£37.50 GBP / $49.95 USD
Head and HeART
Yoga Therapy and Art Therapy Interventions for Mental Health
Envisioned as a resource for yoga teachers and all mental health and health professionals, Head and HeART is intended for:
- all health professionals who focus on mental health and/or wellbeing and want to broaden their understanding of how yoga and creative art therapy interventions can influence mental health approaches, best practices, and efficacy of treatment
- those who assist the therapeutic /healing processes who aspire to incorporate both yoga and creative art therapy interventions into their practice
- yoga therapy practitioners/teachers and creative art therapists/teachers who wish to deepen their knowledge of integrating yoga and creative art approaches into yoga, mental health and well-being
Western psychological processes (compared to the Kleśas, Vṛittis, Kośas, Guṇas, Doṣas, Nadi System, Cakras, and the Yamas and Niyamas) make this book accessible even to those unfamiliar with yogic philosophy and psychology. Clearing exercises, warm-up techniques, yogic
breathing for mood management, modifications and sequencing of poses, assessments (for the mind and body), digital and telehealth applications, yoga prop usage, and co-morbid, clinical cases (children, adolescents and adults) are presented throughout as a guide for the reader.
Practical reflection exercises are offered in the Introductory chapter and chapters 3-6. These suggested practices summarize and reiterate the clinical material for the reader, and afford expansion toward oneself and /or one’s clinical caseload.
No matter what form it takes to move towards a creative opening, the reader will find that this book will aid you in moving yourself and your patients into the exploration of art, yoga, and well-being. This interoceptive research (going within) facilitates an expansion towards self and others and ensures that expansion, whether making art, practising yoga or working with disease. May this book move you and your patients toward that trajectory of sattva and well-being.
Preface
Introduction
Creating a safe space
Assessment for the mind and the body
The experiential component: the yoga and art process
Clinical cases: Children
Clinical cases: Adolescents
Clinical cases: Adults
Resources
Appendix A Health history form
Appendix B Stages of development
Appendix C Practice information
Appendix D Cognitive art therapy assessment
Appendix E Directional movements of the spine and their application
Appendix F Movement observation sample
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Ellen Horovitz is an international leader and author in Art Therapy and Yoga Therapy, as well as a licensed art therapist, certified yoga therapist and psychotherapist. She is Professor Emerita and founder of the Nazareth College (Rochester, NY) graduate art therapy program.
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Head and HeART
Yoga Therapy and Art Therapy Interventions for Mental Health
£37.50 GBP / $49.95 USD Free delivery in the UK and USA
Envisioned as a resource for yoga teachers and all mental health and health professionals, Head and HeART is intended for:
- all health professionals who focus on mental health and/or wellbeing and want to broaden their understanding of how yoga and creative art therapy interventions can influence mental health approaches, best practices, and efficacy of treatment
- those who assist the therapeutic /healing processes who aspire to incorporate both yoga and creative art therapy interventions into their practice
- yoga therapy practitioners/teachers and creative art therapists/teachers who wish to deepen their knowledge of integrating yoga and creative art approaches into yoga, mental health and well-being
Western psychological processes (compared to the Kleśas, Vṛittis, Kośas, Guṇas, Doṣas, Nadi System, Cakras, and the Yamas and Niyamas) make this book accessible even to those unfamiliar with yogic philosophy and psychology. Clearing exercises, warm-up techniques, yogic
breathing for mood management, modifications and sequencing of poses, assessments (for the mind and body), digital and telehealth applications, yoga prop usage, and co-morbid, clinical cases (children, adolescents and adults) are presented throughout as a guide for the reader.
Practical reflection exercises are offered in the Introductory chapter and chapters 3-6. These suggested practices summarize and reiterate the clinical material for the reader, and afford expansion toward oneself and /or one’s clinical caseload.
No matter what form it takes to move towards a creative opening, the reader will find that this book will aid you in moving yourself and your patients into the exploration of art, yoga, and well-being. This interoceptive research (going within) facilitates an expansion towards self and others and ensures that expansion, whether making art, practising yoga or working with disease. May this book move you and your patients toward that trajectory of sattva and well-being.
Preface
Introduction
Creating a safe space
Assessment for the mind and the body
The experiential component: the yoga and art process
Clinical cases: Children
Clinical cases: Adolescents
Clinical cases: Adults
Resources
Appendix A Health history form
Appendix B Stages of development
Appendix C Practice information
Appendix D Cognitive art therapy assessment
Appendix E Directional movements of the spine and their application
Appendix F Movement observation sample
£37.50 GBP / $49.95 USD
Ellen Horovitz is an international leader and author in Art Therapy and Yoga Therapy, as well as a licensed art therapist, certified yoga therapist and psychotherapist. She is Professor Emerita and founder of the Nazareth College (Rochester, NY) graduate art therapy program.
Read More ›
You may also be interested in:
for course
instructors Ordering for
your class? Get in touch >