survivors on the yoga mat
An inspiring collection of essays that reveal the healing power of yoga, Survivors on the Yoga Mat is an ideal companion for trauma survivors and yoga teachers alike. Weaving together stories from her classes, travels, and workshops, author Becky Thompson shows the brave and unique ways that survivors approach yoga: the creative ways that thThompson skillfully draws connections between yoga and social-justice activism, demonstrating how a trauma-sensitive approach to yoga makes room for all of us—across race, clHome> Bookshop> Fitness & Sports> Yoga> Survivors on the Yoga Mat21.952014-09-0997815839482629781583948279—Nikki Myers, yoga and somatic therapist and founder of Y12SR: The Yoga of 12-Step Recovery—RyÅ«mon Hilda Gutiérrez BaldoquÃn, Sensei; editor of 14.99© 2019 North Atlantic Books. All Rights Reserved. Web design and development Survivors on the Yoga Mat - North Atlantic BooksFitness & SportsSurvivors on the Yoga MatStories for Those Healing from TraumaRolf GatesAn inspiring collection of essays that reveal the healing power of yoga, Yoga & HealingA Hunger So Wide and So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women's Eating Problems A Promise and a Way of Life. —Angela Davis, activist, yogi, and author of Women, Race, and Class The Meaning of FreedomSurvivorson the Yoga Mat demonstrates beautifully how yoga can provide a pathway from pain and isolation to wholeness. Stories from a multiracial, inter-generational, cross-cultural group of people reveal the healing powers of yoga as widely accessible.†—Sharon Salzberg, author of Real Happiness at Work and cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society “Written in the voice of a poet and trauma survivor, this thoughtful book offers support, hope, and infinite understanding … through the lyrical language of self-awareness, Thompson takes us beyond words and the stories we tell ourselves about our lives to a deep understanding of our ultimate wholeness.â€â€”Amy Weintraub, author of Yoga for Depression “Whether one practices yoga or not, this book should be read by everyone. reveals not only how yoga can make trauma victims whole but how it can make our society whole, in the face of the daily traumas of violence, injustice, and materialism.â€â€”Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination