Yoga for Depression
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Yoga for Depression by Amy Weintraub
"A brilliant illumination of how the ancient wisdom of the yogic tradition can penetrate the often-intractable challenges of depression."-Phil Catalfo, Yoga JournalTake 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.
Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, YACEP, is a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health. She is the founder of the LifeForce Yoga(R) Healing Institute, yogafordepression.com. She is the author of two nonfiction books: Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books, 2003) and Yoga Skills for Therapists (W.W. Norton, 2005). Norton, 2012), as well as a number of journal papers and book chapters. Her evidence-based yoga protocol for mood management is utilized in healthcare settings around the world, is taught in professional trainings, and is included in eight audio-visual products, including the award-winning LifeForce Yoga(R) line of evidence-based yoga and meditation CDs and DVDs for mood management. Amy received a Master of Fine Arts in literary fiction from Bennington College and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Boston University.
Her poems and short fiction have been published in a number of literary periodicals. She won the Allen Tate Memorial Prize for Short Fiction, was a finalist for the William Faulkner Award for Novel and the Heekin Group Foundation Fellowship for a novel-in-progress, and placed second in the Writer's Digest Literary Fiction Writing Competition. She also received the Broadcast Media Award from San Francisco State University, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Television Documentary Presentation, and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists National Award for Community Service, among other awards.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780767914505 |
| ISBN 10 | 0767914503 |
| Title | Yoga for Depression |
| Author | Amy Weintraub |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) |
| Year published | 2003-12-23 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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