Thursday, January 15, 2009

Dealing with Depression Naturally or Beyond Power Yoga

Dealing with Depression Naturally: Alternatives and Complementary Therapies for Restoring Emotional Health

Author: Syd Baumel

From the cutting edge of natural antidepressant research, here is new information on St. John's wort, SAMe, bright light therapy, and other proven natural remedies for depression. This fully updated second edition explores emotional health, including mood-enhancing fats and herbal antidepressants.

Syd Baumel, a medical writer, is the author of Serotonin: How to Naturally Harness the Power Behind Prozac and Phen/Fen, and Natural Antidepressants.



Books about: Madam Secretary or We Were One

Beyond Power Yoga

Author: Beryl Bender Birch

FROM SWEAT TO SAMADHI: The Path of ASTANGA YOGA

Beyond Power Yoga presents and explores the complete journey of the classical astanga yoga system, from power yoga to meditation and liberation. Bender Birch's first book, the groundbreaking Power Yoga, introduced one level of astanga yoga to mainstream America -- a high-heat, high-energy mind/body workout. Now, Beyond Power Yoga presents all eight levels, or limbs, of this ancient method -- a total practice for body and soul.

Drawing a parallel between astanga yoga's eight limbs and the mind/body energy centers (chakras) of Eastern philosophy, Bender Birch shows us how we can balance and heal our body, focus and relax our mind, amplify and direct our energy (prana), and ultimately reclaim our spiritual connection to Universal Consciousness. Each chapter offers specific practices to help the reader uncover and experience the insights of the astanga yoga journey.

  1. The YAMAS: Exploring the Fundamentals

  2. The NIYAMAS: Doing the Work

  3. ASANA: Practicing the Postures

  4. PRANAYAMA: Breathing Mindfully

  5. PRATYAHARA: Turning Inward

  6. DHARANA: Developing Concentration

  7. DHYANA: Experiencing Meditation

  8. SAMADHI: Living Joyfully

Presented in the down-to-earth illuminating style and inspiring voice of the author, illustrated with easy-to-follow photos, plus a special wall chart of the asana sequences, Beyond Power Yoga offers a short form of the dynamic mind/body power yoga method, thenjourneys through the deeper levels of spiritual practice.



Table of Contents:
Preface

INTRODUCTION, PART I

The Journey to India

INTRODUCTION, PART II

The Awakening

1

THE SOURCE OF OUR SUPPORT: DISCOVERING THE FUNDAMENTALS

2

THE WORK: YOGA IN ACTION

3

THE WORKOUT: THE BURNING POWER OF ASANA PRACTICE

4

MINDFUL BREATHING: CONNECTING BODY AND MIND

5

BEYOND THE SENSES: TURNING INWARD

6

TRAINING THE MIND: LEARNING CONCENTRATION

7

THE PATH TO SELF: EXPERIENCING MEDITATION

8

THE LEAP INTO LIBERATION: KNOWING BLISS

Endnotes

Bibliography

Additional Recommended Reading

Index

Exercise Chart

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for sharing knowledge on yoga. Yoga is a good habit one should develop to overcome depression. Habits play very crucial role in a man's life. If the habits are useless, they can lead his life into stress and depression. I want to share a resource which can help in developing useful habits and also help to fight depression with various feeling happier techniques.

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