What is Couples Yoga Therapy?
PURE YOGA THERAPY
Couples Yoga Therapy
WHAT CAN YOGA THERAPY DO FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIP?
Introduction
A relationship is based on the coming together of 2 people, to form an “us”. For a relationship to be strong it needs to be fed and nurtured.
You can feed the relationship with
Understanding
Love
Communication
A relationship will struggle to flourish if you deprive it of love and understanding.
If you communicate poorly or not at all.
If you feed your relationship with
Criticism
Contempt
Defensiveness
Distance
The picture above is a great illustration of some of the behaviors that negatively impact relationships and some suggested ways out.
What Is Couples Yoga Therapy?
Couples yoga therapy is when 2 people in a relationship want to use a body-based approach to enriching or improving that relationship. Unlike talk therapy which relies on conversation to gain perspective, a somatic approach connects the mind and body. Allowing you to see your relationship from a new perspective, and gain new insights.
Why You Might Need Couples Yoga Therapy?
You are with your partner but you feel disconnected
Things are fine but there’s no sparkle
You don’t feel compatible anymore
You’ve tuned out
The relationship feels stuck
You are putting the “us” on a back burner till the family/career/daily needs are met
You give excuses to avoid intimacy
Things ARE great & you want to enrich your relationship
A New Way To Communicate
Communicating is all about sharing information and feelings. In a session I direct embodied experience, you connect deeply with your body and with each other. You share any thoughts, feelings, and emotions that may come up. I will hold space for you both. And offer you the necessary tools to help you share your experience.
What Do My Sessions Look Like?
Using an embodied approach, you and your partner will explore connection, communication, and intimacy through mindful movement, breath, and dialogue. I facilitate the session but together we co-create the tone and direction.
I start the session by checking in with you both. What do you want to get from the session? What is going on for you both right now? Then we start with movement, breath work, and poses. The poses are simple couple poses that can be done by anyone no matter your fitness or flexibility. The poses are designed for you to be able to stay a while and connect deeply with your body but also be with your partner in this embodied state. In a pose you may synchronize breath, assist each other, or link your bodies to create a single pose. This needs cooperation, and lets you rely on each other, which fosters communication and builds trust. At the end of the session, I will guide you through an integration. You can reflect on what came up and how that relates to your relationship. Finally, we develop an action step that you can take with you.
What Are The Benefits?
Research shows that body-oriented work can decrease stress, reduce the symptoms of depression, and alleviate anxiety. The pairs yoga poses can enhance intimacy, improve your relationship and help cultivate compassion.
Reconnect with your partner
Rediscover intimacy
Find new ways to communicate
carve out “us” time
An embodied approach gives you a new lens through which you can examine the same problems and issues. And allow for a shift in perspective and ultimately foster change.
