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Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > General
In this courageous and radical book, renowned yoga therapist and
mother-of-three Uma Dinsmore-Tuli explores the sexual politics of
yoga from the perspective that women's spiritual transformation is
the most potent revolutionary force. It includes: a comprehensive
history section covering women's contribution to (and exclusion
from) traditional hatha yoga a Goddess-inspired section guiding a
woman from her first period to postmenopause illuminating personal
life stories and experiences from hundreds of women specially
conceived, guided yoga nidra practices instructions for
womb-friendly asana and pranayama practices, including restorative
yoga, for every part of a woman's life and menstrual cycle Intimate
and scholarly, irreverent and inspiring, Yoni Shakti brings womb
yoga, tantra and feminism together in an astonishingly powerful
combination. This revised and updated edition includes a lengthy
new preface with previously censored material. It includes recently
uncovered information about abusive yoga teachers and
organisations, and an updated decolonising bibliography. The
chapter on Yoga Nidra and the 'Note to Men, Transgender and
Non-binary readers' have been substantially edited to reflect
developments since first publication.
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