RELAX INTO YOGA FOR CHRONIC PAIN: An Eight-Week Mindful Yoga Workbook For Finding Relief & Resilience (O)

Carson PhD, Jim; Carson MPH C-IAYT, Kimberly; Krucoff C-IAYT, Carol

ISBN 10: 1684033284 / ISBN 13: 9781684033287

Verlag: New Harbinger Publications, 2020

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 26376447297

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: RELAX INTO YOGA FOR CHRONIC PAIN: An Eight-Week Mindful Yoga Workbook For Finding Relief & Resilience (O)
• Verlag: New Harbinger Publications
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1684033284
• ISBN-13: 9781684033287
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: New

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Based on the popular Mindful Yoga program developed at Duke University, this book will help you soothe your body and calm your mind-bringing gentle relief to the physical and mental suffering caused by chronic pain.
If you live with chronic pain, you need solutions now to help you feel better and get back to living your life. If you're looking for an alternative to pharmaceutical pain medication, yoga is powerful practice for managing pain and building resilience. Based on the proven-effective Mindful Yoga program developed by the authors at Duke University, this safe and easy-to-use book-accessible for all levels of fitness and mobility-has everything you need to get started today.
In this workbook, you'll find an eight-step, integrative approach drawing on both modern western medicine and the ancient wisdom of the yoga tradition. The gentle poses and practices in this book are informed by a state-of-the-art understanding of physiology, and can be safely used to help alleviate pain associated with several common health problems, such as arthritis, osteoporosis, cancer, and more.
This is not a book about getting into pretzel positions or sitting on a yoga mat for hours. This is a book about gentle, easy, and calming yoga that will help you manage your pain and improve your overall well-being.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jim Carson, PhD, is a former yogic monk (swami) who has taught the practices and philosophy of yoga worldwide for more than forty-five years. Jim is now a clinical health psychologist; and associate professor of anesthesiology, and of psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, OR. He has applied his expertise to the development and evaluation of yoga and meditation-based clinical treatments, including the first mindfulness program for couples, the first loving-kindness meditation program for medical patients, and the Mindful Yoga program. Jim also works extensively with patients suffering from persistent pain, including those with fibromyalgia, low back pain, and cancer pain. Jim codirects national professional trainings for yoga teachers and allied health professionals at OHSU, Duke Integrative Medicine, and VA Centers.