Stephan Hein - United Kingdom
Abstract of the presentation
TGL – The Medicine of Creative Consciousness: How to Stay Positive in Challenging Times
Branch: Naturopathy
Introduction: In the rapidly changing scenarios of our times, this health education workshop series asks: What is the potential of human consciousness to create and maintain well-being in body, mind, and soul? Is there a healing recipe for what troubles us during these uncertain times? The project is an unfolding enquiry—using the timeless, and often poetic, healing wisdom of traditional Indian Ayurveda and Yoga medicine, philosophy, and science.
Methods: Drawing from treasures of ITS (Indian Traditional Sciences) related to vibrational subtle body work through Nada Yoga (Yoga of Sound), Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep), energy centres, and Rasa (the vibrational core of aesthetics & beauty)—as part of a more general rasayana (revitalisation from within) healing approach—these workshops provide opportunities for individuals to connect with an experience of the creative Source within, allowing letting go, trust, inspiration, hope, and empowerment to arise from deep within.
Results: Started in January 2024, the study continues, and has been offered to people in different environments, including medical schools, spiritual communities, and the health charity sector. Constructive feedback from participants allows the project to evolve into new creative possibilities. So far, 160 people have taken part.
Conclusions: Research shows that such creative interventions may be helpful for the long-term management of physical and mental health challenges, including fatigue, burnout, insomnia, stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD, trauma, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, MS, and dementia, while fostering resilience and trust in the events of life’s ever-changing circumstances. Traditions like Ayurveda, Yoga, and meditation—especially in a more subtle and spiritual context—lend themselves well to addressing deeper layers of healing in body, mind, and soul. This makes them particularly suitable during challenging times such as these, helping to guide people “back home to themselves,” where they may once again rest in a state of balance, inner peace, and joy.
Curriculum vitae
Stephan Hein – German Heilpraktiker, CAM Practitioner - lives in London/UK and draws from a diverse portfolio of complementary and healing therapies, ayurvedic yoga teaching, art therapy, music and Higher Ground © Leadership coaching. He is an NHS approved therapeutic Yoga teacher, and teaches at UCL medical school (London) as part of the “Lifestyle Medicine” team. His teachings offer tools for deep transformational self-healing, creative self-mastery and the healing of community.
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