Rolfing & Ashtanga Yoga in Heidelberg

08/09/2026

How can you poo on a carnivore diet??? Spoiler: I have absolutely no problem!

08/09/2026

Are you still on the carnivore diet? Yes, I am and I have no i

24/10/2025

01/09/2025

Let's talk about the CARNIVORE DIET.

Uuuuuuuuhhhhhh!

This is going to be a very controversial post...

In October 2020 while playing measuring the blood pressure with my nephew I found out to have a pretty high blood pressure.

All symptoms were there: feeling of breath shortness, brain fog, exhaustion, bloating, etc...

I was given the usual medication, which I took diligently until I started experiencing unbearable headaches.

After a year of struggling, I did a short Google search that told me that blood pressure medications and the estrogen-progestinic birth control pill (usually given to treat endometriosis symptoms) do not go well together.

That was the point where I understood that it was time to take my health back into my hands.

Modern medicine failed me, the approach of treating symptoms and not the underlying cause didn't work for me and I embarked into a 5 years long self healing journey.

I tried all supplements available on Earth and any possible different diet: vegan, vegetarian, omnivore, low FODMAP, anti-inflammatory protocol, keto...

No one of them worked for me.

Finally, in January this year, I bumped into the carnivore diet and my life (and the life of my husband) changed completely.

For the first time in years, I wasn't bloated.

For the first time in years, I had no brain fog after eating.

For the first time in years, I felt truly satiated

For the first time in years, I wasn't in a sugar high, stable mood, stable energy throughout the day.

For the first time in years, I was able to sleep the whole night through.

For the first time in years, I didn't have reflux.

For the first time in years, I had no joint pain.

For the first time in years, my endometriosis symptoms became way less severe.

It felt like a miracle!

I am still on carnivore, I don't think I will ever change back into a carbohydrates based diet.

It's the most anti-inflammatory diet I have ever tried and I have learned a lot about human metabolism and human specific nutrition.

I would definitely advise everyone to cut of carbohydrates and add massively on animal fats and animal proteins.

More to come about it.

30/08/2025

Let's talk PERIMENOPAUSE.

I am 45, still having a regular period but...

I wake up every night at 3:30 am.

My right ear itches.

I have gained weight around my waist and it's not going away.

My periods became shorter (25 days).

I get bloated as soon as I am not watching my diet.

My PMS became very complicated with horrible mood lows.

And my right shoulder hurts and its movement range is definitely reduced.

That's the reason why my hands are outer rotated. It's way less painful and way easier for my right wrist.

The Ashtanga Yoga practice must adapt to these changes.
How?
Add strength training to your practice.
How?
Use your body weight, lift your body as much as possible, do as many handstands as you can, move into the advanced practice as soon as possible.

29/08/2025

This is my best Urdvha Mukha Svanasana.

Ideally, the shoulders should be in one line with the waist and not as elevated.

I am veryyyyy far from it.

I remember the times when someone said that it was a good idea to introduce the back bends of the second series as soon as possible.

And us, the purists of the "traditional" Ashtanga Yoga method being firmly against that idea: YOU HAVE MORE THAN 50 UPWARD FACING DOGS IN THE PRIMARY SERIES! THEY ARE THE BACK BENDS! YOU DON'T NEED MORE!

Well, if your Urdvha Mukha Svanasana looks like mine, I guarantee you that this is definitely NOT a back bending, this is just an attempt to stretch the front of the body that in most cases is only compressing your lower back and cervical spine.

So yes, my suggestion is definitely to start working on the back bends of the second series as soon as possible.

I prepare them using the foam roller and the Pilates ball.

Move the body the way it makes sense to you.