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Emotional Yoga: How the Body Can Heal the Mind »

Book cover image of Emotional Yoga: How the Body Can Heal the Mind by Bija Bennett

Authors: Bija Bennett, Lois Greenfield (Photographer), Deepak Chopra
ISBN-13: 9780684862774, ISBN-10: 0684862778
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: August 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Bija Bennett

Book Synopsis


Drawing on her extensive training in yoga therapy, dance, and meditation, Bija Bennett has created a groundbreaking yoga program that takes full advantage of the body-mind connection. Based on the classical eightfold path of yoga, Emotional Yoga offers a broad range of simple body-mind techniques that can positively affect our emotional well-being, including the dynamic interplay of movements, breathing exercises, meditations, lifestyle skills, rituals, gestures, and healing sounds. Each technique is presented in a way that is true to Bennett's background in the tradition of Viniyoga, which allows the reader to adapt the program to his or her specific needs.

Table of Contents

Forewordix
Acknowledgmentsxi
The Yoga of Emotional Healingxv
What is Emotional Yoga?xvii
Leaves Fallxix
Part 1Stretching from the Inside Out1
1The Healing Power of Emotions3
2Yoga as Emotional Therapy5
3The Essential Principles and Tools8
Part 2The Eight Limbs of Emotional Yoga21
Limb 1Allowance23
Bringing into Awareness23
Intelligent Behaviors (Yama)28
Profound Attunement36
Limb 2Allegiance40
Joining Together40
Personal Attitudes (Niyama)42
Consciousness in Motion54
Limb 3Will and Power57
Cooperating Within57
Bodily Exercise (Asana)59
Skill in Action69
Limb 4Love109
Discerning the Differences109
Conscious Breathing (Pranayama)112
Breathing Lessons119
Limb 5Harmony134
Balancing the Parts134
Directing the Senses (Pratyahara)136
Sensing the Muse140
Limb 6Knowledge150
Remembering the Past150
Focusing Attention (Dharana)153
Sounds of Music162
Limb 7Wisdom167
Expanding What's Possible167
Sustaining Attention (Dhyana)171
Opening the View174
Limb 8Synergy184
Returning to Wholeness184
Making Life Whole (Samadhi)188
Curving Back191
Part 3Staying Supple195
1On an Emotional Walkabout197
2Growing a Practice206
Appendices
Practice as Therapy213
Resources217
About the Author218
Notes219

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