Yoga Saved My Life
$56.70
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
12 September 2022
Summary
Why do you feel so much better after a yoga class? What is it that takes yoga beyond being merely a way to physically exercise the body, and instead renders it a tool for effectuating deep and lasting emotional change?
In Yoga Saved My Life, psychotherapist and yoga teacher Sasha Bates demystifies both yoga and psychotherapy, exploring the links between them and showing how each can be transformational. This sits alongside personal stories from members of the Fierce Calm yoga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529356878 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529356873 |
| Author: | Sasha Bates |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Yellow Kite |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 12 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 138mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Such a wonderfully enjoyable - and practical - book. A lovely guided voice making sense in a crowded space.– Liz Earle MBE
Yoga Saved My Life shows us gently and persuasively that healing the mind is as important as healing the body, and yoga is a great way of doing this – Vex King
During this very ugly moment in global history, we all need as much support as possible. Thankfully,Sasha Bates has gifted us with a magnificent jewel, exploring the physical and psychological benefits of yoga and so much more besides. This extremely readable and engaging book offers essential life-saving wisdom and calm.
– Professor Brett Kahr, Senior Fellow, Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, London, and Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis and Mental Health, Regent’s University LondonSuch a wonderfully enjoyable - and practical - book. A lovely guided voice making sense in a crowded space. – Liz Earle MBESasha takes everyday issues of modern life - stress, anxiety, depression, insecurity, overwhelm - and clearly unpacks them psychotherapeutically while revealing how the practice of yoga can help us grow in tolerance, agency, purpose, and compassion. – Sandra Gillespie, Somatic Therapist, London, UKSasha demystifies yoga and gives a refreshing antidote to the off-putting public face that yoga sometimes presents. – Karen Russell, senior yoga teacher, and adaptive and sports yoga teacherAbout The Author
Sasha Bates
Sasha Bates is a psychotherapist, journalist and former documentary filmmaker. Eighteen years in the TV industry saw her write, direct and produce series as varied as Omnibus, Grand Designs, Live and Kicking, and How to Look Good Naked, alongside an ongoing side-line in travel journalism.
Her fascination with people - and what creates the myriad dynamics between us all - fuelled her career as a filmmaker, and she discovered a desire to further understand the human mind, emotions and relationships. She left television behind and re-trained as an integrative psychotherapist, gaining an MA, a Diploma in Counselling and an Advanced Diploma in integrative psychotherapy from The Minster Centre in London. Once fully qualified, and after stints working in the NHS and in higher education, she started up in private practice where she gained a reputation as an embodied therapist, an earlier training as a yoga teacher having given her a good understanding of the mind body connection.
When her husband, Bill, died unexpectedly at just 56, Sasha turned back to writing to help her navigate the new and unwelcome world into which she had been thrust. She now teaches workshops about grief to therapists, and other grievers, and has set up a commemorative theatrical bursary - The Bill Cashmore Award - in conjunction with the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith.
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