Yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion. It is the most valuable inheritance of the present. It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow.
-Swami Satyananda Saraswati-
It’s an incredibly effective stress management tool as it reminds your mind and body how to function in a relaxed and rested way. While other forms of relaxation are amazing, in Yoga Nidra you’re not only releasing tension in the body, you’re also releasing accumulated tensions in the mind, which is really where stress begins.
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.
“The Cost of Hidden Stress”, provides answers to these and other important questions about the effect of the mind-body link on illness and health and the role that stress and one’s individual emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.
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