Special Courses
Yoga for PCOS/PMOS
Five weeks of asana, pranayama, diet and lifestyle change — a protocol the centre has taught since 2015.
Background and overview
Poly-cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS/PMOS) is a problem affecting nearly 1 in 3 urban women today. It has many symptoms and manifestations. There is no medical cure currently for PCOS.
However, since 2015, we have been successfully tackling this problem, and have been able to reverse it as well, through our Yoga for PCOS course.
The PCOS course is a step-by-step process of lifestyle changes, modifications and changes to diet, and a routine of exercise. The entire protocol is based on yoga and yogic science, and therefore has no side effects.
The course is spread over five weeks. It is expected that in this time, significant positive changes will be seen. We have been running this course for nearly 10 years, and many women have benefited.
Yoga is holistic in nature. Even if you don’t have PCOS but want to focus on your health, or if you have other issues like endometriosis, hormonal imbalance, thyroid, infertility or excess weight, this course is ideal for you as well.
No prior experience of yoga is necessary. We will teach everything step-by-step. You will be required to follow a yoga protocol during the course.
Please note: this course is a practice of yoga, diet and lifestyle, not medical treatment. Please stay under the care of your doctor, and tell your teacher about any medication or condition so the practice can be adapted.
Course content
The course has two distinct parts — EDUCATION (knowledge about the cause) and PRACTICE (yoga, diet and lifestyle changes).
It offers specific advice, practice and protocol — food and diet habits and changes, influence of matters like stress and external environment, the impact of exercise, and routines and practices most conducive to addressing PCOS, a better way of cooking, and the influence of community, love and support, common sense, rest, traditional home remedies and wisdom.
Between the classes, there will be work to be done. Changes, small and big, in daily life, related to exercise, diet and lifestyle will be suggested and implemented. There is five weeks of practicing a new way of life, and taking it beyond.
How the practice works
Yoga gives clear guidelines on how a woman can recover her health.
Asana
Asana practice helps to improve the functioning of the endocrine system and bring it into balance. It also helps to improve digestion, overall metabolism and absorption of nutrition into the body, thereby helping to positively change the way the body works. As they say, all diseases start in the gut. Asanas also make the body stronger, more flexible and resilient to disease. You can improve your stamina, reduce weight, and increase your immunity with regular asana practice. In the Yoga for PCOS programmes taught by SYCG, asana practice also at times includes specific postures and exercises for the reproductive system.
Pranayama
Pranayama controls and regulates the energy in the body, and it controls and regulates our emotions, thoughts and behaviour. This in turn has a profound impact on a woman’s physiology. For example, the cravings associated with moods, and low energy levels disappear, to be replaced by better metabolism and higher energy. Sleep improves, and therefore the skintone, as well as the balance in the hormones. The breathing techniques, while they are quite simple, purify the blood, strengthen the nervous system and refresh the brain.
Diet
Yoga suggests a vegetarian diet. For thousands of years, yoga has suggested the link between our food habits and the disease and pain that we have. The diet which we are commonly used to, the food which we commonly eat, can and does play an important role in the development of PCOS. If we are willing to look at our diet and actively change it, PCOS can be addressed as well.
Kriyas — the cleansing practices
Yoga has definite protocols for cleansing (called detox in modern parlance). The cleansing techniques, called kriyas, include Kapalabhati, Jal Neti, Sutra Neti, Agnisaar, Nauli, Dhauti and Basti. They are powerful, and help to reset the entire internal system, rejuvenating and refreshing each and every organ and body part.
Relaxation, meditation and lifestyle
Finally, yoga has clear guidelines on combating and reversing stress, as well as rules for avoiding conflict and dissonance. This happens with the methodical practices of relaxation and meditation, and guidance on daily lifestyle.
Some benefits
In SYCG’s Yoga for PCOS programmes, participants can expect the following positive results, based on evidence of women who have participated in the course before.
- Reduction in hormonal imbalances
- Regularization of menstrual cycles
- Clearing up of acne, glowing skin
- Reduction in pre-menstrual cramps and pain
- Higher levels of energy
- Fitness, strength, stamina, flexibility
- Reduction in mood swings, anxiety, stress
- Weight loss (if you are overweight) and inch loss
- Better overall health
Meet the teachers
The course is taught by certified and expert yoga teachers and staff of SYCG and mentored by the Director, Arun Pandala.
Many senior volunteer teachers at SYCG mentor each of the participants during the course on a regular basis.
- Arun Pandala
- Dyutima Goel
- Anita Bahl
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