Head and Heart

Yoga Therapy and Art Therapy Interventions for Mental Health

Ellen Horovitz
Handspring Publishing
260 pages
ISBN: 978-1912085835
July 2021

“A limitation of our current medical system’s approach to treatment of mental health conditions is that it is focused on pharmaceutical, cognitive and talking therapies… This book effectively addresses this limitation by providing a comprehensive and detailed theoretical and practical guide to the skills and behavioral practices from both art and yoga therapy...’"

-Sat Bir Singh Khalsa PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Editor, The Principles and Practice of Yoga Therapy

Head and Heart is a valuable resource for all health professionals who focus on mental health and/or wellbeing and want to broaden their understanding of how yoga and creative art therapy interventions can influence mental health approaches, best practices, and efficacy of treatment. It will also be of use for yoga therapy practitioners/teachers and creative art therapists/teachers who wish to deepen their knowledge of integrating yoga and creative art approaches into yoga, mental health and well-being.