Yoga Therapy Theory and Practice

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.

Introduction Ellen G. Horovitz I. History, Philosophy and Regulation of Yoga Therapy 1. Yoga: History and Philosophy in the West Richard Rosen 2. Yoga Therapy Defined Robert Butera 3. Regulating Yoga Therapy: Acceptance in the West Dan Seitz 4. Organizational Yoga Therapy: The Unfoldment of Institutional Consciousness Matthew J. Taylor II. Models of Practice 5. Yoga and Neuronal Pathways to Enhance Stress Response, Emotion Regulation, Bonding, and Spirituality Patricia Gerbargand and Richard P. Brown 6. Hot Yoga and Emotional Detox Benjamin Lorr 7. Relaxing into the Self: Why We All Need to Learn to Let Go Judith Hanson Lasater 8. How the Yoga Lifestyle Transforms Stress Robert Butera and Erin Byron 9. Yoga Therapy for Our Healers: How to Give to Self to Give to Others Joanne Wu 10. Yoga, Is It Learning or Therapy: Comparing Medical and Educational Models Staffan Elgelid 11. Family Yoga Therapy and Art Therapy: New Models of Treatment Ellen G. Horovitz 12. An Ayurvedic Lifestyle and Diet: An Internet-Based Study Lisa Conboy, Hilary Garivaltis, Erin Casperson, & Scott Blossom 13. Yoga and Mental Health Treatment: The Crumbling Wall Amy Weintraub 14. Yoga for Anger Management Sheri Kreher 15. Music of Yoga/Yoga of Music François Raoult 16. My Other Yoga: A Patient’s Journey through Healing On and Off the Mat Frances Sommer Anderson and Laura (pseudonym) Appendix Index

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.