Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way: Creating Happiness with Meditation, Yoga, and Ayurveda

Foreword by Vasant Lad, B.A.M.&S., M.A.Sc. vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Part I Finding Another Way 5

1 Beyond the Broken Brain 7

2 Why Depression Happens 23

3 The Many Faces of Depression 31

4 Airy Depression 44

5 Burning Depression 52

6 Earthy Depression 62

7 Metabolizing Life 70

8 Consciousness Becomes Us 82

Part II Creating Happiness 97

9 Meditation: Transcending Darkness 99

10 Breathing: Letting Your Life Force Flow 123

11 Exercise: Moving Your Spirit 143

12 Yoga: Posing for Life 160

13 Sleep: Recharging Your Life Force 188

14 Food: Nourishing Rites 216

15 Now What? 252

Appendix: Authors’ Evaluation of the Mind-Body Questionnaire: Assessing Our Imbalances 267

Resources 269

Index 271