I’m a huge fan of yoga. I routinely prescribe it, for everything from back pain to insomnia. My love for yoga is personal, but it’s also professional. And the best part? It’s backed up by a whole lot of research.
Here are some of the ways yoga can make you healthier and happier:
1. Yoga can help treat depression.
There are many reasons yoga is a wonderful adjunctive or alternative therapy for depression. It’s stress-relieving, promotes mindfulness, and is a good form of exercise—strategies known to improve depression.
If you're headed to BlissDom Canada this year, you're probably getting pretty excited.
You might also be freaking out just a little.
Or, a lot.
For many of us, conferences can be stressful and exhausting. It might be the travel issue, the awkward moments of trying to remember someone's name, the stress of trying to fit everything in to a compressed chunk of time. Maybe you’re dreading leaving your kids for a few days (both a stressor and a stress-reliever, in my book...but maybe that’s just me).
If you’re a mom, you’ve got stress. I know. It’s a stressful season of life. But...does that mean there’s nothing you can do about it? Do you just lie there and take it?
Heck, no.
Many patients tell me they’re stressed. When I ask them what they’re doing to cope, people often shrug. Or look at me blankly. What can I do? they ask, rhetorically. I’m juggling so many things, my days are a crammed mess...but there’s nothing I can do about it.
Personally, I am a big fan of sleep. I haven't been getting as much of it, lately, as I'd like (my 18-month-old only recently started sleeping through the night)...and, frankly, it sucks.
