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The Benefits and Drawbacks of Therapeutic Writing
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Is Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Right for Me? What It’s All About
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A Set of Grief Exercises for Continuous Healing
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Exploring the “Vagus” Strip: Why the Vagus Nerve is Key to Mental Health
Photo by Jacob Stone on Unsplash Step Up For Mental Health · Article: Exploring the Vagus Strip What’s This "Vagus Strip" All About? The vagus nerve is more than a nerve that catches and releases Read More
Undo the Taboo: Erase ‘Proper’ Grief
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A Routine to Help You Rise Through Grief
Caging the Open Heart Our hearts are caged in bones. When we are sad, the concave shape that our shoulders and chest create forms a heavy layer that hinders our health and well-being. Inflammation Read More
Walking Meditation and the Intersection
Beginning in Stillness If you’re living, do something, my mind whispered, as I studied the tub's diverter valve. What 13-year-old thinks of taking a bath? It continued. But my body was craving a Read More
Why Bodyfulness Matters to the Mind
A Child's Worry It felt like there were two hearts in my body: one heart in my chest and the other in my throat. We were on our way home from a store off the main highway. From the back of my Read More
