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Our first event in Suryavana this year will be at the end of April, called the "Fundamentals of Mindfulness Yoga" and we will explore our Mindfulness approach to yoga. Suryavana Retreat Centre is proving to be an excellent practice place, easy to get to from Valencia. Padmashalin our cook is now resident at Suryavana and thanks to Lu Turner and friends the gardens and orchards are in better condition than ever.

Sraddhagita is a Buddhist yoga practitioner of many years experience and teachers and lives in London.

I am going to compare Buddhism and yoga in terms of the body and practice.

In a few days Sadhita and I travel to the "mystic" north of the British Isles to teach a yoga and meditation retreat with our friend and colleague Amitashuri, with Angela, one of our 200 hour students and friends supporting the event. Straight after the event we go south to London to teach a workshop at the London Buddhist Centre in Bethnal Green.

Lucy Turner who trained with us at 200 hour level in 2016 handed in her assignments when we met here in Valencia. She graciously is offering a week of gardening work at our retreat centre Suryavana hence the photo from the front yard.

This essay will present a brief overview on some experiences on treating PTSD (post- traumatic stress disorder) with mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) and Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TSY). To start with I will give a summary on what trauma and PTSD is, then explore MBSR and TSY as treatment for PTSD and then finally compare MBSR with TSY.

The trend towards high-intensity workouts has reinforced the notion, held by some, that yoga doesn’t really count because most of its forms don’t make the heart pound. It does, however, lower blood pressure and the risk of heart disease. A review of 17 studies published in 2013 found yoga reduced blood pressure and therefore the risks of heart disease and stroke.

Introduction

Samantha Paranavitana who lives and works in Bahrain successfully receives her Certification for the 500 hours Contemporary Mindfulness and Remedial Yoga training she did with us in Solterreno.