Sat Bir Sing Khalsa

Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care

  • Verlag: Handspring
  • ISBN: 9781909141209
  • 2016, 566 pages

75,90 

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Beschreibung

The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care is a professional-level textbook with contributions by multiple expert researchers and therapists in the field. This book
brings together the science and the practice of yoga therapy
supports the emergence of yoga therapy as a credible profession
comprehensively summarizes research findings and their practical implications for professionals who use yoga or refer patients for yoga practice
includes chapter contributions by leading biomedical researchers of yoga
reviews the scientific evidence base for yoga for a wide variety of medical conditions
Provides brief contributions by expert yoga therapists describing practical implementation issues relevant to yoga for specific conditions.
The editors include three eminent yoga therapy researchers and one renowned practitioner in the field. They have brought together an experienced team of researchers and yoga therapist contributors.
This book will prove essential to yoga therapists, physical therapists, medical doctors, psychologists and other health professionals interested in yoga as a therapeutic intervention.

Autor

Sat Bir Sing Khalsa

Sat Bir Sing Khalsa

is a full-time yoga researcher. After completing his doctorate in human physiology and neuroscience at the University of Toronto, Sat Bir Khalsa began his research in neuroscience, biological rhythms, sleep and sleep disorders. As a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, he focused his research on the effectiveness of yoga. He has…