MIND

Yoga helps with depression and anxiety.

Depression and anxiety come hand in hand with trauma, more so than others. A steady yoga practice can be effective in improving mental health and allowing both depression and anxiety to be reduced and even controlled. Harvard University article, yoga helps in regulating a person’s stress response.

Yoga strengthens memory and improves concentration.

Moment by moment, day by day.. ever heard.. the struggle is real. It is with those recovering from trauma, alcoholism, and many more dysfunctions that do not allow us to function throughout the day. Dharana is the practice of concentration. Facing East’s teachers specialize in bringing lessons of concentration more tangible.

Yoga improves mental and psychological well-being.

Stress is everywhere. Those in the middle of PTSD, having a panic attack, and not feeling comfortable in their skin promote stress. Yoga assists in creating skills to combat negative and overthinking.

Yoga reduces the effects of traumatic experiences.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is real. Trauma is real. Training or Retraining our minds through different modalities of yoga create new pathways in the brain to relieve symptoms of trauma.