Nicoleta Brown . Personalized yoga guidance

✧ An intention, or inner resolution is way to cultivate direction for your attention, and efforts. It guides the flow of your daily life, and can be as an anchor, that allows you to stay grounded, and act in line with your deeper intentions.

✧ At the start of a day, a week, or at the start of your yoga practice would be a good moment to connect with the deeper intentions in your life.

✧ We will explore creating an intention during the 5-week yoga class series “Rested Mama”. Send me a message to register. We start on 8 September 2026, at 9:30.

Hi! I am Nicoleta, 41 year old human being, yoga & pilates teacher, yoga therapy student, mother of one daughter and 4 pets, wife, and friend.

I am so grateful you’ve found your way to my page. I’m here to walk alongside you, so please let me know how I can support you on your journey through life.

✧ How can consistently practicing yoga therapy may help lower the blood pressure, and prevent heart related disease?

✧ Elevated, and high blood pressure can be diagnosed by your doctor, and I encourage you to have it checked.

✧ When diagnosed, high blood pressure can be managed by taking prescribed medication and/or lifestyle changes.

Note: The purpose of this post is for learning, and not for self-diagnosis or treatment. Yoga practices should not replace specialized medical guidance and/or treatment. Ask your doctor if you can start practicing yoga.
Yoga is not a substitute for standard medical care and it is not for medical emergencies.

✧ One of the lifestyle changes that somebody with high blood pressure can take is to learn how to manage stress.

✧ In a research article named “Effect of Yoga on Resting Heart Rate and Blood Pressure: A Controlled Physiological Study”, it was concluded that practicing yoga just once, for a short period can significantly improve blood pressure and heart rate, a benefit driven by changes in the autonomic nervous system.
https://www.healthcare-bulletin.co.uk/article/effect-of-yoga-on-resting-heart-rate-and-blood-pressure-a-controlled-physiological-study-3832/

✧ In a study named “Effectiveness of yoga for hypertension: systematic review and meta-analysis”, it was concluded that the three main areas to focus on in order to support lowering the blood pressure are: yoga postures, breathing practices, and meditation.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3679769/g

✧ Yoga therapy goes beyond physical exercises; it is about cultivating the right mindset and values to handle daily stress. It is a personalized practice of movement, breathing, relaxation, and reflection. Being a practice adapted to an individual, that means that the focus can be agreed together, based on that person’s medical history, physical strength, energy level, and life context.
https://themindedinstitute.com/yoga-for-heart-health/

✧ Keep practicing yoga, but remember to get your cardio in too! Yoga does not count as an aerobic exercise, so you still need 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity each week. Think of yoga as a bonus for your body, not a

✧ July felt much longer, and rich in feelings than a calendar month.

✧ It was a month during which I travelled, spent time with family, learned, experienced yoga therapy in a retreat, reflected on the first half of the year, and moved.

✧ What stayed with me from the retreat is remembering to find support when I need it, to show myself compassion, and I realized how much creativity we all have! 💛

✧ On the yoga therapy certification journey, I attended the study module on people experiencing cancer and people affected by cancer. The take away from this module is that the cancer journey is hard, but also full of hope. Yoga therapy can support people affected by this disease, but does not replace medical intervention.

✧ I have 3 more free placeholders left for the yoga therapy learning practice hours. While I finalize my studies I offer the first 7 sessions for free. You can benefit from this type of yoga if you struggle with constant exhaustion, significant life changes, relocation, injuries, anxiety, poor sleep, high blood pressure, and poor digestion. Send me a message if you are interested. I have availability at the start of September.

✧ How was your July? 😊

✧ Why do we need support when we encounter hardship?

✧ When we are unwell, we might lose sight of other aspects of life and what else is left that can help us move forward.

✧ One of the roles of a yoga therapist is to witness the experience of the client with kindness and non-judgement. Moreover, its role is to bring into the yoga session what is still possible through movement, breath, and relaxation. This way, the client has the opportunity to discover the resources that are still there even when there is hardship, stress, and unease.

✧ With patience and practice, this opens the door for the client to notice new possibilities of relating to their own body. As the physical body is connected to the mind, and emotions, the client may start rediscovering their own creativity, strength, and courage to relate to themselves in a way that brings more balance and ease.

✧ I have 3 more free spots left for the yoga therapy practice hours. While I finalize my studies I offer the first 7 sessions for free. You can benefit from this type of yoga if you struggle with constant exhaustion, stress, injuries, anxiety, poor sleep, high blood pressure, and poor digestion. Send me a message if you are interested. I have availability at the start of September.

✧ How was June?

✧ June was the month I turned 41 years old! I realized that I am now closer to my older years than I am to my childhood.

✧ My camera roll contains mainly pictures with nature, food, our child, the new roundabout they made in Pipera, and photos of ice cream varieties at the shop so I can receive orders while shopping. 🙂

✧ Progressed with the yoga therapy practice hours, family duties, and other activities that bring me joy. Go to slide 9 to see a must read book.

✧ I have 3 more free spots left for the practice hours. While I finalize my studies I offer the first 7 sessions for free. You can benefit from this type of yoga if you struggle with constant exhaustion, injuries, anxiety, poor sleep, high blood pressure, and poor digestion. Send me a message if you are interested. I have availability at the start of September.

✧ How can yoga asana help avoid falls, and stay independent as we age?

✧ One of the main risk for falls is age. Seniors, and kids are the main groups exposed to the risk of falls.

✧ In this post I am highlighting the benefits of yoga therapy for the people over 40 years old.

✧ The risk of falls increases considerably starting with 65 years old.

✧ Even though for some of us 65 years old seems far away, that does not mean we are not at risk. Moreover, if you are more than 40 yrs it is very important to stay active, and maintain your muscle mass. The current evidence-based approach recommended for loss of muscle mass is resistance training (weights, resistance bands, or bodyweight exercises like squats and push-ups).

✧ Yoga therapy is a personalized practice of movement, breathing, relaxation, and reflection. Being a practice adapted to an individual, that means that the focus can be agreed together, based on that persons’s medical history, physical strength, energy level, and life context.

✧ In the slides you can find the main areas in which yoga therapy can support a balanced aging, and prevent falls.

Note: The purpose of this post is for learning, and not for self-diagnosis or treatment. Yoga practices should not replace specialized medical guidance and/or treatment.

References:
~ The yoga therapy studies via The Yoga Therapy Institute
~ https://www.menopausecare.co.uk/blog/yoga-and-menopause
~ https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13/2/124
~ https://highlandcitystriders.org/2025/08/19/preventing-falls-how-yoga-can-help/
~ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/falls
~https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.iayt.org/resource/resmgr/docs_pubs_ytt/sample_article_summer.pdf
~ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405525525000305
~ https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/sarcopenia

✧ Ending this week with thankfulness to the people who offered their trust, and time to experience yoga therapy.

✧ Each time it amazes me when I see how movement, breathing, and relaxation can make such a good impact on somebody’s life.

✧ Grateful for the learning, and support from the The Yoga Therapy Institute too!

✧ You can benefit from this type of yoga if you struggle with constant exhaustion, brain fog, anxiety, poor sleep, high blood pressure, and poor digestion. I have 3 more spots that I offer for free (7 sessions per person)! Send me a message if you are interested, and we can agree together on the day, and time.