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

· Shambhala Publications
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About this ebook

An integrative approach to healing anxiety, depression, and chronic stress through yoga and breathing exercises

Emotional balance is within your reach—when you cultivate the intelligence of both your body and mind. 

Bo Forbes, a psychologist and yoga teacher, 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
   • 3 main obstacles to emotional well-being
   • 5 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.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
2 reviews
A Google user
September 11, 2011
It's a great book for experienced yogis or yoga teachers to identify the types of emotional problems the students are in and to find the proper solutions in helping the students to fix their ailments and may even eradicate them. Moreover, it is a easy read as well. Roy Chan
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About 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.

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