Tag: depression

5 Lessons Yoga Taught Me About Healing from Trauma

I hate to talk about what you’re about to read. I hate to even think about it. While I have told some people over the past few years, I haven’t even told some of my closest friends yet. I’ve been living with a dark secret, but I’m finally ready to share it publicly. I think…
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How to Reprogram Your Mind for Happiness

Your thoughts become your reality. Recurring negative thought patterns can lead to an unhappy life, but it’s simple to reprogram your mind for happiness. When we’re anxious about something or when we’re replaying past experiences it’s easy to repeat fears, worries and negative thoughts over and over in our minds. Negative thinking habits are interconnected…
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5 Types of Meditation to Balance Your Emotions

Yoga and Mental Health Series My journey to becoming a yoga teacher was largely influenced by my struggles with mental health and recovery through yoga. For this series of blog posts, I’m writing within the topic of mental health. Living with anxiety and depression since childhood and post traumatic stress disorder in my early 20s,…
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Stopping the Stigma of Mental Illness

Yoga and Mental Health Series If you’ve read my “about” page, then you know a combination of mental health issues and recovering through yoga is what led me to become a yoga teacher. For the next few blog posts, I’m going to be writing within the topic of mental health. Living with anxiety and depression…
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Prescription Drugs vs. Yoga as Treatment for Depression

  Millions of people around the world suffer from depression each day. In fact, major depressive disorder (MDD) is the leading cause of disability in the United States for people ages 15 to 44. [1. “Facts & Statistics | Anxiety and Depression Association of America.” Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ADAA. ADAA, n.d. Web.]…
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