Chez Sara - Lifeskills & Yoga

The ‘Skills for life’ project of the World Health Organization (WHO, 1994) proposes to improve well-being and psycho-social health through the learning of skills (lifeskills) useful for managing emotions and social relationships.

Through Yoga we prepare our mind to know ourselves and our body better as to be ready to work on the life skills and become more aware and able to change habits, not only linked to the way of acting, but also to the way of thinking and approaching.

Each session will begin with a yoga practice with Gaia, at the end of which there will be a short 10-minute break, followed by a discussion of the lifeskill approached led by Dr. Barada - Pharmacologist specializing in addictions.

If you are ready to put yourself out there or simply want to gain more knowledge, we are waiting for you in a family atmosphere surrounded by the greenery of Florence, just a stone's throw away from the city center.

We meet every Wednesday from 6.30pm to 8pm starting from February 7 in via Susini, 22 Florence, 50125 (Viale Michelangelo area).

There is the possibility of participating to a single session or purchasing a monthly package.

Cost of a single session equal to €35

Cost of a monthly package equal to €120

Don't forget to bring your yoga mat!

To book, WA Sara: +39/3917997160

Lifeskills:

Coping with stress

Coping with emotions

Interpersonal relationship skills

Critical thinking

Effective communication skills

Empathy

Decision making

Problem solving

Self-awareness building skills

Creative thinking

Who are our professionals?

Gaia Leonori

Mother of family, entrepreneur, and Yoga teacher.

Graduated from Pharmacy school, after having 2 children at the age of 24 and 26, she began practicing Yoga in 2007 and Iyengar Yoga in 2008, while working with her husband in family business.

She founded her Brand VERDEROCCIA in 2019, the year in which she also graduated as an Iyengar Yoga Teacher with Gabriella Giubilaro, in whose school she teaches till today.

Today she works on the family project to pursue a century-old tradition of luxury linen, carrying forward the values of craftsmanship that distinguish her country and the city in which she has chosen to live, Florence.

She continues her passion for yoga which helps her create the foundation for a day full of life.

Sana Barada, www.sanafirenze.com

Dr. Sana Barada is a clinical pharmacist from American University with a doctorate in applied pharmacology and pharmacovigilance. In 2012, she attended the International Program on Addiction Studies, IPAS, a master's degree participated by Virginia Commonwealth University, King's College London, the University of Adelaide, and recommended by NIDA, the American National Institute on Drug Abuse. Over the years she has conceived and developed a series of particularly significant initiatives and projects, also presented to the WHO (World Health Organization), with the United Nations, the Italian Cooperation in Lebanon, and various NGOs, operating both in Italy and in the Middle East. She has been working as a freelancer since 2015, helping people with problems related to various addictions, such as substances, food, emotional, electronics addictions, etc. She is a registered pharmacist at the order of pharmacists in Lebanon, as well as her qualification to the profession has been recognized by the Italian Ministry of Health and Florentine order of pharmacists. She speaks three languages perfectly: English, Italian, Arabic together with French and has a scholastic knowledge of German. She is a speaker at conferences in the field of addictions, eating disorders and public health. She is the author of the book 'Leggera e Invisibile' with the Pesciolinorosso foundation and scientific publications in national magazines. She has achieved international recognition for her scientific contributions.

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