How Yoga is Therapy for Your Mind and body with Dayna Hamer

by | Jul 14, 2021 | Podcast

From a very young age, Dayna has suffered from depression from growing up in a predominantly where the European standard of beauty was always pushed on her. She sought therapy at a young age and her mother was very supportive of her.

Yoga came to Dayna in a very unplanned way. She was having a challenging day and stumbled upon a yoga course.  In this episode Dayna Hamer speaks of the benefits of  yoga.  Her journey with mental health helped her determine the necessary tools to manage stress, anxiety, racing thoughts and helped her deal with her depression.

Yoga, and meditation have been found to be amazing healing agents, and she wants to share them with the world. 

Episode Highlights:

  • Mental Health
  • Normalizing Therapy
  • Benefits of Yoga 
  • Different Types Of Yoga 

Guest Bio:

At a very young age, Dana was already battling with stress and feeling very alone.  She went for therapy at a young age and throughout her adult life, even though it was a struggle at that times.  It was a good thing that she had a mother that very supportive. She is a religious person that has a relationship with God. In high school she tried yoga but did not get serious about practicing it until the pandemic.   

Hatha yoga is her favorite type of yoga which is basically breathing movement and relaxation to really help form union within the body/  Yoga breathing, movement and relaxation to help to achieve union within the body, mind and spirit 

Connect with Dana Hamer:

Website

Instagram

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