Yoga for Mental Health
Why is Yoga good for mental health? You have often heard of yoga helping with balance, but this isn’t just physical. The philosophy of yoga embodies the idea of balance, mentally and emotionally as well as physically. There are specific asanas and sequences that help us find equilibrium when we are feeling overly stirred up or anxious (rajasic), or heavy and potentially depressed (tamasic). Why we are not advocating for people to turn to yoga over medical care, when yoga offe