Introduction. 1. Traditional Yogic Views in a Modern World. 2. A Journey Around the Digestive Tract and its Functions. 3. Physical and Subtle Anatomy of the Digestive Tract and All its Connections. 4. The Psychology of Yoga and the Gut. 5. The Practices. 6. Considerations for Specific Conditions. Supporting Therapies. Bibliography. References. Index.
Understanding and applying yoga therapy to the treatment of digestive issues
Charlotte Watts is a senior yoga teacher and award-winning Nutritional Therapist, specialising in stress related and digestive issues. She is a popular speaker at conferences and events and has authored several books, most recently The De-Stress Effect (2015).
Expert nutritional knowledge and yoga philosophy re-visioned for
modern guts! This is a highly informative and easily digestible
book for yoga practitioners looking to support their digestive
health. Yoga therapists will equally find substantial resources
here to help inform client work.
*Rebekah Hay-Brown, Yoga Therapist*
This carefully researched and informative book represents the
future of yoga as a tool to understand ourselves and heal trauma.
Charlotte weaves together ancient wisdom and mind-blowing recent
discoveries to offer this much needed insight to a fascinating but
widely misunderstood area of the body. A spiritual and physical
blessing for the gut.
*Richard George, Contemporary School of Yoga*
Charlotte Watts' Yoga for Digestive Health unlocks ancient and
contemporary understandings of the possible roots and causes of
digestive disorders. She also artfully champions yoga as an
embodied, compassionate pathway that leads to lasting digestive
health. Moving past conventional approaches to 'fix' the gut, Watts
inspires readers to look at the root causes of disorder, which are
often trauma and stress. She then graciously demonstrates how we
can employ yoga as an effective means to meet and respond to these
origins through the wisdom of our body, breath and mind.
*Mimi Kuo-Deemer, MA, Yoga, Qigong and Mindfulness Teacher*
At a perfectly timed moment within the evolution of our
understanding of the significance of digestive health toward
improved wellbeing comes a book that offers thorough, accessible
and informed guidance of the treatment of your body and mind. I
would recommend this book to anyone interested in diet and the
addressing of digestive related issues, and for those involved in
the teaching, therapy and practice of personal wellbeing.
*Simon Low, The Yoga Academy principal and international yoga
teacher*
I absolutely love this book! It is packed full of incredibly useful
information with the deep understanding and wisdom that could only
come from of a very experienced practitioner and teacher. This is a
seminal keystone book that everyone should read, especially if you
have ever had digestive issues or pain. It tackles the complex and
vague world of digestive issues with clarity and practical
straightforward advice that will empower any reader and give them
an essential comprehensive understanding of why and how to easily
make gains over very misunderstood symptoms. It is well researched
with up to date neuroscience and physiology that succinctly bridges
the relationship of yoga with the current scientific understanding
that gives you a deeper rock solid foundation to your yoga practice
and the confidence to make giant steps at regaining your power over
the unknown, fundamentally changing the way you live forever.
I recommend this book to all my clients that are struggling with
digestive issues, complex chronic pain and stuck not able to move
forward but don't know why.
*Graham Stones, Clinical Director Broken yogi & Missing link back
pain solutions, Visceral Manipulation and Lymphatic drainage
therapist, Back pain consultant*
This is such a fabulous resource. It provides practical guidance
for those working with digestive issues in just the right amount of
detail. I love the way that it draws throughout on the ancient
sciences of Yoga and Ayurveda, while acknowledging the place of
contemporary medical research. Excellent too that it acknowledges
the important role of yoga practices other than asana, especially
when working therapeutically.
*Graham Burns, Yoga Teacher and Teacher Training Board Member,
Yogacampus, Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS University of London*
I am pleased that Charlotte Watts has asked me to endorse this well
researched and well written book. Brimming with the relevant
information and punctuated by insight, Yoga Therapy for Digestive
Health blends Eastern Yoga with Western research and understanding
in order to address digestive dysfunctions and conditions. Beyond
this we are reminded of the potential and scope of Yoga practice on
various levels. This book should be included in the library of all
teachers and practitioners who are interested in Yoga as a therapy
and is a timely reminder of what yoga is and can be.
*John Stirk*
Here is an in insightful and illuminating examination of the role
digestive health plays in physical and mental vitality. Charlotte
Watts takes on a subject that is all too often overlooked- the
state of the gut-- and details its key function in the health of
the body-mind. For yogis and non-yogis alike, this book is an
invaluable resource to help support the ecology of the digestive
system.
*Tias Little, author of Yoga of the Subtle Body*
This is an incredibly comprehensive book. Charlotte has expertly
woven Eastern and Western viewpoints into something accessible and
digestible! It is also beautifully written. An important book for
ALL yoga teachers since the significance of the gut body and its
relationship to our structure and the nervous system has long gone
overlooked. Charlotte highlights this connection in a myriad of
ways and has produced an intelligent book, essential for all
teacher training programs.
*Kate Ellis, Yoga Teacher, Teacher Trainer and Body
Psychotherapist*
This book is brave and brilliant. Charlotte has taken her personal
passion through thorough homework and research, into a realm of
clear communication and excellence. May it become a classic on
every Yoga Teacher Training. It is valuable to anyone passionate
about the art, science and scope of their personal and professional
practice.
*Joanne Avison, Author of YOGA: Fascia, Anatomy & Movement. Yoga
Therapist (AIYT), Senior Yoga Teacher (E-RYT500), Professional
Structural Integrator (IASI) MSS (Master of Spiritual
Sciences).*
In her engaging and compassionate writing style Charlotte Watts
brings home an ancient wisdom shared by Eastern and Western
medicine: vitality is rooted in a healthy gut. The complex topic of
digestive health is expertly described in a clear and concise yet
holistic and inclusive manner. Her message is of practical value
for all of us, regardless of our current gut feeling. I
particularly enjoy the way in which Charlotte skilfully builds
bridges from ancient yogic and Ayurvedic insights to contemporary
yoga practices that are informed by research and myofascial
anatomy. In the way Charlotte describes and prescribes the asanas,
yoga is both nourishment and medicine. Her recommended practice
will strengthen a person's resources somatically. By following her
guidance, we may also gaininteroceptive clarity that will benefit
us emotionally and socially. Yoga Therapy for Digestive Health is a
highly informative, easily absorbed and thoroughly enjoyable book
that from now on is recommended literature at our school for
structural integration through movement.
*Karin Gurtner, founder and principal educator of Art of Motion
Academy, developer of Anatomy Trains in Motion and Slings
Myofascial Training*
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