Ewa Pytel-Bartnik

From the first moments of working with my body – with movement and breath – I felt that this was exactly the activity I was looking for. My body relaxed on a completely different level and I became calmer, more focused and more efficient over time. When it turned out that long years of undiagnosed stage 4 endometriosis stood in the way of my motherhood, it was yoga with elements of therapy that helped me through life’s difficult moments, but most importantly postponed my next surgery, minimising the discomfort from the endometriosis. After starting yoga, and also a specialised diet, consistent with the concept of Traditional Chinese Medicine, supplementation, herbs, as natural therapies for endometriosis, I experienced an incredible improvement in my quality of life: complete cessation of menstrual pain, support of the digestive system, weight loss, improvement in overall quality of life. After this positive experience of changing my life, my diet, and working with my body, which until then had been a source of sadness and suffering for me, I decided to share my new experience other women. In 2018, after the success of the first yoga workshop on women’s health from the perspective of Iyangara yoga – “The female cycle and yoga” – I initiated, in cooperation with Poznan holistic therapists Magdalena Wisniewska and Małgorzata Tomaszewska-Cichocka, a series of consecutive stationary events under the motto “Endometriosis – the art of living with yoga and diet/acupuncture”, in which ladies from Poznań, Wielkopolska, as well as Warsaw, Krakow, Wrocław, Konin, Kalisz, Świebodzin and Zbąszyń participated.