Yoga For Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind & Heal Your Chronic Pain (New Harbinger Whole-Body Healing Series) - Softcover

McGonigal, Kelly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572246898 ISBN 13: 9781572246898

Publisher: New Harbinger, 2009

Synopsis

It's no secret that yoga increases muscular flexibility and strength, but you may not know that yoga is a proven treatment for back pain, knee pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other chronic pain conditions. Yoga also helps to ease the stress, anxiety, and depression that can create and reinforce pain, making you feel more comfortable in both your mind and your body.

Written by a yoga instructor and former chronic pain sufferer, Yoga for Pain Relief is packed with gentle postures and practical strategies for ending pain. This complete mind-body tool kit for healing also includes deep relaxation practices drawn from the yogic tradition and psychological techniques for helping you make peace with your body and dissolve pain. As the ancient practice of yoga releases the hold that chronic pain has over your life, you will begin to feel more like yourself again

About this title

About the Author

Kelly McGonigal is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy and Yoga Therapy in Practice. Her writing has been featured in yoga publications nationwide, including Yoga Journal. McGonigal uses yoga to prevent and calm her own chronic pain, as she suffered for years from debilitating headaches. She teaches yoga, psychology, and healthy back classes at Stanford University.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572246898
• ISBN 13: 9781572246898
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224