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Medicine Festival Explores Yoga Nidra, Kinesiology Claims

8/19/2026

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The Medicine festival at Wasing Estate gathered alternative-therapy practitioners worldwide to explore body-mind practices.
Mylène of Strasbourg said kinesiology reads muscular responses to locate and correct imbalances.
Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network, led a Yoga Nidra session describing it as a state that calms the nervous system and aids digestion and menstrual cycles.
Organizers acknowledged that scientific evidence on mind-body health is mixed and many claims remain contested.

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The Medicine festival at Wasing Estate gathered alternative-therapy practitioners worldwide to explore body-mind practices.
Mylène of Strasbourg said kinesiology reads muscular responses to locate and correct imbalances.
Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network, led a Yoga Nidra session describing it as a state that calms the nervous system and aids digestion and menstrual cycles.
Organizers acknowledged that scientific evidence on mind-body health is mixed and many claims remain contested.