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Yoga as Medicine by Timothy
McCall, MD is an authorative and accessible book that shows
with reference to study after study how valuable Yoga can
be in treating a wide range of afflictions. This book
offers prescriptions and detailed case studies for numerous
ailments
(listed below in the Contents section) which are fascinating
and informative whether or not you suffer from the particular
problem(s) being addressed. It is detailed, comprehensive
and informed by the real life experiences of top notch yoga
therapists with deep knowledge of their craft.
Part One of the book introduces the topic of yoga
as medicine and quantifies the benefits in a way that the most skeptical Western
reader will be convinced of the health benefits that can be achieved throught
regular yoga practice. There are also Experiential Exercises in part one designed
to show the reader with little yoga experience direct and immediate results.
Part Two is full of practical guidance on figuring
out what yoga is right for you, how to do it safely and for planning and maintaining
your own practice.
Part Three contains the detailed information
on twenty particular health problems including back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome,
headaches and insomnia. Here details of how yoga can be used to treat and
prevent these problems are given. A personal history of successful treatment
is related and clear instruction for developing a healing practice is completely
laid out.
There are useful appendices about a variety of
topics including sources of further information and a helpful Sanskrit glossary.
This book has found wide acceptance and acclaim
in the yoga community. And as with Yoga itself it must be experienced to fully
understand why.
Timothy McCall, M.D., trained in primary
care internal medicine and practiced for more than a dozen years in the Boston
area and then in the year 2000 began devoting himself full-time to the investigation
of therapeutic yoga. As a board-certified physician and a dedicated yoga practitioner
who has traveled to India and throughout the United States observing, studying
with, and interviewing the world's leading yoga teachers and therapists, he is
uniquely qualified to reconcile modern medical science and ancient yogic teachings.
He is the medical editor of Yoga Journal, the country's leading yoga publication,
and now lives in the San Francisco Bay
Area.
High Praise for Yoga As Medicine:
"If
you care about your body and want to learn to listen more
carefully to its messages, and
to take good care of it over the long haul, you will find
this book a godsend, whether you are young or old, firm or
infirm, a newcomer to yoga or an old-timer. It is the first
comprehensive medical look at the benefits of yoga and its
therapeutic uses. Timothy McCall has done a great service
to the field of mind-body medicine." - Jon Kabat-Zinn,
Ph.D.
" Yoga as Medicine is a powerfully clear, accessible, and practical guide
to creating a vibrantly healthy body, mind, and spirit. What a tremendous contribution
to
healing and human potential!" -Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
" Yoga as Medicine is beautifully
organized and presented, making it instantly readable and practical for anyone
desiring better health or immediate help with
a particular problem." - Christiane Northrup, M.D.
This book has 566 pages and costs $21.00.
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