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29 Aug

August 29, 2022March 28, 2023yogahealthfoundationadmin Others

How Mental Health Affects Parent-Child Connection

The early life phase of children is essential for their cognitive, emotional, social, and behavioral development. In their growing years, it is equally important for parents to take care of their own mental health in order to positively impact their little ones.

In recent years, studies have discovered that 18.2 percent of parents suffer from mental illness and 3.8 percent of parents suffer from chronic mental issues. Children who are exposed to these parental mental health problems are of growing concern as their caretakers lose themselves in this battle of their minds.

HOW PARENTS SHOW SYMPTOMS

Parents’ psychological problems may lead to negative parenting behaviors, lack of attention to children’s needs, or increased dysfunction within the home. Mental illnesses can in turn cause a myriad of physical health problems which can be exhausting on both the parent and the kid. Cases of abuse are not rare as parents dive deep into frustration, feeling helpless.

With chronic mental illness, parents may grow unable to step up and perform their duties as functioning adults – failing to provide a safe and secure growing environment for their kids.

HOW CHILDREN INTERNALIZE PARENTAL ISSUES

Toddlers are sensitive to changes, be it, physical, internal, or behavioral. Growing up with a disturbed parent can cause the kid to isolate themselves at school, struggle with concentration and maintaining friendships, and develop unhealthy coping mechanisms.

As adults, they also might live with the constant fear of turning out to be like their parents which can cause several other emotional problems. They may also harbor physical health problems.

It really is a cycle. In order to prevent mental health issues from disrupting healthy parenting and childhood, it is important that:

The child has someone to talk to – a guardian, friend, or therapist, to process their feelings.
The child has not been kept in the dark about their parent’s illness, but rather duly informed.
The parent is seeking the right help for their diagnosis and is transparent with their child about it.
There are sufficient boundaries laid between the parent and child so as to maintain a healthy long-term connection.

Established in Vancouver, Canada, the Yoga Health Expo 2022 will be a one-day festival celebrating the joys of good well-being through a holistic approach to the Yogic way of life including Yoga, Veganism, and Vegetarianism in our lifestyle. The celebration shall welcome famous yoga teachers Vancouver, interactive yoga classes Vancouver and a platform for vegan products and vegan food Vancouver.

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24 Jul

July 24, 2022March 28, 2023yogahealthfoundationadmin Others

7 WAYS TO KICK ANXIETY OUT

Anxiety has been a part of our lives forever as it has been used for ages to help us protect from dangers. Our brain has been designed over millions of years to help us survive and defend against the threat. It’s actually a great capability of the rain, without it most of us wouldn’t even be getting outside of our homes, walking on pathways, driving, conducting business, or doing anything for that matter. But we don’t need that level of triggering of brain chemicals that we needed hundreds of years ago to protect ourselves and our families from dangerous wild animals or to hunt for a living.

In today’s world, we don’t have to deal with similar threats but still, anxiety is overpowering our life. The adrenaline rush, clinching in the stomach, dizziness and nausea are common symptoms we all go through before we have some fearful or undesirable situation to face.

If Anxiety is troubling you once in a while, it’s ok but if it’s overtaking your life and making you miserable then certainly it needs to be fixed. But how? How can we fix something which seems to be an automatic response? These were exactly my questions when I first started to experience anxiety.

There are some common psychological patterns that we all follow which make us feel good or bad. I am not condemning some serious chemical disturbances which lead to an anxiety disorder or acute anxiety situations. Since I myself have been suffering from it, I do know it’s no joke. It really is very frustrating and can lead to depression. Medical help is needed in severe cases but that is not the solution. Our thinking patterns, extreme stress, overly competitiveness, low self-esteem, guilt, and emotional abuse are some of the many reasons for acute anxiety.

I figured out major breakthrough points if focused or implemented can help a lot with your anxiety.

Here’s How You Can Be Anxiety Free

Don’t Run Away from It!

