Welcome to our 10th episode of ‘Reach Minds - Thoughts for Your Life’s Journey’ podcast.

In this podcast, I am joined today by Anji Gopal, a back care expert and founder of the Back Care Foundation. We explore the mind-body connection and the need to address the root causes of physical and mental discomfort, offering simple wisdom for better health. We also discuss viewing our body as a vessel that needs maintenance and care, and developing daily practices that incorporate gratitude, breathing, and movement.

In this podcast, we pose the following questions on simple wisdom for better health:

1. Why do we need Simple Wisdom? The world is getting more complex, and people like us are delving deeper into science and meaning.
2. What does Better Health ACTUALLY mean? How do we know what better health is?
3. How do you combine your work as an Osteopath and a Yoga Teacher to address the body and the somatic health impact on the mind?
4. Don’t we need lots of time to find better health? No! Small things, done with regularity, consistency, and commitment can be really powerful. (I think it’s important to discuss this somewhere - we want to debunk the myth that only acrobatics and thin women can achieve better health.)
5. Can you give some examples of Simple Wisdom for Better Health?
6. What insights or pearls of wisdom do you want to leave people with?

Anji's work focuses on using yoga-based practices as an evidence-informed way to achieve better health for patients, students, and organisations. Over the last 15 years, she has built clinical expertise in Yoga for Back Care, having run an innovative yoga-based program for chronic back pain patients in a London hospital. As an ex-banking professional, she understands that time is often short, but believes in the power of simple, practical, and powerful techniques to support our health. From this, Simple Wisdom for Better Health was born.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Website www.backcarefoundation.com

Telegraph article https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/wellbeing/stress/stress-back-pain-exercises-to-fix-it/

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anji-gopal-630827182

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/backcarefoundation/

https://www.facebook.com/backcarefoundation

Newsletter sign up: (Website) anji@backcarefoundation.com

Do you want other articles on simple ways to find calm https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/30-simple-ticks-banishing-stress-body-3047738

Osteopathy Today https://backcarefoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Anji-Gopal-Autumn-OT-2022.pdf