Yoga Psychology

In Eastern Body, Western Mind, chakra authority Anodea Judith has brought a fresh approach to the yoga-based Eastern chakra system, adapting it to the Western framework of Jungian psychology, somatic therapy, childhood developmental theory, and metaphysics. Illuminated with personal anecdotes and case studies, Eastern Body, Western Mind seamlessly merges the East and West, science and philosophy, and psychology and spirituality into a compelling interpretation of the chakra system and its relevance for Westerners today.

Has yoga improved your health and expanded your awareness - but emotional and relationship issues continue to challenge you? Or have you found psychotherapy helpful...yet you yearn for further spiritual discovery? With Yoga & Psyche, Mariana Caplan invites you to explore these two profound domains of transformation and learn how they so effectively complement each other.

Millions of Americans know yoga as a superb form of exercise and as a potent source of calm in the midst of our stress-filled lives. Far fewer are aware of the full promise of yoga as "the way of the fully alive human being" - a 4,000-year-old practical path of liberation that fits the needs of modern Western seekers with startling precision. Now Stephen Cope, a Western-trained psychotherapist who has lived and taught for more than 10 years at the largest yoga center in America, offers this marvelously lively and irreverent "pilgrim's progress" for today's world.

Although many forms of trauma treatment rely solely on talk therapy as a means of healing, we cannot "talk out" every issue related to trauma. Indeed, trauma is stored in the body and the brain and must be treated as such. Designed with both mental health clinicians and clients in mind, Trauma-Informed Yoga offers forty-seven short, simple practices that regulate the autonomic nervous system, calm the racing mind, and center those of us living chaotic twenty-first century lives.

The Fourth Initiation explores the esoteric aspects of Self-Development. The Fourth Initiation reveals The Four Grammar of self-development through the four dimensions of geometry and its numerous iterations in esoteric traditions and initiatory systems. What is Four Grammar? Four Grammar is the esoteric translation and comprehension of The Tetragrammaton as a universal initiation lesson towards consciousness expansion. The Fourth Initiation is the story of consciousness development told through the universal ideas of great wisdom teachers. Self-development inspiration and visualization ...

Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery bridges the path of healing between the psyche and the body by walking you through the sacred practice of yoga so you can release the burdens of trauma from your body and mind. Grounded within the principles of polyvagal theory, affective neuroscience, and trauma-informed care, this book will help you gain a better understanding of how our brains and bodies respond to stress and trauma and offer a self-led healing journey toward feeling more empowered, grounded, clearheaded, inspired, and at ease.

This 120 page book provides the essential ingredients of what makes a great billiards player. The chapters are concise and digestible and not filled with unnecessary fluff. The idea behind the book was to give you an easy-to-understand roadmap to success, in the form of short essays describing key elements of the game. One glaring omission from many books on billiards is a lack of information on the mental side of the game, including visualization, and how to practically incorporate proven techniques of visualization and mind management into our game. The book is more than an instructional ...

When treating a client who has suffered from interpersonal trauma - whether chronic childhood abuse or domestic violence, for example - talk therapy isn't always the most effective course. For these individuals, the trauma and its effects are so entrenched, so complex, that reducing their experience to a set of symptoms or suggesting a change in cognitive frame or behavioral pattern ignores a very basic but critical player: the body.

Spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer explores the question of human identity and shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and achieve happiness and self-realization.

Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault provides a comprehensive overview of how to offer yoga to survivors of sexual assault in a safe, effective, evidence-based, and healing way. Zahabiyah A. Yamasaki, founder of Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga, draws on the framework of trauma-informed care and trauma-informed yoga program development and curriculum, while also weaving in personal narrative and inspiring survivor stories.

In his long-awaited book, Rewilding, Kripalu director Micah Mortali brings together yoga, mindfulness, wilderness training, and ancestral skills to create a unique guide for reigniting your primal energy - your undomesticated true self - and deepening your connection with the living earth. For hundreds of thousands of years, humans lived intimately with the earth. We were in the wild and of the wild. Today, we live mostly urban lives - and our vital wildness has gone dormant.

Life is busy, full of things competing for our time and attention, and it’s easy to believe that the best way to get things done is just to keep going—as fast as possible. But that just isn’t true. In fact, taking time to re-centre ourselves can have tremendous personal and professional benefits. In this concise programme, sports psychologist Dr Josephine Perry and yoga for sports specialist Lexie Williamson will guide you through tried-and-tested relaxation techniques designed especially for busy people—which, let’s face it, is all of us.

Die berühmte, weltweit anerkannte Yoga-Lehrerin setzt sich in diesem großen Klassiker mit der menschlichen Grundfrage auseinander, inwieweit Spiritualität und Sexualität harmonisch miteinander verbunden werden können. Sie analysiert die grundlegenden Gesetzmäßigkeiten des Yoga-Weges und kommt zu radikalen Schlussfolgerungen. Ein Ratgeberbuch, das umfassend und kompetent informiert. Ein Yoga-Lehrwerk, das inspiriert und den Leser zu einer eigenen Stellungnahme herausfordert.

Yoga for Trauma Recovery outlines best practices for the growing body of professionals trained in both yoga and psychotherapy and addresses the theoretical foundations that tie the two fields. Uniting recent developments in our understanding of neuroscience and trauma recovery with ancient tenets of yoga philosophy and practice, this foundational text is a must-listen for those interested in the healing capacities of each modality. Listeners will come away from the book with a strong sense of how to apply theory, philosophy, and research to real-life complexities.

Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga is a book for survivors, clinicians, and yoga instructors who are interested in mind/body healing. It introduces trauma-sensitive yoga, a modified approach to yoga developed in collaboration between yoga teachers and clinicians at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, led by yoga teacher David Emerson, along with medical doctor Bessel van der Kolk.

Brendon Abram combines his first-hand experience with PTSD in the field and years of teaching to offer this practical guide to bringing trauma-sensitive yoga to both clinical and studio settings. Drawing on his work with military veterans, first responders, and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, he emphasizes the importance of respecting the uniqueness of every individual and demonstrates how to use the foundational principles of yoga to create a safe experience.

This powerful book series by Heather Dolson—a nurse, yoga instructor, and advocate for women’s liberation—dives into body wisdom, sensual empowerment, and spiritual awakening. With The Roots of Pelvic Floor Yoga and Divine Feminine Unveiled, you’ll blend ancient knowledge with modern empowerment, gaining tools to break free from conditioning and embrace your potential.

Presenting ways in which Restorative Yoga can contribute to healing emotional wounds, this book invites yoga teachers, therapists and practitioners to consider the psychological impact of ethnic and race-based stress and trauma. It aids in the process of uncovering, examining and healing one's own emotional wounds and offers insight into avoiding wounding or re-wounding others.

Inspired by a podcast conversation between Deanna Green and Heather Sanderson, this short book explores the role of yoga as a physical, philosophical, psychological, and spiritual practice for the Self and for being in community with others. Deanna shares how her journey with yoga started and how it has become an integral part of her work not only in teaching and owning a yoga studio, but in her personal healing, and healing within the collective. She shares insights of how yoga helps her uncover and claim her authentic Self, move through many different kinds of challenges and the ...

Through a mix of personal experience, neuroscience, and accessible language, Loving Kindness for Everyday Life guides you through the ups and downs of an ancient Buddhist practice and its uses for modern life. In this short eBook you will learn not just what Loving Kindness (or Metta) Meditation is but where it comes from, the psychological and real world benefits of what it does for you, as well as when and how to practice. The practice itself is also broken down into concrete practical steps for you to experience. If you are looking for a way to transform how you show up for yourself and ...