Yoga Saved

Psychotherapist and yoga teacher Sasha Bates demystifies both yoga and psychotherapy, exploring the links between them and showing how each can be transformational. This sits alongside personal stories from members of the Fierce Calm yoga community—people who have experienced all manner of difficulties, whether due to neglect, addiction, abuse, anxiety, depression, stress or any of the other myriad ways in which we all struggle with modern life. 

My name is Amit. Not long ago, I was a man living in the shadows of my own life. Within a single year, everything I had built—my career, my relationship, my sense of self—simply crumbled. I was drowning in anxiety, standing in a quiet apartment listening to the rhythmic click of a ceiling fan, wondering if I would ever breathe easily again. But then, something shifted. I didn’t find a magic solution. I didn't win the lottery. Instead, I found a small, dusty temple in an old part of the city and a strength that had been waiting for me all along. This isn't a book of complex philosophy ...

We've all heard the incredible stories of yoga being used to heal, relax, calm, and sustain the wide and varied ranges of human emotion and ailments of the body. For centuries, yoga has been called the open secret to healing your body and mind. In this book, Savannah gives you the clearest path on how you can seek divine wisdom, get better sleep, kick the yo-yo dieting, calm your mind, develop better habits, fight depression, become physically stronger, and ease chronic pain all with the use of yoga.