Healing depression the mind-body way : creating happiness with meditation, yoga, and Ayurveda / by Nancy Liebler, Sandra Moss.
Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2009.Description: 272 pISBN:- 9780470286319 (pbk.) :
- 9780470286319 (pbk.)
- Meditation
- Hatha yoga
- Medicine, Ayurvedic
- Depression, Mental -- Alternative treatment
- Depression, Mental -- Alternative treatment -- Popular works
- Medicine, Ayurvedic -- Popular works
- Mind and body
- Health and Wellbeing
- Self-help & personal development
- Coping with illness & specific conditions
- Traditional medicine & herbal remedies
- Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation
- 616.852706 LIE
- 616.85/2706 22
- RC537
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Positive Living | 616.852706 LIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 216985 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-270) and index.
Foreword by Vasant Lad, B.A.M.&S., M.A.Sc. Acknowledgments. Introduction. PART I: FINDING ANOTHER WAY. 1 Beyond the Broken Brain. 2 Why Depression Happens. 3 The Many Faces of Depression. 4 Airy Depression. 5 Burning Depression. 6 Earthy Depression. 7 Metabolizing Life. 8 Consciousness Becomes Us. PART II CREATING HAPPINESS. 9 Meditation: Transcending Darkness. 10 Breathing: Letting Your Life Force Flow. 11 Exercise: Moving Your Spirit. 12 Yoga: Posing for Life. 13 Sleep: Recharging Your Life Force. 14 Food: Nourishing Rites. 15 Now What? Appendix: Authors Evaluation of the Mind-Body Questionnaire: Assessing Our Imbalances. Resources. Index.
Ayurveda is the world's oldest system of natural medicine, originating in India thousands of years ago. Yoga, now practiced by tens of millions of Americans, is derived from it. This unique book reveals the ancient yet ultramodern ayurvedic perspective on depression.