5 Poses for Vagus Nerve Regulation
"Taking this training changed me personally more than I ever knew it would, or could". ~ Lena M, LCSW Yoga is an ancient practice that...
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Corena Hammer
- May 22
- 2 min
Why Dr. Bessel van der Kolk Recommends Yoga for Trauma
Dr Bessel van der Kolk: yoga has emerged as a powerful tool for healing trauma.
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Corena Hammer
- May 8
- 2 min
Why Your Colleagues Take Yoga Training for Mental Health Therapists
"I'm a much better therapist than before this training. I have better tools to use for my clients and my clients are having better...
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Corena Hammer
- Apr 25
- 2 min
4 Ways to Recover After a Difficult Client
Being a mental health therapist can be a rewarding and fulfilling career, but it can also be emotionally draining. Therapists are often...
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Corena Hammer
- Apr 4
- 2 min
5 Quick Tips For Clinician Burnout
As a mental health therapist, your job is to support and care for others. However, the demands of the job can sometimes take a toll on...
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Corena Hammer
- Nov 12, 2022
- 2 min
Free Video ~ A Simple Chair Yoga Sequence for Anxiety
Are you feeling overwhelmed or drained by the end of the day? It's counterintuitive, but we all know if we sit for too long, we feel...
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Corena Hammer
- Nov 3, 2022
- 4 min
Yoga and Mental Health: How Yoga Helps Trauma, Depression and 3 Other Mental Health Issues
BY LIZETTE BORRELI for Newsweek Updated | Yoga can help quiet the mind, alleviating the worries and stress that plague our day-to-day...
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Corena Hammer
- Oct 5, 2022
- 3 min
Depression is likely not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, study says
“Many people take antidepressants because they have been led to believe their depression has a biochemical cause, but this new research...
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Corena Hammer
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
Calm Your Body, Inhale, Exhale, Repeat: Carina Nation CYI Grad
Wow! Our grads really impress us. We are excited to share this blog post by Carina Nation, Clinical Yoga Institute graduate. August 18,...
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Corena Hammer
- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
Does Feeling Rejected Cause Physical Pain?
We all know that rejection hurts, but neuroscience has concluded that it does in fact, literally, hurt.
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Corena Hammer
- Apr 28, 2022
- 2 min
Clinical Yoga Institute Partners with Utah State University to Conduct New Research
Clinical Yoga Institute is excited to announce a partnership with Utah State University to conduct new research on trauma-informed yoga &...
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Corena Hammer
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
Trauma comes back as a reaction, not a memory.
Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma ~ “Trauma victims cannot recover until...
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Corena Hammer
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Energy Management vs Time Management
A few years ago, Duke University hired me to teach a group of Nike executives to begin to manage their energy rather than their time. I...
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Corena Hammer
- Oct 28, 2021
- 7 min
Yoga: A Healing Art in a Psychotherapy Context
By: Teresa Bennett-Pasquale, MSW, LSW Trauma in the Body and the Mind I was fortunate enough to hear Dr. Bessel van der Kolk,...
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Corena Hammer
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
Harvard Research on Yoga and the Stress Response
Updated: October 13, 2020 Research suggests that this practice modulates the stress response. Since the 1970s, meditation and other...
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Corena Hammer
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Remarkable Power of Hope
by Joseph T. Hallinan, Psychology Today What The Research Says About Hope Researchers in Denmark and the United States have shown that...
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Corena Hammer
- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
Back Issues? Erratic Injuries? Weight Gain? The Cortisol Factor.
Many of us are experiencing strange yet sever injuries, pain or weight gain that seems to come out of nowhere. I know people who woke up...
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Corena Hammer
- Apr 15, 2021
- 4 min
Adrenal or Pandemic Fatigue?
Here are the 10 most common signs that tell you that you’re experiencing either adrenal overdrive, pandemic or adrenal fatigue: You’re...
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Corena Hammer
- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
3 Ways To Recover Your Energy
Depleted? Stuck? It makes sense. According to the yogic life science, Ayurveda, this season is the one where we would naturally see...
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Corena Hammer
- Feb 23, 2021
- 7 min
Mental Health Is One Of The Biggest Pandemic Issues We'll Face in 2021
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Updated 9:17 AM ET, Mon January 4, 2021 How to take care of your mental health during a pandemic 02:56 (CNN)With...
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