Book Description In EASTERN BODY, WESTERN MIND, chakra authority Anodea Judith brought a fresh approach to the yoga-based Eastern chakra system, adapting it to the Western framework of Jungian psychology, somatic therapy, childhood developmental theory, and metaphysics. This groundbreaking work in transpersonal psychology has been revised and redesigned for a more accessible presentation. Arranged schematically, the book uses the inherent structure of the chakra system as a map upon which to chart our Western understanding of individual development. Each chapter focuses on a single chakra, starting with a description of its characteristics, then exploring its particular childhood developmental patterns, traumas and abuses, and how to heal and maintain balance. Illuminated with personal anecdotes and case studies, EASTERN BODY, WESTERN MIND seamlessly merges the East and West, science and philosophy, and psychology and spirituality into a compelling interpretation of the chakra system and its relevance for Westerners today.
Eastern Body Western MindJuly 6, 2008 A great book on the Chakra System that deals with the pyschology of the Chakras and how our life experiences from birth have determined our behaviors because of what we hold at the energetic and cellular level of our being. Sometimes understanding how and why we opperate a particular way allows us to find the way to transform the pattern. As a teacher of the chakra system for 10 years I have found this to be the first chakra book that deals with western mind.
Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and Chakra System as a path to the SelfJuly 5, 2008 This is an amazing book! It helped me to understand myself and people a lot. I love it! I definitely look on human behavior in a different way now.
if you're ready for indepth realizations, this is the right bookApril 18, 2008 someone lent me this book and then i realized i needed it for my therapy. in the descriptions of the types of people, the lacks and excesses, i found myself much better described than in a typical psych book or a vague new age chakra book. my shrink is a shaman and works with me a lot on chakras and when i got a therapist i xeroxed pages for her in what i felt would work best in my recovery. this helps me when my reiki and body worker both talk about my chakras. i was raised by hippies and lived in a 3HO ashram as a teenager and so i had been doing yoga for the chakras, but really didn't have a western frame of reference of them. i got the eastern hippie "the three lower chakras are BAD" guilt version. as a professional psychic, i was so happy to learn how to connect in a healthy way with my lower chakras and incorporate it into my holistic treatment - spiritual, psychological, physical, emotional. it's the only good chakra book i have found since it is accessible for my clients and works well as a context for my personal healing treatments. not only does the author talk about the chakras' purposes, she goes on to explain what happens when they get out of whack, and how to treat that in a therapy situation. very easy to read, incredibly powerful. i think it could be life changing, which is why i, a reader who devours a book in one sitting, am reading this one very very slowly. each page has enough information to truly make me sit down and think and grow. other chakra books may dance around the meanings and give general information, but i never found one that had a practical application before.
Do you want to learn about Chakras? This is the book!February 9, 2008 I loved this book! learning about chakras and the western views are amazing. As a massage therapist, I learned so much how the wheel of life works and I know that you would too. The author writes this book with a great understanding on the western pshychology and blends it very well with the eastern idea. the author wrote this book into sections, which makes it easier to read. It is well writen and had wonderful information on chakras.
This book helps you understand the real you.
Learning to Listen to your Self and BodyJanuary 27, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I discovered this book during a very dark time in my life. Reading through it, I began to see aspects of my psyche and why they related to the physical symptoms I experienced.
If you're on the healing path, this book will lead you in the right direction, providing guidance, offering hope. I don't believe in drugs or chemical cures. This book is about finding balance for all the days of your life, being aware of the wholeness of your being. I have noticed that when one chakra suffers, all of them are in some way effected. Read this book with the works of Caroline Myss and your understanding of health will not only widen but deepen.
Ideally, if you are looking for a way to take control of your health and healing, this book will offer you not so much solutions (i.e. a How-to-of Health) but a greater awareness of your life path. A great deal of healing is believing in yourself and going from there.