Anxiety is never going to kill you. It’s not a deadly disease so first of all don’t look at this as one. The more you get afraid of having anxiety or panic attacks the more your brain will trigger it again. So, when the episode comes, just focus on your breath and become mindful of your being alive. As long as you are breathing, you are not going to die even though it appears scary like hell with heart palpitations and dizziness. You simply “Welcome Anxiety”. let it work on your body, but you just focus on your breath. When you know you are alive and nothing can kill you, you are giving signals to your brain to be “Fearless” which means the brain doesn’t find it relevant to continue sending anxiety signals to you, and eventually, anxiety fades away.

Remember, the brain is not your enemy, it’s your friend, you just need to know the ways to make it work for you. The brain simply passes on anxiety or panic signals by taking commands from your subconscious mind to protect you. So, you can exactly reverse the process through the conscious mind.

Look for the Reasons.

Why is it happening even in the first place? What is triggering that? Am I doing something wrong? What am I so afraid of? Ask, Ask and Ask.

When you will ask, you will get answers. Self-Introspection is majorly important if you are suffering from regular anxiety. I figured out from my own introspection that I suffer anxiety due to high expectations from myself in majorly every department of my life. Also adding up was my loneliness after the failed marriage and facing tougher and more stressful situations in a new country.

Highly driven people also usually attract anxiety and depression as they don’t want to leave behind others in the competitive world. So, what are your reasons? Find them out. For self-awareness, one needs to be real to “The Self”. No fear of judgments. Be detached and see yourself as a being who is not flawless. Once you figure out what makes you fearful or desperate, you will know how to replace that with better positive and healing thoughts.

Start to Live in “The Present”

All we really have in this life truly are the moments. So far, we have lived millions of moments, some of them full of joy and some with sorrow. But they are already gone and what greets you is “a new moment” right now right here. Each and every moment is inevitable. If we pay attention to the inevitability of each moment, we will be living it fully rather than clinging to the pains of past experiences. What keeps on letting living in fear is our past experiences or future expectations. We are really never living this moment with utmost pleasure as we are either living in past memories or future dreams and we miss most of the present.

Be in tune with the Universe

Everything is this Universe happening for us and not against us. Trusting the fact that life brings a series of challenges for us to grow mentally, emotionally, and

logically along the journey of our lives. We are interlinked deeply with Universe and sometimes moving with the flow is the best for our mental health as it opens us to the new experiences and dimensions of our own hidden personalities.

How would we learn to care, share and be compassionate to others if we ourselves don’t suffer? When we let the Universe play its role and we remain in tune with it, we easily let go of the resistance to change and cause less pain to ourselves. Letting go of heavy emotions such as anger, frustration and guilt reduces anxiety and depression and leads to a more joyful life.

Practice Yoga & Breathing Exercises

What connects us to our being is nothing but “our breath”. Learning how to use our breaths to relax our minds is the most important as it can create wonderful deeper inner experiences. Yoga, which basically means union, is a practice that allows creating a space where you combine your body, mind, and spirit with your breaths. It produces profound relaxation by increasing oxygen to your brain and all muscles which in turn helps you to relax deeper. I simply can’t live without it anymore after experiencing the numerous benefits to my overall health.

I can’t describe enough in words the benefits of deep breathing exercises. Inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly can calm down the noises in your brain and uneasiness in your gut in a few seconds only. It’s amazing to know that our breaths are the controlling mechanisms of our minds. We can deviate from a turbulent and panic-induced thought or expression of anger by simply putting the focus on our breath. There are various Indian yogic techniques like Pranayama, Anulom-Vilom, and Kapal Bhati which are very powerful and total healing.

Unwind More and More. Especially before you go to bed

Our subconscious mind is always operational, even while we are asleep and it works on tons of memories, good or bad feelings we have experienced in the past, our fears and aspirations, and other visual information. Once we are sleeping our subconscious mind takes control and gives us its impression in terms of quality of sleep, dreams we see, and how we feel after we get up. I had most of my panic attacks while I was in the middle of sleep and woke me up with a jolt. Most of us can check on the health of our subconscious mind by evaluating how deeply we sleep and the kind of dreams we experience.

