The Healing Power of Yoga

by Julie Friedeberger

This is a book about yoga, a holistic system for creating and sustaining balance and harmony on all the levels of our being body, mind, emotions and spirit. It’s about yoga’s boundless potential for healing, for bringing about beneficial change on all them. I’ve called it The Healing Power of Yoga because throughout my life yoga has proved is transformative healing power, most profoundly in 1993, when I had breast cancer. That experience left me with a deeper trust in the power of yoga to help us to face our challenges, and to heal ourselves. The book draws on my experience of yoga, and on my work with others who are dealing with life-changing illness, to explore how the yoga practices and body movement, breathing, relaxation and meditation contribute to healing. The simple yet powerful techniques I describe can be practiced by everyone, for inner strength and inner peace.

About the Author:

Julie Friedeberger has been practicing yoga since 1970 and teaching and training yoga teachers since 1987. Her experience includes work with older people, people with mental health problems, and people with cancer. She lives in London with her husband, the painter Klaus Friedeberger. She is the author of A Visible Wound: A Healing Journey through Breast Cancer and Office Yoga.