Yoga could help those who suffer from anorexia nervosa, bulimia or binge eating disorder. Research in the field is increasingly advanced and yoga, as well as meditation, could prove to be an interesting complementary treatment.

You will learn :

• Risk factors for eating disorders and how food intake is regulated by the brain

• Current evidence for how yoga may impact interoception, self-image, and severity of eating disorder symptoms

• How to modify practices for those suffering from ED

The effects of yoga on stress have long been proven. However, we can wonder if yoga works on pathological stresses - acute stress, chronic stress, anxiety, post-traumatic stress.

You will learn :

• Risk factors as well as the neurophysiological functioning of simple and complex trauma

• The real effectiveness of yoga on trauma

• How to adapt practices to people suffering from post-traumatic stress

Empathy is our ability to understand the emotions and cognitive mechanisms of other human beings. It can be more or less developed depending on the individual. Certain yoga practices would increase the level of empathy and compassion when faced with the suffering of others.

You will learn :

• The neuro-cognitive mechanisms of empathy, its limits and their factors

• Current evidence for how yoga and meditation could change our levels of empathy

Among the attention disorders we include: attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) but also depression or anxiety disorders for which attentional capacities are greatly reduced. Yoga and meditation are said to have dramatic effects on our ability to concentrate. For people - adults and children - suffering from attention disorders, yoga and mediation could be good complementary treatments.

You will learn :

• Cognitive mechanisms of attention and their dysfunctions in attention disorders

• Environmental factors that harm our attention

• The real and comparative effectiveness of different yoga and meditation techniques on attention

Anxiety and depression are the most common mental disorders in the general population with 21% of people affected during their lifetime for anxiety and 15 to 20% for depression.

These are also the disorders a for which yoga has proven itself the most.

You will learn :

• The proven effects of yoga and meditation on anxiety and depression

• Ways to adapt the practice to people suffering from these pathologies

Yoga is a physical and spiritual practice that suffers from an esoteric image partly linked to a lot of misinformation. In this two-hour panel Camille Teste and Jonathan Rosenthal will present the different myths circulating in the world of yoga and how to protect yourself from them.

In particular, you will deconstruct:

• Kinesiophobia or fear of movement

• The limits of neuroplasticity

• The polyvagal theory

• Myths around women's health

Yoga therapy refers to all the tools of yoga - postures, breathing techniques, mental techniques - adapted to different mental health subjects: eating disorders, trauma, neurodegenerative diseases. It sometimes involves the use of props.

This practice can serve as a therapeutic complement in the management of mental health problems: eating disorders, post-traumatic stress, etc.

In these workshops we have a methodical and playful approach to postures. The postures are performed using supports - bricks, cushions, ropes - to stay for a long time and understand where your body is located in space. You are guided in your alignment and you have time to feel each part of your body - legs, hips, chest.

This practice allows you to strengthen yourself, to become more flexible, to appropriate the postures and to re-appropriate your body.

Pranayamas are breathing techniques that increase your breathing capacity, strengthen your autonomic nervous system and allow you to better manage your emotions. They are also tools for modulating consciousness.

During the week you will learn three breathing techniques to take home with you to find calm at any time of the day.

Meditation is the art of becoming familiar with one's consciousness and its different states. When practiced regularly, it brings us more lucidity and enthusiasm in the face of complex everyday situations.

During the week you learn to train different states of consciousness through several mental techniques - self-compassion, compassion, mindfulness and focused attention. We also explain their effects on your brain.

This practice is a sequence of 75 postures synchronized with deep breathing. Everything is codified: breath count, gaze points, body alignment in postures. It’s like a mediation in movement that allows us to get into the flow every morning, concentrated and relaxed.

This is an excellent practice for training attention.

Claire Gardie, historian and owner of Claude Monet's former house in Vétheuil, knows the Vexin and its history like the back of her hand. She takes you on a 1.5 hour guided historical walk in the footsteps of artists from the banks of the Seine.

Leaning against the chalk cliff since the Middle Ages, this ancient fortress has been transformed over the centuries, elegantly confronting architectural styles. From the medieval keep to the 18th century stables, from the first troglodyte spaces to the vegetable garden and the English garden, from the state rooms to the casemates designed by Rommel, the castle offers you a strange journey through time.

Full price: 9 euros

Laetitia Reversat is a yoga teacher and wellness massage practitioner. It offers deep massages, specially designed for yogis for muscle relaxation, leg drainage and deep relaxation. By reservation Tuesday and Friday afternoon (2 p.m. to 5 p.m.);

65€ / 1 hour or 35€ / 30 min Massage

The avenues of trees and the swans will make you want to read a book on the banks of the Seine or contemplate the ducks. The most motivated will turn to the route des Crêtes path, which overlooks, on one side, the loops of the Seine, and on the other, the Vexin natural park.

Summer in Vexin is the best season to go on an adventure on the Epte with your canoe-kayak. Departure and return to Saint-Clair-sur-Epte.

2 hours of navigation: 25 euros.