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Yoga for Grief Relief, Simple Practices for Transforming Your Grieving Mind and Body

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Yoga for Grief Relief

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Simple Practices for Transforming Your Grieving Mind and Body

When people grieve, they experience profound pain in both body and mind. Some may experience depression, fatigue, anxiety, or even chronic pain. For readers who've experienced loss (and have lost their way) Yoga for Grief Relief combines over 100 illustrations of gentle yogic poses and the latest research in psychophysiology and neuroscience to help them get back on the path to wellness. Written by the founder of Yoga for Health, the step-by-step exercises in this book can be tailored to the reader's personal needs, and are designed to help them work through their loss and begin

Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1; Grief: A Normal Response to Loss; Defining Grief: The Western View; Four Tasks of Mourning: A Road Map for the Grieving Process; Grief and the Brain; Chapter 2; Yoga and Grief; The Five Spokes on the Wheel of Suffering; Grief's Challenge to Spirituality; Love Beyond Attachment; Chapter 3; How the Yoga for Grief Relief Practice Works; How This Practice Was Born; The Active Principles of the Practice; How the Practice Functions as a Whole; Chapter 4; What You Can Do: The Yoga Practice; Accepting Life FullyComplete Breathing (Mahat Yoga Pranayama)Unblocking the Flow of the Life Force; Energy Flow Series (Pawanmuktasana 1); Whisking Up the Feelings; Windmill (Vayu Chakram Asana); Let Go!; Attitude of Discharging (Utthita Lolasana); Sleep Better and Awaken to a New Perspective; Concentrated Gazing (Tratak); Control Is Somehow Possible; Alternate-Nostril Breathing (Nadi Shodhana Pranayama); Bringing Calm to a Scattered Mind and a Distressed Body; Self-Relaxation Technique (Anga Shaithilya); Dissolving Old Patterns and Reprogramming the Mind with Intention; Resolve (Sankalpa); Opening to SpiritBreath MeditationChapter 5; Designing the Logistical Aspects of Your Practice; Setting the Intention; Should You Practice Alone or Under Guidance?; Is It Better to Practice Individually or in a Group?; Is It Safe to Do This Practice by Yourself?; Which Exercises Are Best for Me?; Where Should I Practice?; When Should I Practice?; For How Long Should I Practice?; Your Practice Changes as You Do; Chapter 6; The Process of Transformation; Finding a New Identity After Loss; How Can the Transformation Be Accomplished?; What Are the Possible Meanings of Finding a New Identity After Loss?