Yoga as Medicine - The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing. by Timothy McCall, M.D.

"Read this to find out why we teach our patients YOGA"

From arthritis, asthma and heart disease to insomnia, infertility and weight loss, this groundbreaking book of yoga therapy provides the postures, breathing techniques and meditation exercises to relieve stress, prevent illness, and heal you when you're sick. With a wealth of practical information, a comprehensive review of the scientific research, and in-depth coverage of injury prevention and contraindications to safe practice, this book is an indispensable guide for the millions who now do yoga or would like to learn, as well as for yoga teachers, body workers, doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals.

Yoga as Medicine features twenty chapters devoted to the work of individual master teachers such as Patricia Walden, John Friend, Gary Kraftsow, Nischala Joy Devi, and Rodney Yee, and shows how these experts have applied their knowledge of this revered ancient practice to heal people in need. Dr. Timothy McCall, Yoga Journal's medical editor, outlines the yogic approach to each condition and shows how to safely integrate yoga into both Western medicine and alternative health care to create a prescription for health and healing whose time has come.

Illustrated with more than 300 photos, drawings and charts throughout. 568 pages.

Edition: Paperback

Price: £19.75 

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