Download or read book Theories Of Yoga and WellBeing written by and published by Brahma Kumaris. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga asanas or Yoga postures have been practiced in India since ancient days by the rishis and others to keep their minds and bodies healthy and stress free. The practice of asanas makes the physical body strong and ready for the inward journey. For the common person, asanas are the best procedure of keeping the body fit and healthy. Asanas have various kinds of positive effects on human body and mind, if done accurately.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Evidence Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga and Its Applications written by Telles, Shirley and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While yoga was originally intended to be practiced for spiritual growth, there is an increasing interest in applying yoga in all areas of life. It is important to understand this ancient science and way of life through as many perspectives as possible (e.g., based on biomedical engineering). As its popularity and interest grows, more practitioners want to know about the proven physiological effects and uses in healthcare. The Handbook of Research on Evidence-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga and Its Applications provides research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of yoga therapy and its physiological effects from diverse, evidence-based viewpoints. The book adds in-depth information regarding the (1) physiological effects of yoga; (2) neurobiological effects of yoga meditation; (3) psychological benefits related to yoga, such as mental wellbeing; (4) molecular changes associated with yoga practice; and (5) therapeutic applications (for lymphedema, mental health disorders, non-communicable diseases, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and trauma, among other conditions). Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as pain management, psychotherapy, and trauma treatment, this book is ideally designed for yoga practitioners, physicians, medical professionals, health experts, mental health professionals, therapists, counselors, psychologists, spiritual leaders, academicians, researchers, and students.
Download or read book Yoga Therapy written by Ellen G. Horovitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga Therapy: Theory and Practice is a vital guidebook for any clinician or scholar looking to integrate yoga into the medical and mental health fields. Chapters are written by expert yoga therapy practitioners and offer theoretical, historical, and practice-based instruction on cutting-edge topics such as application of yoga therapy to anger management and the intersection of yoga therapy and epigenetics; many chapters also include Q&A "self-inquiries." Readers will find that Yoga Therapy is the perfect guide for practitioners looking for new techniques as well as those hoping to begin from scratch with yoga therapy.
Download or read book Neuroscience of Yoga written by Akshay Anand and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Yoga Therapy written by Marlysa B. Sullivan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Yoga Therapy offers a comprehensive and accessible perspective on yoga therapy as a complementary, integrative route to promoting whole-person well-being. Readers will come away from the book understanding how the philosophy, texts, and teachings of yoga benefit a wide range of health conditions. The book is split into three helpful sections: Part I discusses foundational texts and their interpretations; Part II outlines the biopsychosocial-spiritual and neurophysiological model of integrative health pertinent to yoga therapy; and Part III focuses on practical applications separate from the more familiar diagnosis-driven models. Experiential activities and case studies throughout the text illuminate how yogic practices can be incorporated for optimal health. Bridging the ancient and modern, philosophical and scientific, Understanding Yoga Therapy offers a clear explanatory framework for yoga therapists, physicians, allied and complementary healthcare providers, and their patients and students.
Download or read book Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga Therapeutic Practices for Emotional Health written by Arielle Schwartz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treat trauma holistically with the combined applications of yoga and polyvagal theory. This book focuses on the intersection of polyvagal theory, yoga, and psychotherapy by weaving together the wisdom tradition of yoga with neuroscience, attachment theory, somatic psychology, and traumatology. The application of polyvagal theory allows practitioners to compassionately support growth by enhancing the health of the autonomic nervous system, while therapeutic yoga allows one to attend to the interrelationships between mind, emotions, physiology, and behavior. Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga provides conscious breathing, vagal toning, mindful movement, and meditation practices that aid in rewiring the nervous system. Readers will discover how to help both clients and themselves cultivate a felt sense of ease during times of safety; enhance their capacity to handle challenges with equanimity; and reclaim their ability to recover from stress swiftly and efficiently. Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga offers practitioners a new and effective way to support clients who are stuck in a trauma response mode.
