Join Dr. Brooke McKenna for part 2 of her series on yoga and mental health.

In this video, Brooke talks about how practicing yoga can help us cultivate body awareness,

There’s power in this concept, because it suggests that we have the ability to reduce our own suffering in a specific way.

Give yourself a moment to not know what to do. Don’t immediately look for a solution or a distraction.….Just wonder. Let it be quietly unknown. Then see how your mind and body respond.

Acceptance is the ability to view a situation for what it is without attempting to deny or change it. When we accept our circumstance, we are acknowledging its presence and the effects it has had on us.

This 6 minute practice of loving kindness is a wonderful way to foster a sense of well-being and connectedness to others.

Regular relaxation practice can have a profound, positive effect on our mental and physical health, and on our general sense of well-being….try this 15-minute passive muscle relaxation to start your practice.

This traditional Hawaiian practice helps us to heal with simple intentions with repentance, gratitude, and love.

Have you ever noticed the way your mood and outlook can spiral quickly downward after one bad thing happens? Before psychologists started talking about primary and secondary emotional responses, the Buddha noticed this human tendency, which he talked about in terms of arrows. The “first arrow” hits us when a painful event occurs, and...it hurts. The “second arrow,” which is our reaction to the event, only adds to our pain.