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Well.Being - Health, Yoga & Beyond, Kosice (2026)

20/04/2026

I am very happy to invite you to a special seminar with François and Josselyne in the south of France 🇫🇷

This will be a gathering for practice, study, dialogue, and deepening, held in a special natural setting and in very good company. 🌿
We will learn and use many tools from yoga to support teaching, deepen practice, and cultivate inner peace.

François and I first met many years ago through the European Union of Yoga congress, and over time a warm personal connection also grew between our families.
As life opened this friendship, it became clear how deeply we share the love for yoga, for nature, for animals, and for a way of living that seeks simplicity, truth, and love in all of creation.

A few words about François ✨
François Lorin has been following the teaching of J. Krishnamurti since 1963, and later became for 24 years a direct disciple of TKV Desikachar, son of Krishnamacharya, in India.
He has been teaching yoga since 1969 and leading teacher training courses since 1972.
For decades, he has also been an important presence within the European Union of Yoga.

Josselyne and François met through Krishnamurti’s work, and together they share a way of teaching rooted in clarity, purity, dedication, and love.

A few words about me ✨
For nearly three decades, yoga has been my path of study, practice, and teaching.
Along the way, I had the privilege to learn with beloved teachers in India, Nepal, Europe, and Israel, and yoga gradually became for me a living path of healing, inquiry, and inner transformation.

For more than twenty years, I have been integrating Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda, and medicine, with the wish to support body, mind, and life itself through listening, sensitivity, and understanding.

The seminar will take place in a beautiful hosting space in the south of France, surrounded by nature, quiet, and simple beauty 🌳
A place that naturally invites breathing, slowing down, listening, and entering more deeply into practice and study.

The seminar will be held in English.

For more details and registration:
Email: irissalomon@yahoo.com
WhatsApp: https://wa.me/972523827627

With love,
Iris

05/04/2026

In yoga, the body is understood as a living expression of emotions, thoughts, and energies.
Each layer influences the others, and often what we feel inwardly begins to reflect in very specific places in the body.

The tattvas, the "stem cells" of reality, the elemental qualities or the fundamental components of reality, contain also the following: earth, water, fire, air, and space - and present in us all the time.
They are not abstract ideas; they are expressed through tissues, organs, sensations, moods, and how we respond to life.

Certain areas of the body carry a stronger relationship with certain elements.
The legs, for example, relate deeply to the Prithvi earth element - stability, grounding, and trust.
When this element asks for attention, we may feel uncertainty, heaviness, or a search for inner support.

The abdominal area often reflects the movement of water and fire - where sensations, digestion, and emotional impressions meet.
This is why so many emotions are first experienced there, as a tightening, warming, even pain, or inner movement before words appear.

The heart space carries another kind of dialogue.
It can influence how we wake up in the morning, how we meet others, how energy flows through the day.
At times, emotional intensity becomes so present that the whole system begins to respond.

Yoga teaches us that emotions need to be noticed, held, and guided with awareness.

This is where practice becomes deeply supportive.

Breathing techniques help purify and regulate the elements, the Nadis (channels).
Mantra offers vibration that reorganizes mental and emotional space.

Visual practices, such as creating a mandala, offer another pathway: form, color, movement, and attention help inner experiences find expression.
yoga holds so many ways.
For some people, writing opens this same door.
For others, drawing becomes the language.
What matters is giving what is inside a way to move gently outward for integration.

When the elements within us are listened to, they begin to cooperate.
And from that place, emotional life becomes less overwhelming and more understandable - a living landscape we can learn to navigate with care.

with care and awareness
Iris

23/03/2026

Twenty-five years of teaching invite a different kind of looking back.

When I began teaching, there was already dedication, practice, and love for yoga.
I had knowledge I learned and practiced, yet much of life still waited ahead, with lessons that only time could bring.

Over the years, doubts, questions, and life itself became part of the practice.
Some teachings needed more time to mature within me before I could truly share them.

What changed most was the understanding that teaching deepens when knowledge has passed through my own body, mind, and heart.
When something is no longer only understood, but lived.

I have been fortunate to walk this path with teachers who have accompanied me almost from the beginning.
Their guidance allowed me to practice patiently and thoroughly, until many things that once felt demanding became natural ground.

Something important happens when a practice becomes fully integrated:
what once felt demanding gradually becomes natural.
What once required effort becomes effortless.

Practices that may feel challenging to others become spaces I can truly inhabit.
And at the same time, the path keeps reminding me how much there is still to discover.
The more I learn, practice, and teach, the more I understand that yoga continues to open new layers of deeper learning and curiosity with humility.

Perhaps this is one of the quiet meanings of becoming also a teacher of teachers - not knowing more, but becoming deeply rooted enough to transmit from lived experience.

