ASU researchers study impact of yoga on PTSD

Yoga can help with the grieving process, too.

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Jennifer Huberty, associate professor in the  ASU School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, is especially passionate about the matter after delivering her stillborn daughter at full-term four years ago. She sought healing and peace through yoga.

“Yoga is about being embodied, present, compassionate and expressing gratitude. It’s about having a relationship with the self and just 'being,'” Huberty said. “The principals that you learn on the mat and the relationship you build with the self enrich the life you live off of the mat.”

For the complete article:  https://asunews.asu.edu/20150122-yoga-post-traumatic-stress-syndrome