Hi, I'm Vidhi
15+ years as a consultant yoga therapist
2,000+ patients with autoimmune illness supported through yoga therapy.
NHS yoga researcher led the UK's first NHS outpatient yoga therapy study for rheumatoid arthritis and anxiety.
Professional trusted with patient referrals from West London consultants, CNHC Yoga Therapy Professional Specific Board member.
Lived experience of autoimmune illness.
BE HONEST FOR A MOMENT...
How many times has your body said "enough" before you allowed yourself to stop?
You wake up tired before the day has even started
Your joints are stiff. Your body feels heavy. Before you left the bed, you are already calculating what absolutely has to be done.
You keep bargaining with the pain
After this email. After this meeting. After you have made dinner. You keep moving the moment you will stop-until your body stops negotiating.
You never know whether to rest or keep going
Rest too soon and you worry you are giving in to the illness. Keep going and you worry that you may lose the next day- or several days- to the aftermath.
Even resting doesn't feel like rest
Your body is lying down, but your mind is counting unfinished tasks, worrying about who you are disappointing and planning how you will catch up.
You've tried everything people tell you should help
Medication. Supplements. Pacing. Breathing. You may understand your illness better than anyone- yet your body still feels braced against the next wave of pain
You blame yourself whichever choice you make
Push through and you regret what it costs your body. Stop and you question whether you could have managed more. Either way, you go to bed feeling you got it wrong.
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What you'll learn...
Fifteen minutes.
Three shifts you begin using the same day.
No complicated theory. Just a different way to meet the moment your body begins asking for something you have learned to override.
1.
"I know I should stop. Why do I keep pushing?"
Understand why knowing what your body needs does not automatically make it easy to respond- and why this is not a failure of discipline or self-awareness.
- Why pushing through can become an automatic response.
- What happens in the moment you begin bargaining with pain.
- How to recognise pattern before your body has to shout.
2.
"If I stop now, the whole day will fall apart."
Discover the space between forcing yourself through and abandoning everything.
- How to pause without immediately giving up the entire day
- How to identify what your body is asking for now
- How to choose the next helpful response rather than the perfect one
3.
"But what do I actually do in that moment?"
Learn a gentle five-minute body-based practice for when pain, exhaustion or anxiety starts rising.
- No flexibility or yoga experience required
- No need to get on the floor
- No demand that your symptoms disappear before you continue
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Three practical shifts.One evidence-based practical framework.
Learn why understanding what your body needs hasn't stopped you overriding it- and what you can do differently in the moment.
I've spent more than 15 years helping women with autoimmune illness and chronic pain what is happening beneath the pain, anxiety and urge to keep pushing.
Not another instruction to rest more (because I know there are million things to finish!).
Not another routine to keep up with and add to your to-do list.
Not another demand for your body to calm down.
You need a response you can actually use when your body hurts and life still expects something from you.
Vidhi has helped more than 2,000 patients feel more supported in bodies living with pain and anxiety from their autoimmune illness
Hear from three patients as they share what changed through working with her
One short training. One practical place to begin.
Learn what happens in the moment before you override your body- and practise a different response for when pain, exhaustion, or anxiety rises from your autoimmune illness.
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