Improving mental health through movement in physical postures, or asanas, of yoga
This Mental Health Foundation has dubbed 13-19 May as Mental Health Awareness Week. Since 1949...
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How Yoga Therapy Can Help Those With Mental Health Disorders.
How many people will have a mental health disorder in their lifetime? Tragically, a new...
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Does Yoga Have A Place In CBT?
Yoga’s value in significantly improving mental health is increasingly appreciated by the health services; this includes both...
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Can Yoga Therapy Support Increased Demand on the NHS?
It’s been impossible to ignore; health services around the world have been facing immense pressures...
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Polyvagal Theory and Depression: Rethinking Mental Health Through the Nervous System
“Polyvagal theory” was introduced in 1994 by Stephen Porges, director of the Brain-Body Center at...
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Evidence Suggests Yoga Boosts Mood by Increasing GABA Brain Activity
A recent study tentatively adds to the growing evidence that suggests yoga exerts its mood-boosting...
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The immediate and durable effects of yoga and physical fitness exercises on stress
When looking at ways to help college or university students reduce stress and anxiety, yoga...
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The practicability and relevance of developing a yoga intervention for mental health consumers: A qualitative study
Australia looked at how patients, staff and yoga teachers viewed the use of yoga with...
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It’s Okay to Not Be Okay – World Mental Health Day 2018
Our business coordinator, Tom, talks about mental health, suicide, seeking help, and what you can...
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How Can Yoga Therapy Help With Depression?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression recently overtook lower respiratory disease as the...
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Mindfulness for Dermatological Conditions
by Nicole Schnackenberg www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The psychological/emotional underpinnings and ramifications of suffering from various skin conditions...
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Clean Eating Versus Orthorexia: Our Responsibility as a Yoga Community
People who practice yoga are also known to be more likely to exercise discernment in...
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Mindfulness for Suicidality
Suicide is the intentional ending of one’s own life. It is a serious and growing...
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Heather Mason’s Speech at the House of Commons on 27th June to Discuss Yoga in the NHS
Yesterday evening, Heather Mason addressed the House of Commons, where over 100 other leaders in yoga,...
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Yoga Therapy for Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic, lifelong condition. There are 2.5 million people diagnosed with diabetes in...
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Clarity Within the Haze: The Benefits of Yoga and Meditation for Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias.
Alzheimer’s UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, launched Yoga for Alzheimer’s early this year,...
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Working Psychotherapeutically with Grief-Fuelled Depression
Whilst we all have days when we would rather stay in bed, depression is an...
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Halasana in the Hospital: Yoga to be Offered to NHS Staff
Back in September of last year, Simon Stevens, NHS England’s chief executive, pledged to launch...
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Exploring the Benefits of Yoga for Skin Disease
The skin is our largest organ. It acts as a waterproof, insulating shield to protect...
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Om Yoga Show, London 2013 and upcoming CPD courses for 2014
It was lovely to see Heather, Elizabeth (pictured) and other TMI friends at the Om...
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