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Hunger, hope & healing : a yoga approach to reclaiming your relationship to your body and food / Sarahjoy Marsh.

by Marsh, Sarahjoy.

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Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2015.

Eating disorders -- Alternative treatment.

Food habits -- Psychological aspects.

Yoga -- Therapeutic use.

9781611801934 (pbk.)

1611801931 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Hunger, hope and healing

xvi, 298 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Hunger: What Are You Hungry For? -- 2. Hope: A New Lens through Which to Look -- 3. Capacity: Four Essential Life Skills -- 4. Fervency: Desire and Discipline -- 5. Finding Faith, Reviving Courage -- 6. Resilience and Self-Empathy -- 7. Causes of Suffering, Sources of Joy -- 8. Forgiveness and Freedom.

"A yoga approach to dealing with disorded eating patterns--like overeating, food addiction, and stress eating--and the resulting emotional distress they can cause. Yoga philosophy and practice is increasingly being used in therapeutic settings with great efficacy to help treat eating disorders. Sarahjoy Marsh, yoga teacher, counselor, and meditation teacher, offers a program using the tools and philosophy of yoga for addressing addiction--specifically, food addiction, disordered eating patterns, body image issues, and emotional eating. The nature of addiction and the philosophy of yoga, with a methodical approach to recovery that is neither dogmatic nor rigid; rather, it is empathic, hopeful, and deliberate. Clear, empathic advice and photographs of the step-by-step practices, to help alleviate the isolation that people with eating disorders feel; offering strategies for changing the behaviors; and giving clear guidelines about the processes of recovery and the development of new life skills"--Provided by publisher.

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