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The Body Remembers

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A coworker named Dina dragged her to this yoga class. Claudia said yes because Dina asked three times and the third time the social cost of refusing exceeded the energy cost of attending and that is how decisions get made when you are functioning through depression. A cost-benefit analysis in which...

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  • The body stores emotion the mind cannot process — somatic experiencing and yoga access stored material (van der Kolk, Boston University)
  • Yoga for depression: g=-0.55 across 33 studies (Noetel et al., 2024 BMJ). Hatha and Iyengar styles most effective (Cramer, University of Duisburg-Essen)
  • Proprioceptive input regulates the autonomic nervous system — OT principle applied to adult depression (Vivian's sensory diet)
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