Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy A Clinical Guide

This book attempts to bridge the considerable gaps that exist between spiritual philosophies and evidence-based medicine and between the psychotherapeutic models of the East and the West. Based on the insights of both the ancient wisdom and modern medicin

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Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

A Clinical Guide

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Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy

Basant Pradhan

Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy A Clinical Guide

Basant Pradhan, MD Department of Psychiatry Cooper University Hospital, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Camden, NJ USA

ISBN 978-3-319-09104-4 ISBN 978-3-319-09105-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-09105-1 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London

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I dedicate this book to the inspiring wisdom of the two early champions of ancient India: Buddha (The Awakened; circa. Sixth century BC) & Patanjali (author of the Yoga-Sutras, the first text book of Yoga; circa. Fourth century BC) For their profound clarity, greatness, and nobility of purpose………

Foreword

The current trend in psychotherapy has been towards more systematic approaches based on research evidence and away from practice-based experience. However, this has not meant that you need to throw the baby out with the bathwater in terms of solid conceptual models that have been proven constants withstanding the test of time. Some of these concepts and ap