EP 64 Inner Peace, Outer Confidence: Yoga's Impact on Body Image and mental health | with Christina Helms

EP 64 Inner Peace, Outer Confidence: Yoga's Impact on Body Image and mental health | with Christina Helms Christina is the co-owner of Three Birds Yoga studios in South Orange and Florham Park, NJ. In addition to teaching yoga and meditation classes and co-facilitating teacher trainings, she is also a Licensed Social worker. Whether it's working with yoga students in the studio or clients in the therapy room, Christina uses anintegrative approach that combines western, evidence-based therapies with the ancient wisdoms of mindfulness and self-compassion. Everything in our external world, and even our thoughts change us constantly and are impermanent. But that there's a part of us that we call, like, the true self, right. That's not impacted by what we see in the mirror, external events or even thoughts. We start to learn how to separate from those things and sort of tap into this. Sometimes we call it the soul. Sometimes we call it the true self. For some people, it's a connection with the divine, but that's the only thing that is unchanging. And also in terms of just being in your body, too is being a feeling of being grounded. That's a big part of it, like feeling your feet, the ground. The more we can move away and down from the mind and the thoughts and into the feeling of being in our body and feeling grounded. ----------------------- Please join the "Don't Trust The Mirror MOVEMENT at http://www.donttrustthemirror.com Maureen’s life mission is to help women be all that they can be – by improving self esteem,help them find their voice and find freedom from shame, guilt and negativity. “I change women’s lives by empowering them to trust THEMSELVES not the mirror.” This podcast represents the opinions of Maureen Kritzer-Lange and her guests to the show and website. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for informational purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. Views and opinions expressed in the podcast are our own and do not represent that of our places of work. While we make every effort to ensure that the information we are sharing is accurate, we welcome any comments, suggestions, or correction of errors. Privacy is of utmost importance to us. All people, places, and scenarios mentioned in the podcast have been changed to protect patient confidentiality. This podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of care” in a legal sense or as a basis for expert witness testimony. No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast. In no way does listening, reading, emailing or interacting on social media with our content establish a psychoanalyst-patient relationship. If you find any errors in any of the content of this podcast , please send a message through the “contact” page on www.donttrustthemirror.com This podcast is owned by "Don't Trust the Mirror.”  Produced by: David Alan Kogut - Star Equity Group www.starequitygroup.com