Sacred Therapies: The Kundalini Yoga Meditation Handbook for Mental Health - Hardcover

"The origins of psychopathological states are believed to be determined by the interactions of both the environment and genetic factors, especially during the sensitive periods of development. Since multiple risk factors can play a role in the origin of mental disorders, it is likely that multiple approaches in treatment can be used to alleviate their symptoms. Kundalini yoga meditation is a unique approach. Shannahoff-Khalsa is not only helping to disseminate this knowledge but he is also helping to set the stage to create a scientific perspective for Kundalini Yoga. In this book, he clearly describes a wide array of disorder-specific protocols that have helped uncountable individuals that can now be backed up by evidenced-based studies." -- Euripedes C. Miguel, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine "Shannahoff-Khalsa does not disappoint in his newest book. . . . Running the gamut of afflictions from small- to large-scale, Shannahoff-Khalsa's book provides an in-depth reference guide, neatly organized and exhaustively thorough, to alternative therapies." -- PsychCentral

This comprehensive, user-friendly handbook offers readers an innovative clinical approach using 100 different Kundalini yoga techniques in select disorder-specific protocols for treating all of the major and common psychiatric disorders. Readers will gain insight into their own symptoms by reading the official American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual definitions along with the associated disorders and features, and learn the step-by-step strategies essential for self-healing and relief. Seventy black-and-white illustrations are included. Topics covered: Generalized Anxiety Disorder * Obsessive Compulsive Disorder * Body Dysmorphic Disorder * Trichotillomania * Phobias * Panic Disorders * Acute Stress Disorder * PTSD * The Abused and Battered Psyche * Depression * Grief * The Bipolar Disorders * The Addictive, Impulse Control, and Eating Disorders * Insomnia and other Sleep Disorders * Chronic Fatigue Syndrome * ADHD and Co-morbid Disorders (Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder) * Dyslexia and Other Learning Disorders * Schizophrenia and the Variants of the Psychoses * The Personality Disorders (Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcississtic, Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder) * Autism and Asperger's Disorder