One thing has remained very clear for me: I will never stop teaching beginners and people who truly need yoga as a healing support, because this remains an anchor for me - both as a teacher and as a therapist.

And every now and then, it is important to pause and look back,
to notice how teaching once touched others,
and how it touches them now.

With gratitude for the path,
and with a humble heart,
Iris

17/03/2026

In yoga, purification, Shodhana, involves much more than the physical practice.
It creates space - for breath, for energy, for clarity, for soul development.
In the classical yogic path, cleansing is considered essential preparation for deeper practice.

When the body carries excess heaviness or stagnation, energy moves with difficulty.
Through cleansing, the system opens, allowing prana to circulate more freely and supporting the journey toward steadiness, vitality, and inner awareness.

Yoga describes a set of traditional purification methods known as Shat Karma - six cleansing practices that help restore balance and prepare the body and mind for practices such as pranayama and meditation.

One of the best-known practices is Neti (jala, sutra and danda) the cleansing of the nasal passages and sinuses.
By clearing the pathways of breath, the body regains lightness and openness.
Breathing becomes easier, perception sharper, and the mind more spacious.

Another important practice is Kapalabhati, often translated as “the shining skull”.
Through rhythmic breathing, this technique refreshes the mind, awakens clarity, and stimulates energy throughout the system.

Many practitioners notice that concentration improves, thoughts become more organized, and vision sharpens and clears.

Other traditional cleansing methods support the digestive system, Dhauti, Nauli and Basti help the body remove toxins and impurities, restoring a sense of lightness and vitality.

These practices are approached with care and guidance, and when used wisely they support the body’s natural ability to renew itself.

There is the wonderful innative connections between the heart and the eyes, when Trataka, (blinkless staring) is practiced, touching emotions softly.

Spring and autumn are considered especially supportive seasons for cleansing.
Nature itself moves through cycles of renewal, inviting us to do the same.

Through practices such as Panchakarma from Ayurveda and Shat Karma from the yogic tradition, we create a bridge between physical purification and emotional clarity.

When the body clears, the mind follows.
Dreams may become vivid, thoughts more organized, and energy more available for life and practice.

This is why cleansing is not only about the body.
It is a doorway to a fresh beginning.

As part of this seasonal renewal, we will gather for a guided cleansing weekend combining Ayurvedic and Yogic wisdom for Yoga teachers and long term practitioners on 📅 April 25-26 |📍 Kosice Slovakia

04/03/2026

As nature begins to reborn, something in us awakens as well.

Spring has always been a season of movement - from heaviness into flow, from stillness into renewal.

In Ayurveda, this transition is not only poetic, but practical.
It is the traditional and natural period of time for cleansing.

For thousands of years, the knowledge of Ayurveda has described a profound process called Panchakarma, a 5 actions therapeutic and intelligent purification that supports the body and the mind together.
Many modern detox approaches echo its principles, yet their roots come from this ancient understanding of balance.

One of the central organs in this process is the liver.
Beyond its physical roles of processing, transforming, and cleansing, Ayurveda and other ancient draditions relate to the liver as a holder of emotional burden - memories, fears, sorrow, and traumas that accumulate quietly over time.

When the liver is constantly busy digesting and managing daily overload, its deeper layer has little space to clear itself from the overload and "painful scars".
During a guided cleansing process, the system receives support through nutrition, herbs, asanas, rest, and much more.
As physical load lightens, emotional inner space opens.

People often notice clearer skin, flexible joints, and higher energy.
Alongside these, cognitively and energetically, dreams become vivid, and emotions find movement - a natural expression of the body-mind connection rebalancing itself.

Each process is adapted according to the doshas, honoring the uniqueness of every participant.

Spring invites us to reset, gently and consciously.

We will hold an Ayurvedic cleansing weekend for Yoga teachers and long term practitioners on 📅 April 25-26 |📍 Kosice Slovakia

If you feel the season calling for renewal, to know more as a teacher by experiencing, you are warmly welcome to reach out via WhatsApp for details.

With care and clarity,
Iris

24/02/2026

As teachers, one of our first instincts is to help by guiding, refining, and adjusting.
Teaching naturally invites us to support growth.
And with time, another layer of teaching begins to unfold, the ability to truly see.

When we step into the space of therapeutic yoga, observation becomes one of our most powerful tools.
The body speaks constantly.
Through breath patterns.
Through movement quality.
Through tension, hesitation, or restlessness.
Through the subtle language of posture and rhythm.

Breath, especially, tells stories words rarely can.
An irregular breath may reflect emotional waves, internal imbalance, or a nervous system searching for safety and comfort.
The body expresses what the mind is still learning to understand.

