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HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — For almost 20 years after hitting her head on an overhanging shelf at work, Mary Nelsen struggled to remember little things, to read, to rise out of her chair, to just move through the world and engage with other people.

So when she learned in 2014 that a master's degree student at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) was recruiting patients with brain injuries for a study of how practicing gentle yoga regularly might help them cope, the then-50-year-old Nelsen decided to try.

By the end of her first session of focused breathing, meditation...