Yoga for Addiction Recovery

Kundalini Yoga: the addictive personality is a (new two part DVD)  featuring a set of yoga kriyas and meditations designed and presented by yoga specialist Carolyn Cowan to help people dealing with the mind and its desire to escape. It focuses on physical and spiritual tools to calm and still the anger, depression and memories that lead to all forms of addictive behaviour ranging from excessive eating to smoking, drugs, alcohol and acting out of sexual fantasies.

Carolyn has battled with addiction during her life and has found yogic practise has helped her to overcome many of the emotional problems associated with addiction. She went through counselling and programmes for alcohol and drug rehabilitation and has now been clean for over 14 years. Her passion and commitment is to assist others in the transformation and journey to overcome issues of the addictive mind.  This DVD is a stand alone programme and does not have to be undertaken in conjunction with AA or NA or any other 12 step program.

The basic premise of Kundalini Yoga: the addictive personality is that the addictive mind looks outside searching for something beyond oneself for fulfilment. By using the kundalini kriyas and meditations as presented by Carolyn, people who are predisposed to addiction can return to the inner self, find that there is the ultimate connection and in turn resolve issues of addiction. This method has been tried and tested by Carolyn and many other people with who she conducts workshops.

Kundalini yoga is the most overtly spiritual of all yogas and connects to the soul. It combines yoga postures, breath, sound chanting and meditation, thus raising the Kundalini and allowing you to experience your highest consciousness. The DVD includes kriyas for glandular balance and detoxification as well as meditations for releasing childhood anger, healing both addiction and depression as well as releasing ghosts of the past.

Self-taught make-up artist, photographer and yogic teacher, Carolyn Cowan has been teaching Kundalini yoga since 1998. She is the chair of the Kundalini Yoga Teacher’s Association working predominantly with pregnant women, Mothers, children and recovering addicts. She has produced a series of yoga DVD’s designed to empower women, deal with pregnancy and learn about meditation. She is also a key organiser of the Great British Yoga Festival 2006.

Kundalini Yoga: the addictive personality
DVD Price: £17.95, or £27 for both discs.