Anisa’s Reviews > The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma > Status Update

Just finished the chapter on the effect of yoga regulating HRV (heart rate variability), there were some graphs on page 270 but I feel like I don't understand exactly why yoga is integral to that and healing a traumatized brain. But it was enough personal/real life examples with condensed science for me to think it's worthwhile and not a theory.

The negative reviews on this book bother me. Most say Bessel doesn't denounce the war crimes of Vietnam Vets. But on 246, Bessel recounts listening to a Vet recall killing a child—triggering his own memory of a kid next door that was killed by Nazis. Really annoyed you could read a textbook on psychology and conclude Bessel is unfeeling to the crimes his patients commit.

Amazing textbook for better understanding of the mind for years to come. To read this book, one must build a specific tolerance for repeatedly reading the stories of victims wronged and focus on the psychological implications of that trauma. Somewhat annoyed all the negatives reviews are "he didn't denounce the Vietnam war"

Reading is much easier than the audiobook. Started tabbing important pages, this book is exploding with information