Yotism Training Archives - Reflex Yoga

Your Body Remembers

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 by admin

One way Reflex Yoga can help you! Reflex Yoga and your nervous system: The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk, is a well known book that explains the relationship between the nervous system, the body, and illness and pain. Its premise is that our nervous system never forgets an incident, from the ... Read more

Yotism’s advice for the beginning of term.

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 by veronika

10 ways to help your child stay grounded at the beginning of the school term. Yotism brings you many techniques to help keep you and yours grounded this Christmas. This is such a beautiful time of year, it is twinkly, bright, optimistic and full of connection. For children though, especially those on the spectrum or ... Read more

HALLOWEEN, Festive Fun or Festive Frenzy?

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 by admin

This mini-series of Yotism blogs will focus on how to support the adult, parent or professional, working with an autistic person as well as the individual on the spectrum. We are fast approaching the time of year where social calendars fill up and secular celebrations kick in. It is the time of year where we ... Read more

Knees to Chest Pose – the best Yoga pose for autism.

October 11, 2018June 1, 2018 by veronika

Knees to chest - best Yoga pose for autism

[lvca_heading heading="Why is this Yoga pose the best for Autistic adults?"] Because.... It is the position we all started in as babies, “The Fetal Pose”. This pose goes without saying that by putting the body in this position will be naturally comforting, nourishing, developmental and supportive. It is a simple pose that can be accessed ... Read more

ASD and Exam stress – How is your child coping?

October 11, 2018May 31, 2018 by veronika

ASD and Exam Stress: 4 Tips to help your teenager self regulate and stay calm through their Exam time. In this article we will help ASD teenagers during exam season as they tend to suffer more than most during this time. This time can bring with it a range of stressful symptoms which can impact ... Read more

Yoga therapy for autism: A dance between the limitation and the limitless…..

February 17, 2020May 31, 2018 by veronika

Yoga for Autism: insights from a yoga therapist

As a yoga therapist the insights I have experienced from this week of sessions have been about the dance that we do between our known and unknown limitations and the limitless potential we can experience. When I talk about “we” I am talking about my ASC client(s) and me. During sessions it is often obvious ... Read more

Nonverbal communicators: 4 points of awareness

October 11, 2018May 31, 2018 by veronika

A nonverbal communicator may use a communication tool like: As part of Autism Awareness week, Yotism would like to bring today’s awareness and acknowledgement to those on the spectrum and the families and care workers who love and support people who don’t have the voice to speak for themselves. Those who communicate in other ways ... Read more

Baby Primitive Reflexes and why crawling is so important

October 11, 2018May 26, 2018 by veronika

Why Reflex Yoga for Babies can help Baby Primitive Reflex Training: What you need to know about the importance of Crawling. I am just back from a lovely training session with a group of women who dedicate their lives to helping women with yoga through pregnancy, post-natally and baby development. We met at Creative Calm ... Read more

A Mindfulness Exercise for Teens on the Autistic Spectrum

October 11, 2018July 14, 2016 by admin

∞ The Flip Side ∞ This emotionally intelligent Mindfulness exercise for those on the autistic spectrum was born today out of a lovely session with a teenage girl. We introduced "The Flip Side". We used a coin, we looked at both sides of it - heads and tails, we gently watched how it flips. Previous ... Read more