Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self

Revised edition of the groundbreaking New Age book that seamlessly merges Western psychology and science with spirituality, creating a compelling interpretation of the Eastern chakra system and its relevance for Westerners today.

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 and applying the chakra system to important modern social realities and issues such as addiction, codependence, family dynamics, sexuality, and personal empowerment.

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 and then exploring its particular childhood developmental patterns, traumas and abuses, and how to heal and maintain balance.

• Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System (Llewellyn's New Age Series)
• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
• Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga
• Anodea Judith's Chakra Yoga
• The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice
• Yoga Anatomy
• The Key Poses of Yoga: Scientific Keys, Volume II
• The Psychoanalytic Theories of Development: An Integration
• The Key Muscles of Yoga: Scientific Keys, Volume I
• The Secret Power of Yoga: A Woman's Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras