This Is Your Brain on Yoga

Love to keep seeing the benefits of yoga being reported in the news!

https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/what-yoga-does-your-brain-ncna794531?utm_content=bufferb1009&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Yoga for Stress and Anxiety

The primary reason I decided to give yoga a try was for help managing my anxiety.  Boy, has it helped!  And it looks like I'm not the only one!

https://www.yogauonline.com/yogau-wellness-blog/yoga-for-depression-and-anxiety-got-anxiety-how-yoga-practice-can-help

Military Veterans bring Yoga to Fellow Vets

Another news article about yoga!  This one details how military veterans and their families are being trained to bring yoga to fellow veterans suffering from PTSD and other effects of war.  

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2017/05/27/combatting-years-of-wartime-trauma-with-a-different-sort-of-warrior-pose/?utm_term=.058a9d86f628

Yoga Helps At-Risk Girls Cope with Trauma, Georgetown Law Report Finds

My son is a rising sophomore at Georgetown University.  The school's monthly newsletter highlighted a recent yoga study conducted by Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality  Makes my heart happy to know that trauma-informed yoga instructors can bring a sense of peace and healthier self-esteem to these girls.

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/press-releases/yoga-helps-at-risk-girls.cfm

More About Yin

This is a rather in-depth article (at least for me!), but I found it very informative as a Yin teacher and practitioner.

https://medium.com/@satiJen/how-yin-yoga-affects-connective-tissue-70ba3867cb23