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Your Body Knows How to Calm Down

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Nadia is on the floor. Not the kitchen floor — not this time. The yoga mat she bought three months ago and used as a landing pad for her daughter's crayons. It is 6:15 AM. Her five-year-old is still asleep. The house is quiet in a way that usually makes anxiety louder, but Nadia has made a deal wit...

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  • Exercise reduces anxiety with effect sizes comparable to SSRIs (Stubbs 2017, SMD=-0.582)
  • Yoga has the strongest non-meditation effect (g=-0.59), followed by tai chi and resistance training
  • 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise reduces anxiety risk by 42%
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