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When people find out what I do for a living, they often ask me to help them choose a certain style of yoga, recommend a DVD and/or teacher, or offer them a brief yoga practice that helps them with whatever they are suffering with. Over the years I’ve been enthusiastic to help and offer up suggestions, referrals, practices, etc. I’m sad to say that while some are appreciative, the great majority ask and then are unresponsive to the suggestions offered. If I had a dollar for every person who asked me for help and then failed to even try what I suggested, I’d be writing this from my very own private island. <SIGH > Change Is Hard I’ll admit that it’s frustrating

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Make a Pledge for Your Health

One of my favorite teachers would often remind me that “there is never a never and never an always.” Her point was that yoga isn’t something mean to be applied to everyone in the same way at the same time. I loved this advice because my brain just loves rules and enjoys applying them (my body not so much)

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Asana: The Same Rules Don’t Always Apply

I’m sure if I wrote that yoga will cure whatever ails you, some medical association would come and shut down my blog (and, as much as I love yoga and believe in its healing power, this just ain’t so). SO, while I won’t tell you that yoga is a panacea for all physical and emotional conditions, but I will tell you that it’s an excellent complementary therapy. The days of seeing yoga as a simple stress reliever are over. Yoga can help with pain relief for a variety of physical conditions; it can keep a diseased body moving and flexible; it can quell emotional and psychological disorders. The list goes on an on. Here’s a handy yoga as medicine bookshelf (which is by no means all-inclusive — I’m just hitting on the highlights and some of my favorite resources) to guide you through employing yoga as a complementary therapy: General Wellness These books cover a variety of issues/ailments including insomnia, infertility, MS, back pain, and chronic fatigue. These books cover the gamut of emotional, physical, and psychological afflictions. Yoga for Wellness Yoga Therapies: 45 Sequences to Relieve Stress, Depression, Repetitive Strain, Sports Injuries and More Yoga RX: A Step-by-Step Program to Promote Health, Wellness, and Healing for Common Ailments Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing Healing Mantras: Using Sound Affirmations for Personal Power, Creativity, and Healing Emotional/Psychological Emotional Yoga Kundalini Yoga Meditation: Techniques Specific for Psychiatric Disorders, Couples Therapy, and Personal Growth Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Complex Psychiatric Disorders: Techniques Specific for Treating the Psychoses, Personality, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders  Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way: Creating Happiness with Meditation, Yoga, and Ayurveda Addiction Healing Addiction with Yoga: A Yoga Program for People in 12-Step Recovery Neurological Disorders/Movement Disorders Yoga for Movement Disorders: Rebuilding Strength, Balance and Flexibility for Parkinson’s Disease and Dystonia Arthritis Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide Anti-Aging/Beauty The Yoga Face: Eliminate Wrinkles with the Ultimate Natural Facelift Yoga for the Three Stages of Life: Developing Your Practice As an Art Form, a Physical Therapy, and a Guiding Philosophy Chronic Pain Yoga for Pain Relief: Simple Practices to Calm Your Mind & Heal Your Chronic Pain Cancer Healing Yoga for People Living with Cancer Eyesight Yoga of Perfect Sight Carpal Tunnel/Repetitive Stress Injuries Yoga for Computer Users: Healthy Necks, Shoulders, Wrists, and Hands in the Postmodern Age I’ll leave you with a little metta-esque (if you’re feeling so inclined to do a little metta bhavana on your own, click here ) wish — May you be healthy and free from suffering. And if you are suffering, may the practice of yoga lessen it. Namaste!

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Healing Yoga: The Yoga Medicine Bag