Yoga and Eating Disorders

by Carolyn Costin (Editor), Joe Kelly (Editor)

Yoga and Eating Disorders bridges the knowledge and practice gaps between mental health providers and yoga practitioners who work with clients suffering from disordered eating. Combining the wisdom of 20 experts in eating disorders treatment and yoga practice, editors Carolyn Costin and Joe Kelly show how and why yoga's mind-body connection facilitates treatment and recovery. This invaluable resource for mental health and yoga professionals, as well as individuals and family members struggling with eating disorders, explores the use yoga in therapy, ways yoga teachers can recognize and respond to disordered eating, recovery stories, research into yoga’s impact on symptoms, and much more.

228 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2016

About the author

Advocate/ Activist

Carolyn is renown for being an advocate and activist in her field receiving honors such as the National Eating Disorders Association's Award for Advocacy 2008 and in 2011 received the Spirit Recognition Award from Sierra Tucson. Carolyn lobbies congress, fights for insurance reform, organized the NEDA's Parent-Family Network, organizes campaigns against inappropriate advertising and continues to speak out on important social issues!

Therapist

After recovering from her own eating disorder Carolyn became a therapist in 1977 and has been treating people suffering from eating and body image problems since that time.

Founder

After serving as founder and clinical director of several hospital based eating disorder programs, Carolyn knew she wanted to create something different. "I wanted to create a center for healing in a home like environment, surrounded by nature."

Author

Carolyn is the author of five books with her most recent, "8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience". She has also written extensively for magazines, newspapers, and journals and has been a contributing author to several books on eating disorders and body image.

Educator/ Lecturer

Carolyn's first love was teaching. She served as a high school teacher and counselor for 8 years prior to dedicating her career to the treatment of eating disorders. Carolyn still loves to teach and every month offers a free study group for professionals.

Reviews

[Krissie Bentley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suggested reading for Yoga and Trauma training. This was my favorite of all suggested texts. Collection of articles provided a well-rounded resource. Made me think about my role/place in the movement of combining yoga and mental health resources. I will keep coming back to this one.

[Jennichole Arnold Arbucci · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sigh.... I wanted to like this read. I live bye yoga philosophy and suffer with eating disorders. But this book was not for me.
I did appreciate it though.
It is geared toward professionals, teachers.

[Michelle O Gorman]

Very Good - Can use this book for any Mental Health Issue

[Candy Sparks · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an interesting notion regarding yoga and eating disorders!