When a student meets a challenge inside a posture, even in Sukasana for practicing Pranayama or meditation, their body often reveals it before they speak.
There is wisdom in that expression.
When we allow ourselves to observe deeply, we begin to receive information that does not need explanation.
From there, guidance becomes more precise, compassionate, and meaningful.

Yoga invites teachers to refine perception beyond ordinary sensory listening.
It asks us to develop the capacity to gather information through presence, patience, and intuitive awareness.

In many ways, this resembles the work of a veterinarian.
An animal cannot describe its discomfort through language.
Yet through careful observation - movement, behavior, breathing, energy - a full story begins to emerge.
When we quiet external noise and observe with clarity, communication becomes visible in other forms.

As yoga therapists and teachers, we cultivate this same sensitivity.
Observation becomes the first step of healing.
From this place, we can shape practices that truly meet the student where they are.

Teaching then becomes less about changing what we see,
and more about understanding and realizing it.

And through understanding, healing finds its natural path.

With attentive presence,
Iris

16/02/2026

Yoga, at its essence, is the true love in action.

In the yogic tradition, teaching is never accidental.
A teacher teaches because a student arrives with curiosity, openness, and a sincere wish to learn.
And when that meeting happens, something sacred is created.

This love is called Prem -
love without conditions.
Like a mother’s love for her child.
Without agenda.
Without expectation.
Only presence, care, and devotion.

To teach yoga from the heart means that knowledge doesn’t pass only through the intellect.
It is refined through the heart itself, first.
The teacher meets the student with acceptance.
With patience.
With the ability to see challenges not as obstacles, but as part of the path.

Traditionally, yoga was transmitted one on one.
Yet, when the heart is truly open, this intimacy can also be felt in a larger group.
With time and experience, a teacher learns how to hold many students - without losing the personal thread that connects heart to heart.

Two paths in yoga remind us how to teach this way.

Karma Yoga teaches us humility through action.
Serving without seeking recognition.
Allowing the ego to soften as we act for the benefit of others.

Bhakti Yoga teaches devotion.
Total presence.

Just as one enters a temple with full surrender, teaching yoga can become an act of offering - a prayer in motion.
And as students, to follow our Gurus' ways.

Yoga philosophy reminds us that giving from the heart has no limits.
When teaching flows from love, it naturally carries compassion, clarity, and depth.
And students feel it - even before a single word is spoken.

To teach yoga is not only to guide movement or breath.
It is to stand in service.
With an open heart.
Again and again.

With love,
Iris

29/01/2026

Many people approach meditation with hope…
and unfortunately leave it with disappointment.
Not because we are doing something wrong,
but because we expect something to happen

Meditation is not a performance.
It’s a relationship. With oneself.

Even when nothing special is felt, sitting for some quiet minutes is already a deep act of intimacy.

Persistency matters more than experience.

Even ten minutes a day, again and again, preferably at the same hour of the day, gently builds a new inner channel, managed with our unique language.
And with time, something begins to soften, to open up, to shift.

As yoga teachers, we have the privilege - and responsibility - to guide this process wisely.

Meditation shouldn’t be practiced first.
We need to prepare for it.

The body needs to be ready along with the mind, and Asanas can support, both for the ability to stay still and for concentration.

Breath is also there to help refining awareness.
And only then, when the waves of activity slow down, meditation can naturally arise.

When we place meditation toward the end of the practice, the mind is already calmer, the body more receptive, the brain waves slower.
Stillness becomes accessible - not forced.

Some enter meditation easily.
Others need a doorway.
A simple focus.
A breath.
A sensation.
A mantra.
A gentle anchor that allows us to step inside effortless.

Our role, as teachers, is to facilitate patience and stillness, to offer pathways.

When meditation is taught as a gradual, compassionate process - not a goal - we learn to trust it, and the heart feels comfortable and home.

With patience and presence,
Iris

11/01/2026

When anxiety arises, the body doesn’t ask questions.
It moves straight into survival mode.

Fight or flight.
The sympathetic nervous system taking control.

The breath becomes short.
increase heart rate,
high blood pressure.
The mind narrows to one task only: get through this moment.

Over time, this constant alertness becomes exhausting.
The adrenal system works overtime, stress hormones flood the body, and slowly the system begins to tire.
What once helped us survive now leaves us depleted, weak, and often emotionally drained.

This is where yoga therapy invites us back, not upward, but downward.
Back into the body.
Back to the ground.

Grounding is not just an idea.
It’s a physical experience to practice.

Walking slowly and mindfully in nature.
Sitting on the ground under a tree.
Eating simple, nourishing foods - fresh fruits, warm meals.
Letting the feet touch the earth.
Working with the soil and gardening.
Allowing the body to remember safety through contact.

And together with grounding, we breathe.
Slowly, deeply, gently.

