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Yoga Therapy is a revolutionary new approach to working with some of the most common physical and mental ailments. Combining yoga postures with the latest in conventional and alternative medical treatments, each book in the Yoga Therapy series presents a fresh, effective approach to healing.

Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief contains extensive information on how to use yoga postures as an aid in healing, useful conventional and alternative treatments to supplement your practice, plus a variety of additional tips, techniques, and tools. Yoga Therapy is easy-to-use, succinct, and requires no prior knowledge or practice of yoga.

This is actually the very first book that deals with yoga as a crucial part of the headache treatment, referring to it as a great alternative and permanent option to all the other treatments available on the market. The books refers to a wide range of topics related to yoga and headaches, the connection between the healing some effective routines provide, the recommended yoga postures that enable the best results, some prescription and non-prescription medical therapies that are said to work and a useful bibliography for those interested in even more reading on the topic.

Peter Van Houten, M.D. the author of the book and the founder of the Sierra Family Medical Clinic is also a Primary Care Physician practitioner and has graduated the UCSF medical school is a world-wide known figure for over two decades. Thus, the trust of the readers will certainly be boosted knowing the degree of expertise that the author of the book has in the medical field.

While there are many yoga books on the market today, little has been written about yoga as a personal-growth tool, this book shows readers how to use this unique blend of yoga and psychology to bridge the gap between body and soul. Photos.

This book gave great me great insight into using yoga in not just the physical realm. Having been part of my Ayurveda and Yoga workshop it added another dimension of being able to take yoga and discover what lies beyond the surface of our ego.

In the 1980s, author Michael Lee gained great insight and awareness about himself and life while doing yoga. He sensed that his body was a port of entry to a deeper level of awareness and realized that yoga transformed him mentally and spiritually as well as physically. Wanting to help others gain from his experiences, he founded the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy program. Named after the mythical bird that burns itself on the funeral pyre and rises from the ashes transformed, the program is a powerful mind/body system of interwoven postures and non-directive theraphy that has helped thousands of people achieve inner peace and fulfillment. In this fascinating book based on Lee’s internationally acclaimed program, you will find an essential guide to achieving spiritual balance and living in the present moment. Through exercises and meditations, you will learn how to recognize and then release the body-stored memories, fears and traumas that trap you in the past. You will discover how to embrace your daily joys and fears to live your life to the fullest and findy your own true self. Like the phoenix, you will rise from the ashes harmonized in body, mind and spirit.

Stress is now considered the foremost contributor to poor health and a major factor in causing heart disease, cancer, and a myriad of chronic and acute diseases. This book will make yoga a fundamental part of your quest for wellness and well-being, whether you are a novice or a current pactitioner. Nischala Joy Devi, a pioneer in the field of alternative healing and a renowned yoga expert, has spent years helping people realize the healthful and stress-controlling benefits of yoga. In 1982 she developed yoga-based retreats for Dr. Michael Lerner’s now famous Commonweal Cancer Help Program. That same year Dr. Dean Ornish asked her to create a program of yoga practices for patients suffering from heart disease. Yoga’s contribution to the success of both programs has been astounding. Devi shares her years of experience working with the healthful benefits of yoga, teaching visualizations, breathwork, and meditation, as well as providing the classic steps and illustrated instructions for yoga’s physical poses. The Healing Path of Yoga uses timeless Indian-based yoga techniques and philosophy, along with Devi’s lifestyle-altering regimen, to create one extraordinary program with the power to rejuvenate and heal. The Healing Path of Yoga presents the key to:preventing disease and stress in healthy people aiding in recovery from heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses physical conditioning and weight loss deep, healing relaxation techniques heightened overall wellness of body, mind, and spirit From the Trade Paperback edition.

Nischala Joy Devi, a pioneer in the field of alternative healing and a renowned yoga expert, has spent years helping people realize the healthful and stress-controlling benefits of yoga. In 1982 she developed yoga-based retreats for Dr. Michael Lerner’s now famous Commonweal Cancer Help Program. That same year Dr. Dean Ornish asked her to create a program of yoga practices for patients suffering from heart disease. Yoga’s contribution to the success of both programs has been astounding.