Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga“A brilliant illumination of how the ancient wisdom of the yogic tradition can penetrate the often-intractable challenges of depression.”—Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal Take the natural path to mental wellness. More than twenty-five million Americans are treated with antidepressants each year, at a cost in excess of $50 billion. But the side effects of popular prescription drugs may seem nearly as depressing as the symptoms they’re meant to treat. Veteran yoga instructor Amy Weintraub offers a better solution—one that taps the scientifically proven link between yoga and emotional well-being as well as the beauty of ancient approaches to inner peace. Addressing a range of diagnoses, including dysthymia, anxiety-based depression, and bipolar disorder, Yoga for Depression reveals why specific postures, breathing practices, and meditation techniques can ease suffering and release life’s traumas and losses. Weintraub also reflects on her own experience with severe depression, from which she recovered through immersing herself in a daily yoga routine. Yoga for Depression is the first yoga book devoted exclusively to the treatment of these debilitating conditions. Amy Weintraub will help readers see their suffering and themselves in a vibrant new light. |
Contents
a house on firethe ways we suffer | 26 |
why yoga works | 55 |
fertilizing the groundthe healing principles of yoga | 74 |
lotus of many petalsthe ways we practice | 97 |
fire in the bellymanaging with yogic breathing | 120 |
art of livingbreathing that heals | 151 |
meditate to mediate | 169 |
grief in the tissuesreleasing trauma | 201 |
yoga on and off the mat | 226 |
ENDNOTES | 251 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 271 |
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Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga Amy Weintraub No preview available - 2003 |
Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga Amy Weintraub No preview available - 2003 |
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