Today in our #yogatherapy for #anxiety program, we talked about consistent practice and staying accountable for the personal practices to regulate the nervous system. Too often I see claims on social media that one yoga pose, one practice, one ten minute breathing session will release trauma, even generational trauma. This sets people up for disappointment when they attempt a practice or set of practices that “don’t work”. Our brains and nervous systems have a foundation of reactions, responses

In yoga therapy, we see the connection of three body and mind as we move through the subtle bodies to elicit change. Our thoughts can be habits: internal messages that we have now learned to use towards ourselves in times of stress. We can notice our thoughts with compassion, and begin to react less to them partially by using the body…by moving and breathing in ways that bring us back to regulation, in finding a relationship with the body that supports calmness of the mind, or even using mantra,

Whoa! So inspiring from the folks at Insider. | Yoga International

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