Techniques Specific for Psychiatric Disorders, Couples Therapy & Personal Growth

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The long sub-title above follows the main title, " Kundalini Yoga

Meditation " of a hard-cover book which David Shannahoff-Khalsa wrote

at the request of one of W. W. Norton's editors. Though it retails

for $39.95, it is available at $23 and under on Amazon. ISBN

numbers: ISBN 13: 978-0-393-704 and ISBN-10: 0-393-70475-0.

 

This book represents years of careful and hard work on the part of

David. Kundalini Yoga meditations transmitted by Yogiji and recorded

by the author during the long-time association with Yogiji and the

Sikh way of life have been grouped together according to specific

disorders and topics. Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder,

ADHD, ADD, Anxiety and Panic Disorder, and many others.

 

The beauty and the advantage of this book - which certainly joins

those of Dr. Dharma as immensely helpful to the world community at

large as Kundalini Yoga teachers relay the knowledge and help - is

that David has run clinical trials of these meditations in

cooperation with M.D.s.

 

There's nothing like joining the world of the mystic with the world

of the medical doctor to bring spheres together.

 

This, to my thinking, is also an absolutely golden opportunity to

expand our Kundalini Yoga classes and outreach. The clinical

documentation gives a credibility which allows clear statements in

marketing data of the intent, purpose and possible effects of each

meditation. No lawsuits here. Of course, results vary, but the

author has also included case histories, which are indisputable.

 

I've already expanded my classes to include three in Meditation Based

in Kundalini Yoga, and use David's book as well as Yogiji's and

Gurucharan's " The Mind " and the countless other sources we all have.

 

I admit I'm very impressed with this work. It goes along with

Candace Pert, Ph.D.'s book, " Molecules of Emotion " which explains and

documents how our " feelings " register in our cells in different parts

of our bodies.

 

I really can't recommend it highly enough.

 

Om Bhagavati and Shanti Shanti Shanti,

 

Sat Nam,

 

Ananda

 

Anne