, Unsplash Our yoga practice, viewed through the lens of body-oriented psychotherapy can reveal layers of somatic intelligence deep within our tissues. Each asana or movement, each flow of our limbs can be just that-a physical movement.… Read More »How Yoga makes sense in the therapy room
Recently I’ve been reading Donna Farhi’s articles. As a yoga teachers’ legend, her work has been a steady source of inspiration for self-practice, teaching and being with clients in the therapy room. Her article describes having a blueprint for optimal… Read More »Yoga & Therapy: Donna Farhi’s Blueprint for Optimal Movement
One of the most common ways people access mental health support is through their GP when they apply for a Mental Health Care Plan in Australia. This has exacerbated demand for psychologists throughout the pandemic, with wait-times averaging a month… Read More »6 GREAT REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD SEE A COUNSELLOR
Guided visualisation, guided imagery, guided relaxation, active daydreaming and visual mediation are all names for a mindbody relaxation technique we love here at Sava Therapies. Guided relaxation is one of our favourite skills to share in our counselling sessions. It… Read More »8 Healthy Benefits of Guided Visualisations
This is a question that is often asked, and for a while, I didn’t know how to answer it. I experienced relaxation and meditation differently, but I didn’t know why. I’m glad I came across this article! To summarise the… Read More »What’s the difference between relaxation and meditation?
Physical touch is one of the 5 love languages we use to communicate our love and appreciation. Touch doesn’t have to be sexual to be powerful. In fact, a gentle, caring massage can often say so much more. It lets… Read More »Bonus: Face Massage
Finding the right therapist or teacher is equally about them being able to walk alongside you, and understand what you’re going through, in as much as it is about you feeling comfortable enough to share your experiences honestly with them.… Read More »About Anita, creator of Sava Therapies
This clip, taken from Esther Perel’s Youtube channel is one of those videos you would want to watch a couple times over and share with the people you are having difficulty talking to. I thought I’ll share this because relational… Read More »The Skills to Have Difficult Conversations
Gentle Yoga is, as the name suggests, a gentle form of yoga. It’s definitely not high intensity and you’ll hold poses (unlike in a Flow Yoga class where you would flow seamlessly from one pose to another, almost like a… Read More »What is Gentle Yoga?
