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Why Yoga Works

By KC Content Team

This has been an exciting time for yoga research, as more studies emerge that continue to shed light on how yoga is effective in alleviating many mental and physical health problems.

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Kelly McGonigal Flow Yoga Practice

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Kelly McGonigal
2014
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Yoga for Pain Relief | Kelly McGonigal | Talks at Google

It's no secret that yoga increases muscular flexibility and strength, but you may not know that yoga is a proven treatment for back pain, knee pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other chronic pain conditions.

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Kelly McGonigal
2010
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Stanford Psychologist Reveals One Change That Will Dramatically Improve Your Life | Kelly McGonigal

On this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Dr. Kelly McGonigal explains how to change your emotional states through physical movement, and also explains why movement has such a strong effect on the brain.

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Kelly McGonigal
2020
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Awakening the Heart - The Practice of Inner Transformation with Thich Nhat Hanh

What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. It is the continuous practice of touching life deeply in every moment of daily life. To be mindful is to be truly alive, present and at one with those around you and with what you are doing.

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Thich Nhat Hanh
2013
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Half Sun Salutation with Seane Corn

In this video, Los Angeles-based yoga instructor Seane Corn demonstrates sun salutation, a key movement that can easily allow you to practice linking your breath to your body to feel more centered.

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Seane Corn
2011
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Attend and Befriend: Healing the Fear Body - Tara Brach

Our fear management strategies - versions of fight/flight - contract our body and mind, and separate us from others. As we learn to pause and contact the bodily fear with a gentle, mindful awareness, our sense of being enlarges. We rediscover our belonging to presence, love and life.

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Tara Brach
2012
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Body, Spirit, and Democracy

Body, Spirit and Democracy addresses how can we, of different ethical values, spiritual commitments, and ethnic backgrounds, work together to create a more humane world.

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Don Hanlon Johnson
1994
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Bone, Breath, and Gesture: Practices of Embodiment

This book is a collection of writings on principles and techniques by the pioneers of bodywork and body awareness disciplines. Together, they represent a historical record of the field of somatics.

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Don Hanlon Johnson
1995
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Diverse Bodies, Diverse Practices: Toward an Inclusive Somatics

The notion of “body” that underlies most available writings about somatic theories and practices often assumes a universal normality of structure and function that has now come into question.

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Don Hanlon Johnson (Editor)
2018
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Yoga and Psychotherapy: The Evolution of Consciousness

For thousands of years, yoga has offered what Western therapists seek to provide today: a way to achieve the total health of body, mind, emotions, and spirit.

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Swami Rama, Swami Ajaya, Rudolph Ballentine
1976
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