Download or read book The Chakras in Grief and Trauma written by Karla Helbert and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative guide to the chakras explains how grief and trauma impacts on every level of our being, and provides the tools to help clients experiencing trauma and grief by influencing, balancing and nurturing the chakra system. The book provides thorough and clear explorations of each chakra, their connections to each other, and tantric ways of working with energy. It features over 100 expressive and experiential exercises to remedy the ill-effects of grief and trauma, including yoga poses, mudras, pranayama (breath exercises), journaling, creation of ritual, use of essential oils and crystals and stones. Drawing on expertise as a licensed counselor, psychotherapist and yoga therapist, and personal experience as a bereaved mother, the author shares the teachings, practices and philosophies of yoga's ancient wisdom in a new way, and shows how to sustain personal chakra balancing that will resonate through all areas of life.
Download or read book Finding Your Own Way to Grieve written by Karla Helbert and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children and teenagers with autism can struggle to cope with the loss of a loved one, and the complicated and painful emotions of bereavement. This book explains death in concrete terms that the child with autism will understand, explores feelings that the child may encounter as a part of bereavement, and offers creative and expressive activities that facilitate healing. With illustrations throughout, this interactive book begins with a simple story about what happens when people die. Each chapter then expands on the issues that have been raised in the story and offers a variety of coping skills exercises including writing, art and craft, cooking, movement, relaxation, and remembrance activities. Encouraging children with autism to express their loss through discussion, personal reflection, and creative activity, the book is ideal for children and teens to work through by themselves, or with the support of a family member or professional.
Download or read book Yoga for Grief and Loss written by Karla Helbert and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as grief is an experience that affects us physically, mentally, emotionally, cognitively, and spiritually, yoga sustains and strengthens us in all of those same areas. This book demonstrates how the principles and practices of yoga can help relieve symptoms of grief allowing those who have experienced loss to move toward wholeness, peace, and feelings of connection with loved ones who have died. Exploring the six branches of yoga, the book shows how each branch can support us through grief in different ways whether it be the self-reflection of Jnana Yoga, the spiritual devotion of Bhakti Yoga, the meditation of Raja Yoga, or the physical postures of Hatha Yoga. We are shown how to begin and sustain a personal practice, both on and off the yoga mat, which helps us to cope with and move through grief on multiple levels. Expressive and experiential exercises are included to help explore each of the branches of yoga and find ways to put the tenets of each branch into real life practice.
Download or read book Bearing the Unbearable written by Joanne Cacciatore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subject: When a loved one dies, the pain of loss can feel unbearable, especially in the case of a traumatizing death that leaves us shouting, 'NO!' with every fiber of our body. The process of grieving can feel wild and nonlinear and often lasts for much longer than other people, the nonbereaved, tell us it should. This book is a companion for life and most difficult times, revealing how grief can open our hearts to connection, compassion, and the very essence of our shared humanity. The author, who is also a bereavement educator, researcher, Zen priest, and leading counselor in the field accompanies the reader along the heartbreaking path of love, loss, and grief. Through moving stories of her encounters with grief over decades of supporting individuals, families, and communities, as well as her own experience with loss, the author opens a space to process, integrate, and deeply honor our grief
Download or read book Yoga for Grief Relief written by Antonio Sausys and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’ve experienced loss, you may feel intense emotional or even physical pain. In fact, it’s not uncommon for grieving people to experience depression, anxiety, fatigue, and a variety of other physical, mental, and spiritual symptoms. If you’ve tried other ways to move beyond your loss but have yet to find relief, you may be surprised to discover the transformative effects of yoga. Yoga for Grief Relief combines over 100 illustrations of gentle yogic poses and the power of psychophysiology and neuroscience to help you recapture a true sense of well-being. You’ll also find breathing exercises, cleansing techniques, and self-relaxation tips to help you work through your loss and begin on the journey to self-knowledge and re-identification. At its core, yoga is about accepting change. If you are open to viewing your loss as an opportunity for growth, this book will help transform your grief with gentle clarity and awareness. To find out more, visit yogaforgriefrelief.com
Download or read book Mindfulness and Grief written by Heather Stang and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without proper support, navigating the icy waters of grief may feel impossible. The grieving person may feel spiritually bankrupt and often the loss is so painful that the bereaved may lose faith in what they once held dear. Mindfulness meditation can restore hope by offering a compassionate safe haven for healing and self-reflection. While nobody can predict the path of someone else's grief, this book will guide the reader forward through the grieving process with simple mindfulness-based exercises to restore mind, body and spirit. These easy-to-follow meditations will help the reader to cope with the pain of loss, and embark on a healing journey. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of grief, and the guided meditations will calm the mind and increase clarity and focus. Mindfulness and Grief will help readers to begin the process of reconstructing the shattered self that is left in the wake of any major loss.
