In the physical practice of yoga, our approach to the body becomes expansive and poetic. We allow our awareness to drop deep inside by considering the body to be a vast landscape, or even a universe unto itself, replete with the pull of physical forces and the interactions of elements. In various postures (asana) different parts of the body become stable as other parts become fluid; the vinyasa …
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Post-Traumatic Growth
Psychologists have long studied resilience— the ability to bounce back and move on. But post-traumatic growth, which has been documented in hundreds of studies, is different; it’s what happens when trauma changes and deepens life’s meaning – not everyone experiences growth after trauma. In recent years, psychologists have studied survivors of cancer, war, and terrorist attacks and found that …
The Science behind Yoga and Stress
What does bending your body into yoga poses do to your brain chemistry and nerve connections? Every time we are ‘holding’ a posture, staying very still to concentrate or trying to balance, our logical brain is being activated. This is partly why yoga seems to have a positive effect on depression and anxiety, where sufferers have a tendency to dwell on negative life events. Stronger connections …