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When all is not well : depression, sadness and healing : a yogic perspective / Om Swami.

by Om Swami, 1979-

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Harper Element, 2015.

Depression, Mental.

Depression, Mental -- Treatment.

Yoga -- Therapeutic use.

Breathing exercises -- Therapeutic use.

Monks -- India -- Anecdotes.

9780994002754 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Depression, sadness and healing : a yogic perspective

xiv, 188 p. ; 22 cm.

"With everything that we do, so hard and so sincerely, happiness continues to remain a fleeting feeling, an elusive emotion. This book is not about how to be happy though. Instead, it is about sadness, indeed intense sadness. This book is about one of the most mysterious of all illnesses, an ailment that simultaneously attacks your mental, emotional and physical well-being. Rapidly and fiercely. When All Is Not Well is a book on depression and sadness from a yogic perspective. And it shows how depression is not intense sadness. The latter could be a state of mind while the former is a disorder. In my view, depression is one of the least understood and most crippling conditions of our times. It can affect anyone, anytime, at any stage of their life. Regardless of your lifestyle, your mental makeup or emotional setup, no one is permanently immune from this disorder. What is particularly disturbing about depression is that it distances you from everything and everyone you know. You feel like a stranger in your own body, in your own world. What's worse, there is no definitive cure for depression. Some people are helped by meditation and yoga while many others don’t derive any benefit from it. Cognitive behavioral therapy works for some patients whereas many find it a complete waste of time. Why? The truth is that treatment of depression is entirely dependent on the nature of your depression. If you are currently experiencing deep sadness in your life, or battling depression or have ever suffered from it in the past, or you know anyone who does, then I do hope that you read this book. There is hope. And, hope, I may add, is just about the only thing worth holding onto when it comes to depression. Because before anything else, the demon of depression sucks the hope out if its victim. It starts to feel that it will never leave you. But, there is hope. Really, there is. And, it is with the same hope that I’ve written this book."--From the author's website: omswami.com. Born in North India, Om Swami moved to Australia and became an MBA graduate and software firm owner. In 2010, he renounced his material wealth, becoming a mystic, non-traditional monk who now lives in the Himalayan foothills. He is the author of If Truth be Told: a Monk's Memoir.

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