Featuring yoga as a curative path for the hurt caused by the loss of a partner either through death, separation, or divorce, this guidebook uses meditation and poses to help during or during this painful and difficult period. By focusing on the seven emotional stages of separation and articulating how to move from the first to the last, the healing energies in this book - from gentle warm-up poses through more active asanas to final relaxation and meditation - offer positive therapy to anyone who is or has been involved in this painful situation. The personal stories in the first part of the book provide comfort and a sense of community.

136 pages paperback, 36 colour photos

Losing a loved one is a painful experience for most of us, no matter what the circumstances. Sharing deeply from her personal story, Michelle Paisley shows with compassion how the healing power of yoga can help transform the hurt and grief a break-up, divorce or death often bring with them. From gentle warm-up poses through more active asanas to final relaxation and meditation exercises, this insightful book gives the reader practical tools to lift their pain in three stages, from truth to compassion and back to divine love, and offers positive therapy to anyone who is, or has been, involved in difficult situations.

Michelle Paisley is a certified Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga instructor and is the owner of the studio Yoga Junction. She teaches yoga in northern California and lives in Fairfield, California