“A lot of people assumed that mental health is just about our thoughts, our cognitive experience, but actually our bodies can play a huge role in our mental emotional wellbeing.”
Dr Sharon. Cox, an accredited member of the BACP.
Dr Sharon. Cox is an accredited member of the BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) , she runs yoga classes and workshops for a range of psychological conditions including eating disorders, stress, anxiety, depression, body image, PTSD, menopause, insomnia, and general emotional well-being and resilience.
‘Embodying change’ is her way to manage our emotional wellbeing, which combined psychotherapeutic theories and yoga philosphies to provide a more embodied and holistic understanding of individuals.
She believes that not only talking to others can help people to improve their mental wellbeing, but also practicing yoga can promotes people’ psychological wellbeing.
Dr Sharon. Cox explains that Yoga, in general will help people adjust their emotional wellbeing because of the breathing practice which helping people reconnect with their bodies, especially in UK’s culture, people tend to be quite disconnective with their minds and bodies.
Through the use of yoga, people can begin to better manage their nervous systems, and then to regulate their emotion mental wellbeing, especially via breathing and postures practices ’’
More details related to ‘Embodying change’ can be found below in audio interview with Dr Sharon.
The number of people practicing yoga, particularly for their wellbeing, is increasing. Practicing yoga do can release people some of those dissatisfied feelings and emotion.
In the UK, the latest research released in December 2019 shows that 72% people engage in yoga because they want to get benefits for their wellbeing, wellbeing refers to spirituality, as well as reduce the level of stress, anxiety and depression.
Fortunately, almost about 95% people said, ‘practicing yoga is helpful for tackle with stress, anxiety and depression problems’, and 79% people mention that is useful for deal with their sleep issues.
Evidence shows that engaging in yoga practice enables people feel better that is helpful for them to deal with some anxiety, stress and depression problems.
if you are living in newcastle, Dr Sharon’s course can be a choice for those people who think yoga is really difficult but want to get benefits via this relax and helpful method.
As the tough time because of coronavirus, Dr Sharon suggests that always follow the advices from Public Health England , meanwhile, don’ t forget breath practice can manage our emotional wellbeing.
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