Emily is currently pursuing her PhD in Clinical Psychology at UNC Greensboro in the Depression Treatment and Research Program under Dr. Kari Eddington. She is also a 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher and specializes in Children, Adolescent and Teen Yoga (Yoga Ed.); Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga (Passion Yoga School); Yoga Nidra, Tantra, Restorative Yoga, Ayurveda, and Sanskrit (Open Space Yoga); and Bhakti-yoga (Iskcon Hawai’i). In her free time she loves to listen to audiobooks, play with her dogs Lilo and Koa, and hike to waterfalls.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction, also known as MBSR, is an 8-week evidence-based group program that teaches participants how to cope with their pain and stress using mindfulness meditation and Hatha yoga techniques.
Torre and colleagues recruited 70 HCWs from two hospitals in Rome, Italy for a 4-week course in yoga and mindfulness.
The current study reviewed the wider scientific literature for the role of yoga and mindfulness interventions in the treatment of severe mental illness.
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