A Mother Uses Yoga To Battle All Kinds Of Mental Illness

Battling mental illness is a war, and often it feels like it will never end. Just when you think you have a handle on things, you get thrown another curveball and have to work harder than ever just to get back on your feet, let alone move forward. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to win the war or live a fulfilling life. Everyone goes through their struggles, and we all have to find our own way of dealing with those difficult times. 

For mental illness, there is no one way to get better. It takes a series of treatments in various forms to get a handle on your life. For one woman, she found a huge help came in the form of yoga, and it has helped transform her life.

Heidi Williams knows the struggles of life.

She is a survivor of rape, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and suicide.

When her baby was six months old, he died.

She watched him in her husband’s arms as he took his last breath.

She felt her own heart die as she watched her son fade away.

With what she calls miraculous divine intervention and CPR, her son was revived, but this would be the beginning of PTSD for her.

She started experiencing depression and anxiety and even tried to take her own life.

But when all seemed to be lost, she was able to find a sliver of light.