Yoga Therapy for Digestive Health

About the Author Charlotte Watts is a senior yoga teacher and award-winning Nutritional Therapist, specialising in stress related and digestive issues. She is a popular speaker at conferences and events and has authored several books, most recently The De-Stress Effect (2015). Product Description Digestive issues are widespread and prove difficult to address through mainstream medicine. Senior yoga teacher Charlotte Watts sheds light on the connection between the gut and the brain, explains the links between stress, trauma and digestive issues and demonstrates how yoga with its focus on stilling the mind can have profound effects on conditions such as IBS, IBD, acid reflux, colitis, diverticulitis and more. Breath awareness allows the breath to drop into the belly and diaphragm, essential for good digestive function and understanding the fascial connections within the viscera help shape movement that enables optimal function. Fully illustrated with clear diagrams and instructions, this volume provides yoga, movement and medical professionals with a solid understanding of the digestive system in relation to breath, mindfulness, posture, anatomy, movement, stress and trauma. It helps them to apply this knowledge to their practice and teaching approach. Review At a perfectly timed moment within the evolution of our understanding of the significance of digestive health toward improved wellbeing comes a book that offers thorough, accessible and informed guidance of the treatment of your body and mind. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in diet and the addressing of digestive related issues, and for those involved in the teaching, therapy and practice of personal wellbeing. - Simon Low, The Yoga Academy principal and international yoga teacherI am pleased that Charlotte Watts has asked me to endorse this well researched and well written book. Brimming with the relevant information and punctuated by insight, Yoga Therapy for Digestive Health blends Eastern Yoga with Western research and understanding in order to address digestive dysfunctions and conditions. Beyond this we are reminded of the potential and scope of Yoga practice on various levels. This book should be included in the library of all teachers and practitioners who are interested in Yoga as a therapy and is a timely reminder of what yoga is and can be. - John StirkCharlotte Watts' Yoga for Digestive Health unlocks ancient and contemporary understandings of the possible roots and causes of digestive disorders. She also artfully champions yoga as an embodied, compassionate pathway that leads to lasting digestive health. Moving past conventional approaches to 'fix' the gut, Watts inspires readers to look at the root causes of disorder, which are often trauma and stress. She then graciously demonstrates how we can employ yoga as an effective means to meet and respond to these origins through the wisdom of our body, breath and mind. - Mimi Kuo-Deemer, MA, Yoga, Qigong and Mindfulness Teacher Book Description Understanding and applying yoga therapy to the treatment of digestive issues