Yoga for Grief and Loss de Karla Helbert

Yoga for Grief and Loss: Poses, Meditation, Devotion, Self-Reflection, Selfless Acts, Ritual

Karla Helbert

Chinnamasta Stiles

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 oct 2015

This book explains how the six branches of yoga offer guidance and coping methods to those who have suffered bereavement or loss. Looking at the emotional, spiritual, philosophical elements, as well as the physical postures of yoga, the book shows how to begin and sustain a personal practice that helps us move through grief on multiple levels.

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Notă biografică

Karla Helbert is a certified yoga instructor trained in Integrated Movement Therapy®, a therapy that uses the philosophical, physical and spiritual framework of yoga in conjunction with conventional clinical treatment perspectives. She is also a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and a certified Compassionate Bereavement Care® provider. She operates a private psychotherapy practice with a focus on loss, grief and bereavement and facilitates bereavement support groups for local hospices and for the MISS Foundation. As a bereaved mother and a trained therapist, she has a deep personal, as well as clinical, understanding of the difficult issues facing those grieving the deaths of loved ones. She is the author of Finding Your Own Way to Grieve: A Creative Activity Workbook for Kids and Teens on the Autism Spectrum. She lives in Richmond, VA.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements. Foreword by Chinnamasta Stiles. 1. Why Yoga for Grief. 2. Jnana Yoga: The Path of Knowledge. 3. Bhakti Yoga: The Path of Devotion. 4. Tantra Yoga: The Path of Transformation. 5. Karma Yoga: The Path of Action. 6. Raja Yoga: The Path of Royalty. 7. Hatha Yoga: The Path of Sun and Moon. Bibliography. Index.