RESEARCH PROVES THAT YOGA IS AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR PTSD In a study by van der Kolk and others (2013) 64 women with treatment resistant PTSD were randomly divided into two groups. One group was assigned 10 weekly classes of …
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Yoga and Trauma
Yoga changes physiology and is great for mental health, including trauma. There are now many scientific articles proving the efficacy of yoga for different ailments “Types of medical conditions have included psychopathological (e.g. depression, anxiety), cardiovascular (e.g. hypertension, heart disease), …
Yoga and Trauma
For me yoga is a form of self-care. When I am on the yoga mat, I slow down. I re-connect to my body and my breath. While I am on the mat, there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, …