Yoga and Eating Disorders: Ancient Healing for Modern Illness

Yoga and Eating Disorders: Ancient Healing for Modern Illness
ISBN-10
1138908460
ISBN-13
9781138908468
Category
Eating disorders
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2016-05-05
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Joe Kelly, Carolyn Costin

Description

Yoga and Eating Disordersbridges the knowledge and practice gaps between mental health providers and yoga practitioners who work with clients suffering from disordered eating. Combining the wisdom of 20 experts in eating disorders treatment and yoga practice, editors Carolyn Costin and Joe Kelly show how and why yoga's mind-body connection facilitates treatment and recovery. This invaluable resource for mental health and yoga professionals, as well as individuals and family members struggling with eating disorders, explores the use yoga in therapy, ways yoga teachers can recognize and respond to disordered eating, recovery stories, research into yoga's impact on symptoms, and much more.

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