RESOURCES

Further readings on topics related to the treatment of mental health.

Therapeutic Yoga

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• The Scientific Basis of Yoga Therapy

• Research on Yoga Therapy

• International Association of Yoga Therapists

• Yoga for Stress Relief by Sarah White

• Why Body-Centered Therapies Can Help Heal Post-Traumatic Stress

• How Trauma-Informed Yoga Can Help Survivors Heal

• 11 Yoga Practices for Working Through Stress and Anxiety

• Brain imaging study pinpoints neurotransmitter that may be responsible for yoga’s mood-boosting effect

MENTAL HEALTH

Anxiety/Depression

• Feeling Anxious? Yoga Can Help Soothe You

• Efficacy of Yoga vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs Stress Education for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• How to stop and prevent an anxiety attack

• Depersonalization/Derealization info

• 5 Ways To Deal with Long-Term Anxiety (and a Prolonged Pandemic)

• 7 Best Yoga Breathing Exercises For Anxiety

• 11 Yoga Practices for Working Through Stress and Anxiety

• AHA: The Head is Connected to the Heart _ and Can Influence Health

Disordered Eating

• University of Iowa Eating Disorder Program

• The Renfrew Center Eating Disorder Treatment

• Lisa Nolting - Registered Dietician

• 3 Lessons for the Early Stages of Eating Disorder Recovery

• Orthorexia

Crisis Services

• Broadlawns Psychiatric Urgent Care

• Unity Point Psychiatric Urgent Care

• Central Iowa Crisis Services (CICS)

• Clive Behavioral Health
  1450 NW 114th St, Clive, IA
  844-680-0504

• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  (800) 799-7233

• Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273-TALK or (800) SUICIDE

• National Sexual Violence Resource Center Website

Relationships

• Love Languages Quiz

• The Drama of Loving a Borderline

• Mental Illness and Dating

• The 7 Stages of Divorce

• Partner Yoga Poses - Sivana East

Trauma/PTSD

• How Trauma Impacts Your Physical Health

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

• Polyvagal Theory - Dr. Stephen Porges

• What is polyvagal theory and how can we apply it to meditation by Esther Ekhart

• Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body by David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper

• Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress by Manuela Mischke-Reeds

• Why Body-Centered Therapies Can Help Heal Post-Traumatic Stress

• How Trauma-Informed Yoga Can Help Survivors Heal

• The Crucial Relationship Between PTSD and the Body