Healing from PTSD with Yoga: A Research Based Approach

Carly Newberg
6 min readJan 13, 2021
Photo by Dane Wetton on Unsplash

When most people think of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), they picture a veteran suffering the consequences of all they’ve seen at war. But this isn’t always the case.

In fact, the American Psychiatric Association found that PTSD affects 3.5 percent of U.S. adults every year, from all nationalities, ethnicities, and cultures, and at all ages. Though that might not seem like a large…

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Carly Newberg

Yoga teacher / freelancer / mental health advocate writing boldly & bravely about relatable life experiences. I’m done staying silent.