Meet the Practitioner
Gordana Markovic
Shiatsu & Yoga Therapist
Gordana’s studies of healing therapies led her to an understanding of longevity and vibrant living, rooted in a philosophy of balance. At the heart of her practice is her own metabolized version of theoretical studies and experiential learnings from the fields of Yoga, Zen Shiatsu, Meditation, Holistic cooking informed with Macrobiotic and Ayurvedic principles, Science of breath, Yoga Nidra (practice of deep rest) and, deep listening. Gordana has been practicing mind-body disciplines since 1994 and teaching and facilitating spaces for healing and transformation since 2010.
What is the connection between shiatsu and yoga?
How does a touch therapy help you deepen your yoga practice? How do both promote balance, integration and deep rest?
The Yogic view of a healthy body consists of a steady flow of Prana (vital energy) through a matrix of energy channels and centers called Nadis and Chakras. The Shiatsu perspective is that Ki (Japanese for Qi, vital energy) is flowing through the body through energy channels called Meridians. These channels can be seen to relate to organs and can be linked to specific areas and tissues of the body. They intersect with blood vessels, muscles, tendons and sinews but have broader functions relating them to emotional and mental states. This view suggests an integrated, non-dualistic view of the mind-body as an integrated whole.
We live in our bodies and through our bodies we experience reality and realize our potential and our true nature. Stress, diet, multitasking, overwork or injury can promote imbalances understood in Classical Chinese Medicine as blocked, depleted or out of balance flow of Ki.
With Yoga and Shiatsu we can cultivate embodied awareness of the meridian system and its unity in order to restore healthy balance of Ki or Prana. Practice of postures with application of a healing touch of Shiatsu will stimulate different meridians and create a ripples of effect. Practicing postures with an understanding of wider function of meridians related to different areas of the body will grow a new sense of interconnectedness and enrich a general perception and feeling well in a human body.
Languages: English, Serbian
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