The powerful practice of yoga, with all its diverse approaches and time-honored traditions, meets twelve-step recovery.
Those in recovery who yearn to connect more fully in the suggested “prayer and meditation” of Step Eleven will welcome this delightful book from a fresh voice in recovery literature. Kyczy Hawk’s experiences of addiction and recovery make her a relatable, compassionate guide to an integrative practice that addresses the threefold aspects of addiction―body, mind, and spirit―for a new experience of recovery and of physical and spiritual health.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Hawk offers a way for people in recovery from addiction to work their Twelve-Step program in a way that will enhance their physical, mental, and spiritual health: through the practice of yoga. …Hawk has walked the walk. Twelve-Steppers and counselors, the likeliest readers of the book, should know that Hawk concentrates on explaining yoga – its postures and other practices – includes rules for behavior, physical exercise, and breath and meditation practices, make a basic yoga practice highly attainable. (Apr. 16) Publishers Weekly
From the Author
This book is from my heart, my mind and my spirit – combining my passion for yoga with my love for recovery. I have drawn the parallels between the two philosophies, included some questions in each chapter for self study, and have included yoga postures for you to try yourself. Avoiding contempt prior to investigation allow the philosophy of yoga to enhance your step work and allow the physical practice to reunite your body mind and spirit.
About the Author
Kyczy Hawk: Kyczy (Keet-ski) Hawk is a yoga teacher and potter living and working in San Jose, California, where her primary focus is teaching yoga classes designed for people recovering from addictions. Traveling to recovery homes, halfway houses, and detention centers, she has been involved with the Art of Yoga Project and the Niroga Institute; both organizations work with at risk youth. She is a certified Yoga of Recovery (YoR) Counselor.
She is in long term recovery. This is her first book.
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