Deep and long inhalations, long and steady exhalations.
A soft rhythm.
A breath that tells the nervous system: you are safe now.

At first, we may bring intention into the breath -
choosing what we want to invite into our lives,
and what we are ready to release.

As the body begins to settle, even that intention can dissolve.
What remains is the breath itself.
Quiet.
Safe.
Supportive.

Anxiety and stress pulls us away from the present.
Grounding and deep breathing bring us back.

Back to the body.
Back to earth.
Back to a place where healing can begin.

With care and steadiness,

Iris

29/12/2025

Yoga has always known that existence, life, doesn’t begin with gross movements and changes.
It begins with the most finest vibration.

In the yogic understanding, the universe itself was born from sound (Nada-Bindu Upanishad)
A subtle pulsation, a primal resonance - Nāda.
This is the foundation of Nāda Yoga: the yoga through sound, vibration, and inner listening.

Sound reaches places that words and touch cannot.
The finest vibration travels through the most delicate channels -
into the tissues, the nervous system, the subtle body, and the layers of consciousness.

We all know how deeply music can move us.
A single melody can soften grief, awaken joy, or bring forgotten memories to the surface.
Mantra works in a similar way but with a greater, precise and intentional force.

Mantras are not poetry.
They are vibrational formulas. Audible or silent.
Each syllable carries meaning, frequency, and creative power
to initiate, to sustain, to transform, and sometimes, to dissolve.

When we recite a mantra, chosen for a specific person, moment, process, or intention, we allow its vibration to move through and within us.
Not only through the voice,
but through the breath, the organs, the tissues, the heart, the Tattva's.

With practice, we begin to feel how sound reorganizes inner space.
How pain softens.
How stagnation begins to move and dissolve
How the energy system remembers harmony.

As yoga practitioners and teachers, this is not an optional ornament.
It is part of our responsibility to study mantras deeply,
not only to open or close a class with Om,
but to truly understand the vast knowledge that mantra offers as a spiritual development and therapeutic tool.

Sound heals because it bypasses effort.
It meets us where we are.
And gently, it brings us back into the original peaceful resonance.

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti

Iris

08/12/2025

Yoga has always been a healing practice.
Long before the modern world gave it the title 'yoga therapy', the tradition already held within it the essence of Chikitsa - care, attention, and the understanding that body, mind, and spirit move as one, towards self realization.

Over the last decade, the West began naming this ancient wisdom in a more structured way. Courses were created, certifications appeared, and the field became recognized.
But the heart of yoga therapy has always been the same: a teacher who truly sees the student, more than a therapist who meets the client.

As yoga teachers grow in experience, they naturally meet students with diverse needs - chronic pain, emotional heaviness, stress-related patterns, limited mobility, grief, aging bodies, severe maladies and so much more.
Slowly, the class becomes more than a sequence of poses.
It becomes a space of inquiry.
A space of healing.

What makes yoga therapeutic is not the “modified pose.”
It’s the relationship: observing, listening, adapting.
It’s designing a practice for a specific person, or a group walking through the same challenge.
It’s the follow-up, the homework, the continuity - a process, not a session.

Yoga therapy asks the teacher to keep learning, to understand the layers of the human system, to refine their intuition, and to hold a responsibility that is both grounding and sacred.
Not as doctors, but as guides who offer something no Western medical system can fully provide: a holistic response that honors the body, the breath, the mind, and the subtle life force moving through all of them.

This is why yoga therapy stands on its own.
It is not “gentle yoga”
It is not “adapted yoga”
It is the mature expression of yoga itself - intelligent, personal, and deeply rooted in tradition.

When we teach from this place, we don't only support healing.
We help people return to themselves.

With care and presence,
Iris

23/11/2025

In a world filled with noise - constant sound, constant talk - silence becomes rare.
Even in a yoga class, there is often so much happening: movement, instruction, energy.
Yet within it all, something powerful emerges when we, as teachers, begin to speak less and mean more.

Silent teaching doesn’t mean the absence of guidance.
It means allowing the space itself to teach.

Vishuddhi, the space chakra, is the center of expression and communication - within us and outward. Located in the throat, it is where we hold so much information, not through doing or saying, but through being.
When we teach from this place, our tone softens, our words become few but clear, and our presence does the rest.

When students know the rhythm of your classes, a single word, a breath, an understanding look, or even the sound of stillness can lead them deeper than a full paragraph ever could.

Through quiet presence, you help them leave behind the noise of the world and rediscover their inner calm.

As teachers, this is our practice too -
to listen to the sound of our own voice,
to feel the energy in the room,
to facilitate the natural silence to appear.

Our voice is an instrument.
Silence, as the first to exist, hosts the voice. But it is our mind to find the balanced expression to calm ourselves and teach peace of mind.

With calm and clarity,
Iris

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