Yoga supports mental health care by directly influencing the autonomic nervous system — the system that regulates stress responses, emotional states, and our capacity to feel safe. Through breath, movement, and body awareness, yoga helps shift the nervous system out of chronic activation and toward a more regulated, balanced state. This makes it a meaningful complement to talk-based therapy, not a replacement for it.

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