Movement with Meaning: A Treatment Manual for ACT-informed Yoga Therapy

Date of Award

Summer 8-19-2017

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Ragnar Storaasli

Second Advisor

Rohini Gupta

Third Advisor

Mary Monroe

Fourth Advisor

Michelle Fury

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
All Rights Reserved.

Keywords

Yoga therapy, Holistic treatment, Emotional distress

Abstract

Yoga has been described as an ancient tradition that utilizes intentional movement, breathing, and mediation to foster holistic health. Although the yogic tradition dates back over 5,000 years, its prominence in current day society continues to grow. In the US alone, over 36 million citizens practice yoga to achieve optimal mental and physical health. The word yoga means to join or yoke together, thus emphasizing how the mind and body function as one (American Yoga Association, 2017). When this tradition is mixed with western medicine and psychological knowledge, it is considered to be yoga therapy. Yoga therapy is “the holistic treatment of various kinds of psychological or somatic dysfunctions ranging from back problems to emotional distress” (Feurestein, 1998, p. 1).

Copyright Date

7-14-2017

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

Rights Holder

Sophia Ben-Hamoo

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

47 pgs

File Size

543 KB

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