The Healing Path of Yoga by Dean Ornish M D

The Healing Path of Yoga by Dean Ornish M D

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

Nischala Joy Devi is an expert healer and instructor. She has long been regarded as an international advocate for her unique approach to Yoga and its subtle applications for spiritual growth and total health. Her energetic delivery and deep inner conviction inspire each individual, allowing the teachings to transcend traditional limits and constraints, allowing her to touch people's hearts. She was fortunate enough to spend several years as a monastic disciple of Yogiraj Sri Swami Satchidanandaji, receiving direct direction and teachings from him. She was also fortunate enough to get instruction from famous Yoga gurus in the United States, India, and other parts of the world.

Initially trained in Western medicine, she began to include Yoga into her practice, contributing her knowledge to the development of the yoga component of The Dean Ornish Program for Reverse Heart Disease, and co-founding the award-winning Commonweal Cancer Help Program. These principles are expressed in her book The Healing Way of Yoga and her Abundant WellBeing Audio Series. She devised Yoga of the Heart(R), a training and certification program for Yoga teachers and health professionals meant to adapt Yoga practices to the special needs of that group, based on her understanding of yoga and her experience supporting patients with life-threatening diseases (especially people with heart disease and cancer). As mentioned in her book, The Hidden Power of Yoga, a woman's guide to the heart and spirit of the Yoga Sutras, she is dedicated to bringing the Feminine back into spirituality and the texts.

In 2009, the audiobook The Hidden Power of Yoga won the Nautilus Book Silver Award. Her most recent book, The Namaste Effect, discusses a heart-centered way of living, recognizing the need for more love and compassion in today's world. Visit abundantwellbeing.com for more information.

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ISBN 13	9781499549126
ISBN 10	1499549121
Title	The Healing Path of Yoga
Author	Dean Ornish M D
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Year published	2000-04-28
Number of pages	256
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