Yoga en emotie: oefeningen voor lichaam en geest

by Bija Bennett

Yoga is goed voor lichaam en geest, maar hoe ga je om met de (soms heftige) emoties die vrijkomen als je met yoga bezig bent? En omgekeerd, welke oefeningen zijn geschikt voor welke gemoedstoestand?
In de traditionele yogaboeken wordt hieraan weinig aandacht geschonken. Het is de verdienste van de ervaren Amerikaanse yogalerares Bija Bennett dat zij deze emotionele component tot hoofdonderwerp van haar boek heeft gemaakt.
Yoga en emotie bevat een compleet oefenprogramma, dat lichaam en geest volledig met elkaar verbindt.

Genres: Nonfiction

248 pages, Paperback

First published August 27, 2002

Reviews

[Bloodorange · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this might be an excellent guide for developing a full, deep practice of yoga. I will definitely continue to work with this book.

[Colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

In no other time in recent history have emotions been so respected. We are beginning to appreciate that emotions are not just annoying vestiges of our animal heritage. Instead, emotions can clue us into our sources of anxiety. Listening to emotions can turn out to be healing and beneficial. The problem is that too often we judge our emotions, and quickly squash them into ourselves, suppressing the body's natural response to our circumstances. Yoga as a practice helps individuals become more aware of their bodies. As a vinyasa yoga instructor in Portland, Oregon, I am seeking frameworks for emotional yoga therapy-- ways yoga teachers can specialize around helping people "overcome," re-frame, and re-wire their emotional responses.

I am loving Ms. Bennett's approach to healing. She organizes her writing around the 8 limbs of yoga. This is wonderful because it fits in with the yogic philosophy Vedic sages developed over 4,000 years ago. So far I am reading about the first limb, awareness/allowing. In this case, Ms. Bennett writes about becoming aware of one's emotional state, and accepting it as it is.

[ForestGardenGal · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a pretty good book, but I experienced an odd level of discomfiture the entire time I was reading. This was neither an entirely practical book (to be used as a practice guide) nor a fully mental book (to be read as a preparation for or supplement to any practice, but apart from the practice itself). For that reason, I always felt like I was in the wrong clothes... Can't wear jeans, what if I want to practice something she suggests? And let's face it, reading a book while lounging on the couch in yoga pants just feels wrong!

[Sebastian · Rating 1 out of 5]

I started reading this book months ago but I had to stop for a while. It's funny because I was past the halfway point of the book when I decided to give it a rest.
It's not necessarily a bad book but I personally felt that it was containing a bi tof toxic positivity? I wanted to finish it though because I'm interested in the emotional aspect of yoga but this book just didn't do it for me.

[Pabarrett]

Emotional yoga : how the body can heal the mind by Bija. Bennett (2002)

[Julianne Larsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great introduction to yoga. It was easy to follow.