Download or read book Eastern Body Western Mind written by Anodea Judith and published by Celestial Arts. This book was released on 2011-03-16 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised edition of the groundbreaking New Age book that seamlessly merges Western psychology and science with spirituality, creating a compelling interpretation of the Eastern chakra system and its relevance for Westerners today “A useful tool for contemplating our strengths, weaknesses, and appropriate approaches to growth.”—Yoga Journal In Eastern Body, Western Mind, chakra authority Anodea Judith 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 and applying the chakra system to important modern social realities and issues such as addiction, codependence, family dynamics, sexuality, and personal empowerment. Arranged schematically, the book uses the inherent structure of the chakra system as a map upon which to chart our Western understanding of individual development. Each chapter focuses on a single chakra, starting with a description of its characteristics and then exploring its particular childhood developmental patterns, traumas and abuses, and how to heal and maintain balance.
Download or read book The Cards You re Dealt written by Theresa Reed and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2023 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tarot guide not about predicting the future but about dealing with and healing from the tough stuff we all face everyday: loss, illness, challenging relationships. When you're going through a rough time, Tarot can be a source of comfort, catharsis, healing, and connection to a power greater than yourself. Doing a Tarot reading can help you tune into your instincts and make better choices. It can help you think clearly during those moments when nothing feels simple or clear. And when you realize, "I have three options and frankly, all of them are lousy and this whole situation is just really sad," Tarot can help you find acceptance and bear the pain with a little more grace. As a professional reader who's been doing Tarot for clients more than 30 years, Theresa Reed has worked with thousands of people. In person, and on the phone, she's heard people's darkest secrets and deepest sorrows. Some of the most meaningful sessions she's ever done surround topics of illness, caregiving, loss, and grief. Theresa feels it's an honor to help clients find relief and comfort, even just the tiniest amount. We are not always dealt the gentlest cards in life. Sometimes we're dealt a very difficult hand. But even in those times, we can find purpose and hope. With Tarot as a tool, we can make wiser choices and steer things in a more positive direction.
Download or read book Reaching Through the Veil to Heal written by Linda Drake and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2006 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loss is an inescapable part of life. Recovering from the death of someone close to us is especially difficult. Linda Drake, an intuitive life path healer, uses her gift for channeling souls on the Other Side to help the bereaved find comfort and healing. In Reaching Through the Veil to Heal, she shares powerful, true stories that underscore vital lessons in accepting loss, coping with grief, understanding death, and reconnecting with life. From the deceased wife who helps her husband find new love to the baby who uses his life to impart medical knowledge...these enlightening tales touch the heart and remind us of the soul's endurance. Readers can also find inspiration here to heal from other losses, such as losing a job or ending a relationship.
Download or read book Kundalini and the Chakras written by Genevieve Lewis Paulson and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to using the powerful life force of kundalini to open oneself to genuine states, psychic powers, and cosmic consciousness. -- Back cover.
Download or read book The New Materia Medica Volume 2 written by Colin Griffith and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-awaited follow-up to the author's acclaimed New Materia Medica provides the most comprehensive information available on the most successful new fundamental homoeopathic remedies, including 36 remarkably effective new crystal, botanical, and animal remedies, all currently in use by the Guild of Homoeopaths and proven through meditation. Entries cover the physical and esoteric characteristics of remedies, the history of their medicinal uses, and detailed descriptions of the symptoms affecting individual parts of the body. Summarized case notes show clinical evidence of efficacy and illustrate the optimal use of each cure.
Download or read book The Art of BART written by Arthur G. O'Malley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of BART (the Bilateral Affective Reprocessing of Thoughts) is a practitioner's introduction to an innovative psychotherapy model that draws on and integrates well-proven therapies (such as EMDR, sensorimotor psychotherapy and CBT) and on the Indian chakra tradition and other historical beliefs. As a therapeutic approach it has particular relevance to those who are living with the consequences of a traumatic event and those who seek after peak performance in fields such as sport and the arts. The book introduces the reader to BART as a psychotherapy that can benefit patients with disorders such as anorexia nervosa and dissociative identity disorder, and those who have suffered a traumatic event. It also looks at the information processing of the mind-body at the levels of the gut heart and the gut brain, and it makes connections between the endocrine and immune systems and the chakras of Indian tradition.