Download or read book Handbook of Spirituality and Worldview in Clinical Practice written by Allan M. Josephson and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2008-05-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This refreshing new work is a practical overview of religious and spiritual issues in psychiatric assessment and treatment. Eleven distinguished contributors assert that everyone has a worldview and that these religious and spiritual variables can be collaborative partners of science, bringing critical insight to assessment and healing to treatment. Unlike other works in this field, which focus primarily on spiritual experience, this clearly written volume focuses on the cognitive aspects of belief -- and how personal worldview affects the behavior of both patient and clinician. Informative case vignettes and discussions illustrate how assessment, formulation, and treatment principles can be incorporated within different worldviews, including practical clinical information on major faith traditions and on atheist and agnostic worldviews. The book's four main sections give concise yet comprehensive coverage of varying aspects of worldview: Conceptual Foundation -- The Introduction explains the significance of worldview and its context in the development of psychiatry; reviews misunderstandings about spirituality and worldview and how they can be resolved in contemporary practice; and discusses Freud's significant influence on psychiatry's approach to religion and spirituality. Clinical Foundations -- Three chapters review how clinicians can integrate spiritual and religious perspectives in the basic clinical processes of assessment (gathering a religious or spiritual history); diagnosis and case formulation (including religious and spiritual factors); and treatment (including a review of ethical issues). Patients and Their Traditions -- Six chapters discuss Catholic and Protestant Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, and secularists (atheists and agnostics), including a brief history, clinical implications of core beliefs, and variations of therapeutic encounters (both where patient and clinician share the same faith and where they do not) for each faith tradition. Worldview and Culture -- A concluding chapter reviews issues of a global culture where faiths once rarely encountered in North America are increasingly seen in clinical practice. This well-organized text sheds much-needed light on an area too often obscure to many clinicians, fostering a balanced integration of religion and spirituality in mental health training and practice. Bridging several disciplines in a novel way, this thought-provoking volume will find a diverse audience among mental health care students, educators, and professionals everywhere who seek to better integrate the religious and spiritual aspects of their patients' lives into assessment and treatment.
Download or read book Ha ha Yoga written by Mikel Burley and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, philosopher and hatha practitioner Mikel Burley places the soteriological system of hatha-yoga within its proper context, drawing attention to its continuity with Vedic religion, its initiatory pedagogical structure, and to the theoretical underpinnings of hatha practice. In particular, he examines the complex notion of a `subtle bodily matrix`--comprising vital channels (nadis), centres (cakras) and forces (prana)--which is so crucial to the discipline, this matrix being held to form, as it were, a bridge between the gross physical and mental spheres. Use is made of a wide range of source materials, including seminal texts in the hatha tradition such as the Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika and Gheranda-Samhita, as well as primary and secondary works from related streams of Indian thought. The author`s approach is both scholarly and accessible, making the study suitable for specialists, practitioners and general readers alike. Hatha-yoga is concerned with the most fundamental of matters: the development of an ethical and spiritually-oriented appreciation of humanity, the cultivation of maximal health and perceptual acuity, and the quest for Self-realisation. Absorbing and penetrating, Hatha-Yoga: Its Context, Theory and Practice makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of this subject.
Download or read book Yoga for Wellness written by Gary Kraftsow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Kraftsow's easy-to-follow exercise guide on the physical and spiritual benefits of yoga Healing with the Timeless Teachings of Viniyoga. With more than 1,000 photographs to clearly illustrate each sequence, Gary Kraftsow demonstrates how Yoga can be used to support optimal health and healing for aches and pains throughout the body; digestive and respiratory problems, cardiovascular, lymphatic, and endocrine systems; stress, depression, and mental illness; and more!
Download or read book Neuroscience of Yoga written by Akshay Anand and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yoga Exploring the Health Benefits and Diverse Dimensions written by Rameswar Pal and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yogic practice brings many health benefits at both physical and mental levels. Yoga has many therapeutic aspects and the research on yoga therapy is increasing day by day. It encompasses yoga therapy for lifestyle-related disorders like hypertension, diabetes, cancer, stress, anxiety, depression, and more. Yoga - Exploring the Health Benefits and Diverse Dimensions explores different dimensions of yoga, such as traditional knowledge, health impacts, and other aspects promoting mental, emotional, and physical health backed by scientific research.
Download or read book Yoga for Mental Health written by Heather Mason and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga is a comprehensive mind-body practice that is particularly effective for self-regulation, mood management, fostering resilience, and promotion of wellbeing. Inherently, yoga is a system for improving mental health and alleviating suffering at the deepest levels. Consequently, yoga's potential as a key component of integrative and complementary mental health is now being recognized internationally. This book serves as a reference, but also as a bridge between yoga therapy and healthcare, helping to add to the process of growing integration. It provides a professional resource for mental health professionals interested in the potential for yoga interventions that facilitate the therapeutic process, and who want to learn ways in which yoga can catalyze and deepen this process across a broad spectrum of mental health approaches. Similarly for yoga professionals with a focus on mental health and wellbeing who want to expand their understanding of how yoga relates to mental health approaches and their knowledge of best practices. The format is designed for consistency and ease of reading. Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the yogic viewpoint of mental health and wellbeing, and the psychological and neurological rationale for yoga's usage in mental health conditions. Each subsequent chapter is organized into a clinical overview of mental health conditions, followed by sections on current research and the rationale for incorporating yoga into the treatment of the condition, recommended yoga practices, and future directions.
