Eastern Body, Western Mind, Anodea Judith, PhD
Eastern Body, Western Mind, Anodea Judith, PhD
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Eastern Body, Western Mind
Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self

Author: Anodea Judith, PhD

Narrator: Laura Jennings

Unabridged: 16 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/27/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

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.

About Anodea Judith, PhD

Anodea Judith is the founder and director of Sacred Centers and a groundbreaking thinker, writer, and spiritual teacher. She holds master's and doctoral degrees in psychology and human health, with lifelong studies of alternative medicine, yoga, mythology, and mystic spirituality. She is considered the country's foremost expert on the interpretation of the Chakra system for the Western lifestyle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica on September 22, 2024

This book is right up my alley. If you're interested in chakras (and yoga) and how we actually think (psychology), this book has it all. You'll finally understand how/why we are such amalgams of body, mind and spirit, and how they interact with each other. I'm a yoga teacher, teaching these past 13......more

Goodreads review by Angela on April 23, 2019

This is the most New Age book I have ever read. It's interesting, and even very insightful at points. Also, just incredibly frustrating. I'm not clear on Judith's justifications for claiming to be a "chakra authority." The blurb here lists her first non-western credential as being a 500-hour yoga teac......more

Goodreads review by Frances on January 14, 2024

More of a reference book than an audiobook, but still got a lot out of this one. (And grateful that I bought the book on Libro rather than renting it from Libby so I can return to it when I want to )......more

Goodreads review by Trish on March 26, 2013

I wasn't personally thrilled with what was claimed to me to be "an intellectual masterpiece." Having been a part of a tradition of Classical Hatha Yoga, and under the instruction of a teacher, I find her mixing of Western Psychology with Eastern Energetic systems to be... unfortunately a waste of ti......more

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