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"Luna Yoga can increase fertility"
In the Wunderweib interview, Adelheid Ohlig explains whether Luna Yoga can increase fertility and what it feels like to be successful worldwide with your own yoga technique.
Adelheid Ohlig developed the Luna Yoga in the early eighties. The mixture of classical yoga, tantra and Ayurveda techniques has since experienced a magnificent triumphal march through the yoga studios and has been practiced for many years worldwide.
Ms. Ohlig, can I really increase fertility and counteract menstrual problems with Luna Yoga?
"Luna yoga can increase fertility: it enhances awareness not only of the pelvic organs, but also of the pelvic organs, ie, they are more intensively perfused, providing them with better nutrients and oxygen, and the nervous system responds accordingly, at the same time deepening the breathing and the hormonal system is stimulated. "
What makes Luna Yoga unique compared to other forms of yoga?
"The special thing about Luna Yoga are movements that transpose old fertility and trance dances to the present day: they look and are used like strong medicine, and Luna Yoga offers plenty of postures and positions, variations of movements and poses, so practicing can be customized, as in classical homeopathy, and I also include the stars, the powers of the planets, to make Luna Yoga a very personal practice. "
At the beginning of the eighties, they developed Luna Yoga out of a personal disease situation. Was it her goal from the beginning to increase the fertility of women through her own form of yoga? Or has this focus resulted from the development of Luna Yoga?
"Luna Yoga developed from my own practice, from my training in yoga, Ayurveda, authentic movement, homeopathy, naturopathy, shamanism and other body therapies.It was coincidence that I met the Israeli dancer Aviva Steiner and her man-triggering gymnastics and it was lucky that I was doing so well with their motor skills, as well as luck or coincidence or mercy that my carcinoma in situ was undetectable after two years, however I believe that my optimism and zest for life is a lot to heal Saying goodbye to asceticism brought me to the joie de vivre, yoga and vegetarianism, which I had started in the 1960s, and which I first practiced rigorously, the illness woke me up, where was the joy? To experiment with other body arts and creatively research with postures and movements a yoga. "
Anyone who wants to learn Luna Yoga and teach it yourself. How exactly does the training for Luna Yoga Trainer work?
"For Luna Yoga, seminars, workshops, courses and individual lessons, young and old, women and men alike." Since Luna Yoga focuses on the female cycle, I train women to become a Luna Yoga teacher they teach the method, more info on my website. "
You have been able to start your own business with Luna Yoga. Do you have a tip for women who want to start their own business?
"Self-employment requires courage and perseverance, imagination and creativity help to stay tuned in. Most importantly, enjoyment of one's own doing. There are enough guides for practical questions."
There are numerous books of yours on the German book market. Which is the best for me to get started in Luna Yoga?
"To get started in Luna Yoga, I suggest you browse through the books, read the lyrics on the covers and you'll notice what appeals to you the most, curiosity makes you choose the right Luna Yoga book."
Did you expect and perhaps even hope for the worldwide success of Luna Yoga?
"Luna Yoga has evolved - development happens organically, just as everything grows naturally in nature, so also projects thrive."