Download or read book Hatha Yoga written by William Walker Ramacharaka Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hatha Yoga: The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Wellbeing, Ramacharaka describes the branch of and ancestral philosophy that deals with the physical body, and stresses its splendid foundation upon which the student builds a sound and strong body necessary for one to do his best work. Hatha Yoga: The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Wellbeing consists of a series of lessons dealing with the laboratory of the body, the Yogi theory and practice of Prana, Yogi breathing, Pranic energy, the control of the involuntary system, the mental attitude, lead by the spirit, as well as actives like the expansion of the Self, mental control, the cultivation of attention and perception, and subconscious character building, which involves the intelligent use of the subconscious faculties of the mind to modify, change, or completely alter our character. Throughout this book, Hatha Yoga: The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Wellbeing, the author's objective is unique: to give a new breath to our life. Editor's Note: In order to be more enjoyable during reading, this book is in 6" x 9" format. In the same spirit, the paper is cream-colored, which causes less fatigue to the eyes than white paper. All our publications are carefully handled both in terms of typography and design.
Download or read book Yoga and Flow written by C. Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga & Flow: The subjective state of immersion & intense enjoyment of an optimal experience in yoga.Yoga has become increasingly omnipresent in contemporary Western culture; an estimated fifteen million adults have tried yoga in the United States. Yoga has attracted numerous people as an alternative to mainstream medicine. Nearly half of those new to yoga try it to promote wellbeing, prevent health problems, or manage specific health concerns. Yoga has been shown to reduce stress, increase heath, and improvecognitive functions. Because yoga is so useful for improving quality of life, understanding more about how to create enjoyable yoga interventions will contribute to positive social change. However, a primary problematic issue with yoga research is an overgeneralization of the characteristics of yoga interventions. Thus future research is needed to evaluate the physical and perceptual benefits of yoga. This book will jumpstart your understanding of the scientific research behind Western yoga therapy and help you make your own unique contribution. I compiled this literature review while researching yoga and flow theory. I found working from a bibliography greatly aided my research process. So I've made this bit accessible here as a springboard for your research.
Download or read book Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone written by Joann Lutz and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trauma Healing in the Yoga Zone describes an original model of "Nervous System Informed, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga," (NITYA), a synthesis of classical yoga, somatic psychotherapy, and neuroscience research. It is organized around the eight branches of Raja Yoga, and includes scripts for administering NITYA chair yoga postures, breathing practices, and yoga nidra (the yogic sleep). These can be used by helping professionals with all levels of familiarity with yoga. The book is needed for several reasons: for mental health professionals, it offers a comprehensive overview of yoga philosophy and practices, as well as yoga-based options for working with the client's embodied experience, a major element in trauma healing. For yoga professionals and practitioners, it provides insight into the natural integration of yoga with polyvagal theory and other current approaches in the field of somatic psychology. Both professions are currently being enriched by data from the field of neuropsychology that describes brain function, in real time, in various mental and emotional states. This data supports yoga's effectiveness in regulating the autonomic nervous system, a key to trauma recovery.
Download or read book Hatha Yoga written by Ramacharaka and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hatha Yoga, The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Wellbeing, Yogi Ramacharaka describes Hatha Yoga as the branch of the Yoga Philosophy which deals with the physical body, and stresses its splendid foundation upon which the student builds a sound and strong body necessary for one to do his best work. Hatha Yoga, The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Wellbeing consists of a series of lessons dealing with the laboratory of the body, the Yogi theory and practice of Prana, Yogi breathing, Pranic energy, the control of the involuntary system, the mental attitude, lead by the spirit, as well as actives like the expansion of the Self, mental control, the cultivation of attention and perception, and subconscious character building, which involves the intelligent use of the subconscious faculties of the mind to modify, change, or completely alter our character. One volume: 242 pages.
Download or read book Queering and Cripping the Yoga Body written by Laura Shears and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queering and Cripping the “Yoga Body” deconstructs the power relations and dominant discourses that shape the image of a healthy, natural, gendered body performing a postural yoga practice. This book examines empirical yoga research, yoga-related media, and yoga teacher training materials to critique how yoga becomes a manageable, predictable intervention that individuals can and should undertake in order to create healthy, manageable, non-burdensome bodies. It argues that when yoga is positioned as a natural intervention, discourses of morality and purity become intertwined with those of measurability, responsibility, control, health, and gender. It also considers the author’s own embodied experience, as well as those of other queer and disabled yoga teachers and practitioners, and how such experiences can open up possibilities for the teaching and practice of yoga. Queering and Cripping the “Yoga Body” will be of interest to graduate students and researchers studying embodiment, health and mindfulness practices, poststructuralism, queer theory, or disability studies, as well as researchers, teachers, and practitioners of yoga.
