Yoga for Mental Health: Just how does yoga help mental health and what techniques can one use to improve their own?
Yoga Tips, Meditation Tips, Mindfulness Apple Tranova Yoga Tips, Meditation Tips, Mindfulness Apple Tranova

Yoga for Mental Health: Just how does yoga help mental health and what techniques can one use to improve their own?

October 10th is World Mental Health Day. As part of Mental Health Awareness Day, we want to promote awareness, combat stigmatization, and encourage people to seek treatment. In the United States alone, 1 in 5 people suffer from mental illness. It's time we had an honest dialogue about it without any prejudice.

A number of studies indicate that yoga can help with stress, anxiety, and depression. Yoga is a practice that involves controlled, physical movements, breath-work combined with meditation. Practicing breath exercise and regular body stretching can help relieve symptoms of depression, including insomnia, self-confidence.

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“Am I Doing It Right?” Or, Why Yoga Students Can Stop Worrying and Love the Process
Thoughts, Yoga Tips, Meditation Tips Erika Fritz Thoughts, Yoga Tips, Meditation Tips Erika Fritz

“Am I Doing It Right?” Or, Why Yoga Students Can Stop Worrying and Love the Process

Yoga students sometimes have question, “am I doing it right?” We all want to be “right,” but this question alone could actually be the one thing that stands between you and a more skilled practice. Rather than rehearsing worries or anxiety on our mats, we could experience our own true nature- that is the ultimate goal of yoga!

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