Yoga for the Wounded Heart: A Journey, Philosophy, and Practice of Healing Emotional Pain - Softcover

Puerta, Tatiana Forero

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590565789 ISBN 13: 9781590565780

Publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media, 2018

Synopsis

Orphaned in her early teens and shuttled between abusive foster homes, Tatiana Forero Puerta found herself in her early twenties in New York City, haunted by the memories of her tumultuous youth and suicidal. Following emergency hospitalization, she was advised by her doctor to take up yoga. Over days, weeks, months, and then years, she embraced yoga’s honesty and discipline―delving more deeply into its wisdom, literature, and, vitally, its practice. In so doing, yoga healed her scars, opened her soul to forgiveness, and allowed her to reconcile herself with a past that had threatened to snuff out her life. Yoga for the Wounded Heart is an unsparingly honest memoir of a childhood lost and of courage and resilience gained. It’s also an exploration of the fundamentals of yoga: as a technology that focuses our awareness; as a practical application of mindfulness and attention to what is really going on in our lives and bodies; and as a vehicle for the body to guide the mind and heart toward healing.

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About the Author

Tatiana Forero Puerta is originally from Bogotá, Colombia. A graduate of Stanford, New York, and Columbia universities, she has taught philosophy and yoga for a decade, including her post as an adjunc tfaculty member at New York University and the City University of New York. A columnist for New York Spirit, Park Slope Reader, and Elephant Journal, Tatiana is a recipient of the Stanford Garfield Prize in Ethics, the 2017 Pushcart Prize, a 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominee, and a finalist for Blueshi Journal’s prize for writers of color. A contributing author of Religion and Psychology Research Progress, her work has also appeared in Able Muse, Flock, Juked, JOY: Journal of Yoga, and elsewhere. Tatiana lives in New York, where she teaches and writes. You can find out more about Tatiana’s work at www.YogaForTheWoundedHeart.com.

Review

Tatiana sees the human condition in a way that blends spirituality and practical insight, and she writes like both a wise teacher and an understanding friend. It takes someone with these integrated diversities gentleness and strength, youth and wisdom, lightheartedness and realism to explore the territory covered here, and she does it masterfully. --Victoria Moran, bestselling author, Main Street Vegan

This book should be prescribed to anyone who is hurting. In an age where yoga has taken on somewhat of a trendy role in society, the pure, unpretentious, and down-to-earth approach that Yoga for the Wounded Heart takes is a beacon of light. --Jennifer Faylor, author, Edison s Ghost Machine

Tatiana is a natural teacher. She has what it takes to make philosophy clear and applicable to both beginners and seasoned yogis. Her work is a beautiful contribution to the yoga community. --Jhon Tamayo, founder, Atmananda Yoga

About this edition

• Publisher: Lantern Publishing & Media
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1590565789
• ISBN 13: 9781590565780
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224