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Yoga for Post Traumatic Stress - Yoga with Adriene

By Adriene Mishler — 2018

This at-home yoga practice is created for you to be able to do on your own and designed with many types of people in mind. Ideally, the title will bring many people to the yoga mat and it will provide tools for healing, understanding, connection, and recovery. See more...

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Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD)