When the World’s Turbulence Meets the Mat
Yoga, Nervous System Regulation Emily Byrd Yoga, Nervous System Regulation Emily Byrd

When the World’s Turbulence Meets the Mat

We’ve been conditioned to believe that “more is better.”

Hotter classes. Heavier sweat. Longer sequences. Faster flows.

But when your nervous system is already in survival mode, intensity via performance and unintentional guidance doesn’t help to heal, it actually has the capability to retraumatize and trigger the body into a trauma-response state.

When we’re immersed in global anxiety and personal overwhelm, we don’t need more fire.

We need water. Earth. Air. Space.

We need practices that cool, ground, and regulate.

Because if we enter the studio with the same agitated rhythm we carry through the rest of life… we will walk out just as disembodied as we walked in.

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