What & who is Greenstonebodymind ?
Greenstonebodymind website has been set up to try and help people become the best versions of themselves, wherever they might currently find themselves in life.
It is place where people can find information to enhance their general mental and physical health/wellbeing through self-care mind and body practices that will empower them to deal with their symptoms, the causes, help in their state of mind, energy levels, mental health etc
It has been set up and run by Brian Ewen and Evi Dimitriadou who also are the founders of Yoga Therapy Greece which is a leading Yoga Therapy Training School in Europe offering a IAYT Accredited 800 hours Yoga Therapy program as well as private and online Yoga Therapy sessions to individuals and groups.
The site is also the home of Greenstone Tai Chi & Qigong
Who is Brian Ewen ?
Brian has been studying Tai Chi & Qigong since 1986 and teaching these arts for over 30 years. He is also certified in Acupressure from the London school of Shiatsu and is a qualified Yoga Therapist. He is the founder of Greenstone Tai chi & Qigong and joint founder and School Director of Yoga Therapy Greece School.
When he first started studying Tai Chi he soon realized some of the many benefits and the great potential found within both Tai Chi and Qigong, and from those early days he has committed myself to regular practice, continuous learning in order to obtain a deeper understanding of what is behind these arts and what makes them so effective as a healing modality for the body, the mind and spirit.
Over time I have learnt with various teachers and masters but found his main Tai Chi teacher Master Alex Dong in 1998 and he has studied Tai Chi with him ever since. He has travelled extensively around Europe, to America and China to attend numerous workshops and has made this his a life study. He gives lessons in Tai Chi and Qigong in groups and privately in England, Croatia and Europe.
Since meeting his now wife Evi Dimitriadou he has broadened his studies into Yoga Therapy, and it is from these studies that he has been able to gain a better insite and understanding of the medical applications of Tai chi and Qigong incorporating them as appropriate with yoga therapy and other methods.
Who is Evi Dimitriadou ?
Evi is a Certified Yoga Therapist by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT), a Physiotherapy graduate from Manchester University, is doing a Master’s Degree in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mental Health Conditions at King’s College London and is a Yoga Therapy Educator, program director and joint founder of Yoga Therapy Greece,
In addition to the Yoga Therapy Training for Yoga Teachers, she gives 1-2-1 Yoga Therapy Sessions, Yoga Therapy to groups and Yoga Therapy workshops to health professionals such as physiotherapists and psychotherapists.
Besides having given more than 4000 hours of Yoga Therapy Studies and Yoga Therapy Workshops she has given more than 2000 private yoga therapy sessions in Athens and London for: Mental Health, Musculoskeletal issues, Auto Immune disorders, Digestive problems, Womens health issues, Cardio-respiratory conditions and immune challenges such as HIV and Cancer.
Evi loves to give personalized yoga therapy sessions since she sees the great effect on mind and body and their shift to their best version of themselves.
She also loves to teach yoga therapy, seeing the students/yoga teachers personal and professional transformation to great yoga therapists and happier and healthier people.
She strongly believes in the power of research and the importance in integrating sciences such as Physiotherapy, Psychology and Neuroscience, Medicine, Nutrition with ancient wisdom such as Yoga and Yoga Therapy.
Her thesis in Physiotherapy was about integrating Yoga Therapy elements in Physiotherapy and her thesis in Psychology and Neuroscience will be the Integration of these with Yoga Therapy.