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Yoga: The Antidote for These Times
Author(s) -
Ovissi Maryam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world medical and health policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1948-4682
DOI - 10.1002/wmh3.373
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , mental health , psychology , posttraumatic stress , psychotherapist , medicine , psychiatry , disease , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Yoga is a therapeutic tool that can address secondary trauma, such as that brought on by our collective experience with COVID‐19. There are things that we can do now to help mitigate the current spate of dysregulation associated with the pandemic. Supporting mental health well‐being is essential during this time. As we are now in the midst of collective trauma, it seems appropriate to bring yoga back to help us deal with what is called secondary traumatic stress. Yoga‐inspired tools can support you in your journey through COVID‐19 and also help you to navigate re‐entry into your life as we begin to emerge from the pandemic.