My hair fell out from stress.
Chris’s story of stress and hair loss, what DermNet says is known, and how gentle yoga can help you ease stress. See a doctor about hair loss.
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Yoga For Depression: What The Research Says, And Iyengar Poses For Low Mood
Yoga for depression: the short answer When your mood is low, even getting out the door can feel like too much. Yoga for depression can help as one part of your care: a 2024 review of 24 trials found it eased depressive symptoms compared with no extra treatment, and more people reached remission. It has […]
Continue readingYoga For Sleep: What The Research Says, And 6 Easy Poses
Is yoga good for sleep and insomnia? What the 2026 insomnia review found, six supported poses for bedtime or 2am, breathing for sleep, menopause sleep, and classes in Darwin or online.
Continue readingYoga For Trauma And PTSD: Annie’s Story And What The Research Says
Annie’s story, what a 2014 trial of trauma-informed yoga found, how common PTSD is in Australia, and what trauma-informed means. Yoga is a support, not a replacement for care.
Continue readingYoga reduced my menopause symptoms to nil! See my video about it.
Menopause symptoms are awful. See how I avoided them completely via yoga, the natural menopause solution. Plus, see yoga poses for menopause. If you’re looking for topics like “menopause specialist near me”, or a “menopause doctor near me”, then learn more about how I, and many others, have nil or few menopause symptoms. Updated September […]
Continue readingYoga: Connections among immune system, inflammation, fasting, & disease risk
What research says about yoga and inflammation, what Dr Miriam Merad’s fasting research found and how far it goes, and where to try gentle yoga in Darwin or online.
Continue readingWhy yogic breathing techniques are powerful.
Yogic Breathing, Via A Mini Pranayama Course. Get Pranic Energy. It’s best to learn Pranayama yogic breathing in the lying position. All techniques are in pranayama course & pranayama training. Mini Pranayama Course in yogic breating. See more. Yogic breathing, or pranayama breath meditation, delivers energy, calmness, and much more. Here’s more about pranayama, to […]
Continue readingYoga For Low Mood: How Your Posture Shapes How You Feel
Feelings and Emotions Are Strongly Related To Our Bodily States I never had to look for medication for my mood myself. Updated September 2026: this is an older personal post. Our full, research-based guide is Yoga For Depression: What The Research Says. In short, a 2024 review of 24 trials found yoga eased depression compared […]
Continue readingInsomnia? Yoga nidra for sleep helps. But also just yoga or meditation.
Updated September 2026: our main, up-to-date article on yoga for sleep, with the newest research and six easy poses, is Yoga For Sleep: What The Research Says, And 6 Easy Poses. Yoga is a key part of the sleep solution Yoga nidra for sleep is useful, but just regular yoga will work well The deadly […]
Continue readingYoga For Back Pain: What The Research Says, And Raj’s Story
Is yoga good for back pain? What the 2017 Cochrane review and the Iyengar yoga trials found, Raj’s story in his own words, and how to start safely in Darwin or live online.
Continue readingAm I the only pearling boat captain who used yoga for anger management?
One man’s story of finding an outlet for his anger through easy beginner yoga, in his own words, with what Chris has noticed about men and anger.
Continue readingStress & drama in an election campaign!
Sadly, Dad died too early from a disease of the nervous system, coming on top of a heart condition. One thing I do to reduce the chance of the same fate is regular yoga, especially restorative yoga. Here’s my story about how restorative yoga online training helps. Check it out and then learn restorative yoga […]
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