Yoga Therapy

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.

Ellen G. Horovitz, PhD, is professor and director of the graduate art therapy program at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. She is the author of 7 books, served on the American Art Therapy Association's board of directors and as president-elect, and is past media editor of Arts & Health: An International Journal of Research, Policy and Practice. Staffan Elgelid, PhD, is an associate professor of physical therapy at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York and has served on the board of the North America Feldenkrais Guild, the advisory board of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and on the editorial board of several journals.

"What a wonderful book! There is little doubt that you or someone you know is 'doing' yoga. Yoga Therapy is a marvelous addition to our understanding of yoga as exercise and as a path to self-transformation and self-realization. This book features renowned experts who clearly and articulately describe the wholeness of this practice, which lifts yoga from our fuzzy ideas of a 'twisty, bendy way of stretching' to its rightful place as an opportunity for holistic healing of the body through the mind and of healing of the mind through the body. Yoga makes a difference in our lives. This book artfully articulates just how that happens in many varied pathways, and it's a delightful gift for anyone who is interested in yoga. You will return to it time and again for understanding and insight into this transformational practice." Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, FAPTA, professor emerita in the department of physical therapy at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and a JF Barnes myofascial release physical therapist with Polestar Pilates Rehabilitation in Coral Gables, Florida "This book is a brilliant manifestation that offers an intelligent, insightful, and useful look into the evolution and progression of yoga therapy into the modern medical and mental health treatment plans. Yoga Therapy is an exquisite buffet of exceptional experts sharing a collective wealth of valuable factual information, tastefully explained practical applications, intriguing case studies-all topped with healthy 'self-inquiry' desserts! This feast is a fantastic, viable reference for yoga and health professionals to better serve students and clients, but it's also an easily digestible reference from which anyone can benefit. Enjoy!" Helene Couvrette, E-RYT500, yoga therapist and cofounder of the Montreal International Symposium on Therapeutic Yoga (MISTY) "Yoga Therapy is a remarkable book that provides insight into the field of yoga therapy and its applications to those working in healthcare, but it's also great for the consumer who wishes