{"id":7551,"date":"2019-03-14T14:49:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=7551"},"modified":"2019-03-16T18:42:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T18:42:52","slug":"de-stressing-through-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=7551","title":{"rendered":"De-stressing through yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"M<\/span>any students tend to bend over backwards trying to balance the elements of school, work and a personal life. Yoga is a method students\u2019 can use to help de-stress.<\/p>\n

Yoga instructor, Danea Gray has been practicing yoga for seven years, starting in 2012 after finding that living away from home was a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in my second year of university and had just transferred to York University because I was super stressed living away from home in my first year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

With her previous background in dance, Gray wanted to \u201cincorporate exercise back into [her] life.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to University of Toronto professor, Alistair Dias, \u201cstudents are stressed during exam time, figuring out what exactly they want to do in the academic career and every day career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dias said one of the common struggles he finds students face is finding the right balance. Students tend to turn to coping mechanisms, such as smoking and consuming alcohol.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of students practice maladaptive coping mechanisms because it\u2019s easy to adapt to this type of coping,\u201d Dias said.

\u201cYoga and meditation are positive coping mechanisms.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

Third year student, Julia Tran has been practicing yoga for over a year, and said, \u201cIt\u2019s a tool I turn to, to bring happiness, joy and energy into my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPracticing yoga helps me realize that I have so much more time than I think. Before I would think that I have no time whatsoever, but now I have time to do yoga, school assignments and go to work. It clears my mind,\u201d Tran said.<\/p>\n

Gray found that practicing yoga helped her manage her stress and allowed her to get to know herself better.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe physical aspect of the practice feels good for my body and it\u2019s been a helpful way to track my thought process. For example, when we are going in a difficult pose, I start to assess what my thoughts are telling me,\u201d Gray said.<\/p>\n

Dias recommends students find a positive coping mechanism that will help manage their stress, such as yoga or listening to music, \u201csomething that will send students on a healthy path.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYoga is for every \u2018body\u2019. There are no pre-requisites involved. It\u2019s not about what\u2019s happening in the room, but it\u2019s about what is happening in your mind and body. Overall, yoga is a judgement free practice that really promotes a mind, body and spirit connection,\u201d Gray said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many students tend to bend over backwards trying to balance the elements of school, work and a personal life. Yoga is a method students\u2019 can use to help de-stress. Yoga instructor, Danea Gray has been practicing yoga for seven years, starting in 2012 after finding that living away from home was a lot. \u201cI was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":7552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[174,141],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}