Yoga for Emotional Balance: Simple Practices to Help Relieve Anxiety and Depression

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Yoga for Emotional Balance: Simple Practices to Help Relieve Anxiety and Depression Pub. Date: 3/8/2011 Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.

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Emotional balance is within your reach—when you cultivate the intelligence of both your body and mind. Bo Forbes, a psychologist and yoga teacher, presents an integrative approach to healing anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. In this book, she offers some of her most important teachings and practices, including:

   • restorative yoga sequences designed to balance anxiety and lift depression
   • breath- and body-centered exercises to calm your mind and energize your body
   • simple ways to understand your emotional patterns
   • an overview of the three main obstacles to emotional well-being
   • five tools for building emotional balance Rooted in classical yoga yet supported by psychology and science, the techniques in this book will help you create progressive and lasting change.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781590307601
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Publication date: 3/8/2011
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 144,759
Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Bo Forbes, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, and integrative yoga therapist whose background includes training in biopsychology, behavioral medicine, and stress management. She is the founder of Integrative Yoga Therapeutics, a system that specializes in the therapeutic application of yoga for anxiety, insomnia, depression, immune disorders, chronic pain, and physical injuries. Forbes conducts teacher trainings and workshops internationally, and writes frequently for magazines such as Yoga Journal, Body + Soul, and the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. For more information, visit her online at boforbes.com.

Preface ix

Introduction: Yoga's Role in Emotional Balance 1

Part 1 The Path to Emotional Balance 11

1 Understanding Anxiety and Depression 13

Breath Exercise: Getting to Know Your Breath 28

Body Exercise: Distinguishing between Tension and Relaxation 31

2 What Gets in the Way of Change 34

Breath Exercise: 1:1 Breathing 48

Body Exercise: The Five-Minute Body Check-in 50

3 How True Healing Happens 55

Breath Exercise: 1:2 Breathing 72

Body Exercise: Going Up the Stairs Backward 75

4 Five Ways to Transform Your Emotional Patterns 78

Breath Exercise: Worrying and 1:2 Breathing 103

Body Exercise: Getting to Know Restorative Yoga 105

5 Finding Meaning in Anxiety and Depression 108

Breath Exercise: Going with the Flow of Emotions 128

Body Exercise: Inhabiting Your Body with Kindness 130

Part 2 Breathwork and Restorative Yoga 135

6 What's Your Emotional Type? 137

7 The Heart of the Practice 149

8 Anxiety-Balancing Practice 164

9 Depression-Lifting Practice 189

10 Mixed Anxiety and Depression Stabilizing Practices 212

Epilogue 215

Acknowledgments 218

Appendix A Frequently Asked Questions 222

Appendix B Prop Resource Guide 227

Notes 235

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