PSYCHOLOGY & YOGA ARTICLES

Following on from the recent article that explored psychological perspectives on stress, the focus now shifts to resilience.

Stress, burnout, overload, and resilience are the themes being explored within an exciting research project that I have been invited to join. The project is exploring the ways in which these constructs are expressed in literary fiction and visual images from different cultures, past and present.

Emotion regulation is the ability to respond to and manage our emotions in a healthy and helpful way. It is an important skill for everyone to have, but it can be challenging. We know that painful or traumatic early life experiences can disrupt our ability to regulate our emotions – we might not have been taught or supported to develop skills with healthy emotion regulation. Through no fault of our own, we might learn to detach or avoid emotions, or express them in less helpf

Conscious deceleration is the intentional slowing down of one's life in order to improve overall well-being. It is a way of living that emphasizes mindfulness, intentionality, and simplicity.

Exploring the differences between trauma-informed yoga approaches and traditional yoga classes You might have seen my recent social media...

BAM Therapy grew out of my passion to take yoga further, an inner drive to harness yoga practices that work with our deeper layers of psychological landscape. BAM Therapy was started in 2022 in Exeter to meet together my two worlds of clinical psychology and yoga – to offer holistic therapies that nourish and nurture our physical self, mind, and emotional wellbeing simultaneously.

Kayleigh Darch from BAM Therapy explores the value of compassion in imporving mental health, and the role of compassion in yoga.