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Workshops

The rarely discussed relationship between

Stress & Digestion

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31st May 2025 from 3pm for approx. 1.5 hours

at Ananda Yoga Belgrave

1681 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave

$25 for Ananda members, $35 for non-members

Join Nutritional Scientist and Meditation Teacher Helen La Fontaine for a transformative workshop where science and spirituality converge.

Learn how stress can impact your physiology, and discover how simple practices can help ease digestive conditions and regulate body weight.

When I studied nutrition at Deakin University we were taught to treat chronic issues like weight gain, cravings, “lazy bowel syndrome” IBS, crohn’s, and colitis, with changes in diet. I mean, it makes perfect sense that if there is a problem with digestion that the answer should be in what we are eating...right? 

 

It turns out that the human body is so much more complex than this, and often changes in diet achieve little because we are not addressing the underlying cause. We need to look at how the digestive tract is functioning, and this is controlled by complex interactions within our gut and nervous system.

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In this workshop we will discuss how the different divisions of the nervous system interact to control the function of the gut, as well as the role of gut bacteria. But if it all sounds a little bit too "sciency" for you, don't stress(!), we'll also be practicing breathing and mediation techniques that are scientifically proven to simply and quickly regulate the nervous system and allow the digestive tract to function optimally.

​​My intention is to help you understand how your body works

and to empower you to take control of your own digestive health.

Please bring a journal & pen.

Cushions & yoga mats will be provided for seating.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Redeem the price of this ticket off individual Holistic Nutrition Consultations.

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