Feeding our conscious or active mind with positive and healing thoughts consistently helps a lot in channelizing our subconscious mind towards calmness, love, peace, and safety. Unwinding your pressures and day-to-day stress especially before going to bed is extremely helpful.

Think and write about any negative feelings you experienced and then start to focus on your top three wins for the day, things that you are thankful for, and set up your goals for the next day. While we all go through negative feelings since we are humans, the good thing is if we train our conscious mind to start focusing more on smaller wins, little pleasures, and optimism, it, in turn, trains our subconscious to work in accordance and make us more happy, stable, full of positive energy and very productive.

Guided Meditation– Guide your Mind to Ease

A man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

Our minds can’t stop working. All we can do with them is to channelize them effectively, so it works for us and not against us. We have heard about the benefits of meditation on our mental health and its effect on brain chemistry. After studying some Buddhist monks’ brains’, scientists were able to prove the structural changes in the brain due to the continuous practice of meditation.

These changes affect their response to stressful events, a sense of calmness, and level of concentration. Most of us have tried self-meditation but couldn’t derive effective results. From my personal experience, guided meditation is a great way to start and it’s an effective way to guide your mind on what it should focus on.

There are numerous resources available as DVDs or on YouTube that could be a great support in your journey towards being a meditator. After practicing it for some time, you will see an automatic change in your brain conditioning, and you will be able to relax more and more anywhere anytime.

Conclusion

Knowing what generates good mental health and what harms it is the first thing to work on while dealing with the monster of anxiety. It’s really not an illness but a signal that depicts our inner lives and thinking patterns. A healthy mind is a source of abundance, high productivity, and joyful experiences. We have to remember this one fact our brain is subordinate to our mind and we can change the functioning of our brain by changing our mind’s energy and direction. Life is a journey, not a destination. So, don’t be hard on yourself. Breathe Deep, play a little, joke on yourself, and simply pay attention and enjoy the miracles that unfold every day in front of us.

Love & Light,
Simi Arora

Established in Vancouver, Canada, the Yoga Health Expo 2022 will be a one-day festival celebrating the joys of good well-being through a holistic approach to the Yogic way of life including Yoga, Veganism, and Vegetarianism in our lifestyle. The celebration shall welcome famous yoga teachers Vancouver, interactive yoga classes Vancouver, and a platform for vegan products and vegan food Vancouver.

For more information on our upcoming International Yoga Festival & Health Expo, please visit: https://yogahealthfoundation.com/.

11 Jul

July 11, 2022March 28, 2023yogahealthfoundationadmin Others

Yoga Therapy: 6 Poses To Help Deal With Addiction

Addiction can arrive in any form. Substance, social media, food, objects – it is a strong longing that can easily seep into our lives and disrupt our normal functioning. Yoga helps build physical, emotional, and spiritual resilience, and therefore it can be a huge tool in helping one en route to addiction recovery.

“Yoga calms the nervous system and relaxes our muscles and mental synapses even when our addictive nature is triggered.” say researchers on how yoga therapy has been a beneficial aspect for recovery in addicts.

While there is more conversation needed on the subject, the conclusion has always remained that yoga brings significant changes to our brain and body – helping them manage feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression much more calmly and efficiently. It builds resilience, calms our racing minds, and soothes our bodies from tension. So here are six yoga poses you can rely on to combat addiction on your road to recovery:

