Breathe in Joy

13/11/2025

10/11/2025

Shoulder pain - Melt Tension and Release the Weight You Carry 🌿

In Chinese Medicine, shoulder pain is rarely just physical. The shoulders are where we carry our burdens, responsibility, pressure, and unspoken emotions. When life feels heavy, the Qi (vital energy) around this area can become tight and stagnant, showing up as stiffness, tension, or pain.

Great Acupuncture Points for Release ✨

* GB21 (Jianjing) — The “Letting Go” point. Found at the top of the shoulder, it helps melt physical and emotional tension, releases neck and shoulder tightness, and encourages deeper breathing and calm.

* SI11 (Tianzong) — The “Heavenly Gathering.” This point sits in the heart of the shoulder blade, where stress and suppressed emotions often lodge. It opens the chest, soothes the Heart, and helps you exhale what no longer serves you.

*SI12 & SI13 — Work gently along the upper back and shoulder to free trapped energy, improve circulation, and restore natural movement between body and mind.

Together, these points create space for your shoulders to soften, your breath to deepen, and your spirit to feel lighter again 🙏🏻❤️

Acupuncture doesn’t just treat pain. It invites harmony back into places that have been holding too much for too long. 🌸

07/11/2025

In Chinese Medicine, illness is not a random event but a message from the body and spirit. It arises when the natural flow of Qi our vital life energy, becomes blocked or imbalanced through stress, emotional tension, or disconnection from our authentic rhythm. Each symptom carries wisdom, showing where harmony has been lost. Healing, then, is not just about removing pain but restoring flow between body and mind, effort and rest, giving and receiving. When energy moves freely, we return to balance, vitality, and peace within. 🌿✨

06/11/2025

As the seasons shift, your body needs a little extra care to stay balanced and strong. In Five Element Acupuncture, immunity begins with harmony, with nurturing your breath, digestion, and energy so your natural defences can flow freely.
By supporting the Lung, Spleen, and Kidney systems, acupuncture helps you feel grounded, resilient, and connected to your body’s own wisdom.

See you at the Acu Clinic 🫶

Alex

03/10/2025

Beautiful lady came to the Joy Clinic today asking for help in her grieving and mental support through this difficult time for her. We have honoured both in our practice, her Earth nature and the Metal season. Grief can leave the Earth Element feeling empty and unsupported, while the Lungs (Metal) hold the sorrow of autumn.
My focus was to nourish her center, strengthen her ability to receive support, and gently open the lungs so grief can move rather than stagnate. Needles have done their magic to anchor her, soften the weight of loss. It was beautiful to observe how the quiet sense of belonging was rising with her.
Some of the points I have used:
• ST36 (Zusanli) – to ground, nourish, and restore Earth’s strength.
• SP6 (Sanyinjiao) – to harmonize yin, soothe the heart, and replenish her reserves.
• CV12 (Zhongwan) – to center and calm, easing worry and heaviness.
• LU9 (Taiyuan) – to tonify her Lung Qi, support letting go, and invite breath and inspiration. Her breath was very shallow in the beginning of the session, much deeper at the end.
• LU7 (Lieque) – to release grief, open the chest, and connect her to the larger flow of life around her
• KI27 (Shufu) – to ease the chest and help her to feel supported and safe. She was leaving the treatment room in much more ease and grounded
This treatment was a gentle bridge between Earth and Metal, helping my patient to grieve while staying nourished and held. Every body is a wise body and once guided wisely, will look for its natural strength.

30/07/2025

A few ideas on pigeon pose
thanks to Yoga International 🙏🏻

We will try them at our Chair Yoga in the Bridge House Care Home 💪🙌❤️ today

16/03/2025

Morning! Sunny morning! ❤️🫶 see you on the mat! For those who are joining me today - full moon peaceful flow today 🙏🏻 basking sun in between flows. Rejuvenating. We ll work with throat banda too

Love, Aleks

13/03/2025

Hello!

One of our local and creative yogi Ariel runs great meet - ups in

Sharring the link with more info below 💪🙌

15/12/2024

Dear All!

Come and join us for drinks after Thursday's Yoga Class at The Brewery Tab.

It is time to celebrate Festive Season, laugh together and enjoy life even more.

11/11/2024

‘Since we worked on the pelvis, I can sit better.” “
You didn’t work out your pelvis. You just woke up to the possibilities you have. Does this make sense to you?
You don’t work on your body.
Working on being more woke
And when you become more careful, you’ll notice the nonsense things you’re doing. Nonsense. Then you can gradually go from this “nonsense” to sense.
Sitting and you have those amazing hips.
It’s a combination of round bone and pond pelvis.
The bone fills the pelvis and can move in every direction: up, down, in, out. There are ligaments all around that connect these bones to other bones. Those shackles might be tight, they can hold. And there are muscles. These muscles are made to get flexible, to give. And they are also there to flex in moments of danger.
But many people act like they are in danger all the time.
They stretch muscles so hard that no movement is possible. When we sit, we must have full mobility. That means that all the tissues that are connected to enabling this movement must be awakened.
Until you have a focus in your tissues, you cannot move.
When you pay more attention, you’ll find out what’s possible.
So if you let me say this, working with the flesh is a spiritual practice. Regarding awakening - spiritual awakening to the last particle.
Spiritual because it’s happening all-around us everywhere.’

Charlotte Selver

Wishing you further awakenings in your amazing bodies ❤️ 🥰

23/10/2024

is running Asana Lab Workshop with Aleks Middleton and Diane Holder on Saturday at 10 am in

This workshop is open to all

When: Saturday 26th October
Time: 10 am- 11.30 am
Cost: £20

Booking: https://yogainabingdon.com/workshops

Overview:

Ideal for Beginners and Advanced Yogis: Helps beginners understand yoga postures while allowing more experienced practitioners to explore deeper aspects of their practice and improve alignment.

Small Group Setting: Limited participants with two yoga teachers to ensure personalized attention and alignment corrections.

Typical Workshop Agenda:
*Warm-up (15 minutes): Involves Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) with a focus on major muscle groups and breathwork.
*Asana Practice: 4–5 key asanas covering standing, balancing, and floor-based poses that target four main groups of yoga postures.
*One-on-One Engagement: Each participant will receive individual guidance, with photos taken to track progress, enhancing understanding of their body and yoga practice.

It is a great opportunity for newcomers to learn foundational postures while getting detailed feedback and for experienced practitioners to fine-tune their practice.

See you in the mat!

Deepen your yoga practiceThe Asana Lab workshop offers a unique opportunity for participants to deepen their understanding and practice of yoga postures. In this immersive experience, attendees will explore the foundational principles of alignment, breath, and intention, all while receiving personal...