Download or read book Evolutionary Herbalism written by Sajah Popham and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing a groundbreaking, holistic approach to the practice and philosophy of herbal healing for the body, spirit, and soul. The first-ever herbalism guide to integrate herbal, medical, and esoteric traditions from around the globe—including astrology, Ayurveda, and alchemy—into one cohesive model. Sajah Popham presents an innovative approach to herbalism that considers the holistic relationship among plants, humans, and the underlying archetypal patterns in Nature. Organized in 5 parts, this work explores a unique integration of clinical herbalism, Ayurveda, medical astrology, spagyric alchemy, and medical and esoteric traditions from across the world into a truly holistic system of plant medicine. A balance of the heart and the mind, and the science and spirit of people and plants, Evolutionary Herbalism provides a holistic context for how plants can be used for transformational levels of healing for the body, spirit, and soul. For both the student herbalist and experienced practitioner, Popham’s original perspectives guide readers to a more intimate, synergistic, and intuitive relationship with the plant kingdom, people, and Nature as a whole.
Download or read book Feed Your Chakras written by Tiffany La Forge and published by Wellfleet. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feed Your Chakras is your one-stop shop to achieving bodily harmony through its most underrated aspect: food.
Download or read book Wheels of Life written by Anodea Judith and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2012-12-08 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As portals between the physical and spiritual planes, the chakras offer unparalleled opportunities for growth, healing, and transformation. Anodea Judith's classic introduction to the chakra system, which has sold over 200,000 copies, has been completely updated and expanded. It includes revised chapters on relationships, evolution, and healing, and a new section on raising children with healthy chakras. Wheels of Life takes you on a powerful journey through progressively transcendent levels of consciousness. View this ancient metaphysical system through the light of new metaphors, ranging from quantum physics to child development. Learn how to explore and balance your own chakras using poetic meditations and simple yoga movements—along with gaining spiritual wisdom, you'll experience better health, more energy, enhanced creativity, and the ability to manifest your dreams. Praise: "Wheels of Life is the most significant and influential book on the chakras ever written."— John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga
Download or read book Recovering from Genocidal Trauma written by Myra Giberovitch and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Second World War people have become aware of the trauma associated with genocide and other crimes against humanity. Today, assisting mass atrocity survivors, especially as they age, poses a serious challenge for service providers around the world. Recovering from Genocidal Trauma is a comprehensive guide to understanding Holocaust survivors and responding to their needs. In it, Myra Giberovitch documents her twenty-five years of working with Holocaust survivors as a professional social worker, researcher, educator, community leader, and daughter of Auschwitz survivors. With copious personal and practical examples, this book lays out a strengths-based practice philosophy that guides the reader in how to understand the survivor experience, develop service models and programs, and employ individual and group interventions to empower survivors. This book is essential for anyone who studies, interacts, lives, or works with survivors of mass atrocity.
Download or read book Holistic Healing For Pets written by Ruby Watson and published by Vellaz Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holistic Healing For Pets - How to Care for Your Pet Through Holistic and Alternative Healing Discover a world of deep and balanced care with Holistic Healing for Pets, a work that transcends the limits of conventional medicine by revealing the power of holistic therapies in animal health. Through ancient practices, this book explores a wide range of treatments that go beyond the physical, connecting the mind, body, and spirit of our beloved companions. With an approach that combines subtle energies and ancestral wisdom, readers are guided through techniques such as aromatherapy, Reiki, chromotherapy, and acupuncture, all adapted to meet the unique needs of dogs, cats, horses, and other animals. Each chapter delves into natural therapies, from the use of essential oils to chakra balancing, offering a path to complete revitalization and holistic well-being for animals. More than just treating illnesses, Holistic Healing for Pets emphasizes prevention and the strengthening of the energetic bond between humans and animals, showing how the owner's emotional state can directly affect the pet's health. This comprehensive guide provides an opportunity for pet owners to adopt a more conscious lifestyle, where the environment, nutrition, and energy flow work together to promote a long and healthy life. Wrapped in a tone of mystery and healing, this book ignites the desire to transform the way we care for our pets. Prepare to explore the hidden secrets of vibrational and energetic therapies that can forever change the life of your pet—and your own.