Downward Facing Dog Pose : When you need to feel grounded, the Downward Facing Dog is your go-to pose. It gently strengthens your muscles while lightening the stiffness, and further helps release stress and tension you might be holding in both physically and emotionally.
Child’s Pose : Feelings of addiction are often triggered when we feel unsafe or anxious. To find that sense of security, this pose is highly recommended. The Child’s Pose releases tension from the shoulders and spine, in turn relieving the mental burden. The pose in itself symbolizes safety and protection, resembling the inside of a womb.
Pigeon Pose : Sometimes it is about facing your suppressed emotions and facing them head-on. With the Pigeon Pose, you can easily release all that pent-up energy and stored thoughts within your body. Expanding the hips and nervous system, this pose is suggested for when you want to invite in long-buried emotions and let them go gracefully.
Fish Pose : Working your spine, chest, and shoulders, the Fish Pose is a great heart opener that helps relieve anxiety and stress. If you feel highly anxious or on the verge of a panic attack, this pose will be sure to wash it all away with a newfound sense of stability.
Low Lunge Pose :Extend your body and let go of all your emotional trauma, slowly but surely, with the Low Lunge pose. This pose stretches the groin, hips, and flexors – common spots of our body that coil tension. Note that the Low Lunge should be modified according to your mind and body intensity.
Corpse Pose : End your yoga practice with the relaxing Corpse Pose. A basic yet quintessential pose, it helps relieve tension from the entire body, leaving the mind and body feeling completely rejuvenated – reminiscent of a spa session. Remember, this might be a challenging pose for some, but it is the holy grail of dealing with addiction triggers.

For more information on our upcoming International Yoga Festival & Health Expo, please visit: https://yogahealthfoundation.com/.

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07 Jul

July 7, 2022March 28, 2023yogahealthfoundationadmin Others

6 Easy Yoga Poses For A Speedy Injury Recovery

Built upon the principle of realignment, yoga therapy is a reigning treatment for athletes and people around the world looking to regain control of their injured bodies at a faster and less painful pace.

Recovering from an injury is no easy feat. Whether you are a professional athlete or living an average life, injuries can happen anytime, anywhere, and it is the healing journey that is often more painful than the symptom itself. It might take days, weeks, or even years! It is only consistent effort and daily practice that can bring conspicuous changes to your body. Affecting both your physical and emotional health, yoga can be a gentle hand that can aid your recovery journey.

Here are six of the most helpful yoga poses you can practice daily that can benefit healing not just your broken body, but also a stressed mind:

Cow Face Pose:
An excellent pose for strengthening your back muscles, the Cow Face Pose helps open the back and reduce shoulder stiffness. This pose will bring significant changes by improving your range of motion in the shoulder joints, hips, and backs – places that usually hold massive tension in our bodies.
Eye Of The Needle Pose:
A gentler version of the Pigeon Pose, this Eye of The Needle Pose is practiced while lying on the back to stretch the muscles around your hips, lower back, and hamstrings. If your flexibility and mobility have been compromised during your injury, this pose is the most beneficial to enable movement without worsening your condition. Highly recommended for runners with damaged hamstrings.
Chair Pose:
Unlike the name may suggest, the Chair Pose is a standing pose that essentially helps improve the alignment of the spine and strengthen the back. It also helps strengthen the thighs, stabilize the knees, and tone the thighs. This is an excellent one-step pose for most lower body recoveries.
Tree Pose:
If your body is struggling with balance or stable footing post-injury, try the Tree Pose. This one-legged pose is perfect for expanding those inner thighs, shoulders, and chest while strengthening your calves, spine, thighs, and rib cage. It is also great for asserting focus on your mind since you will be engrossed in maintaining proper body balance.
Extended Triangle Pose:
A feel-good easy pose for those looking for something all-encompassing, the Extended Triangle Pose is great for lowering stress, relieving backaches, and opening your shoulders, chest, spine, hips, hamstrings, calves, knees, and ankles. It is also friendly for burning those love handles on the sides.
Custom Cobra:While it is best suggested to perform in part with Sun Salutations, the Custom Cobra Pose on its own is a wonderful back-bending stretch for engaging the hamstrings, upper back, triceps, feet, and abdomen. It is also a slow and modifiable pose, so you can often begin or end your practice with this pose.
Established in Vancouver, Canada, the Yoga Health Expo 2022 will be a one-day festival celebrating the joys of good well-being through a holistic approach to the Yogic way of life including Yoga, Veganism, and Vegetarianism in our lifestyle. The celebration shall welcome famous yoga teachers Vancouver, interactive yoga classes Vancouver and a platform for vegan products and vegan food Vancouver.

For more information on our upcoming International Yoga Festival & Health Expo, please visit: https://yogahealthfoundation.com/.

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