Belly Queen
and author of
"The Woman's Belly Book"
Lisa
Sarasohn is a yoga teacher, health educator, and yoga
therapist with more than 20 years' experience inspiring
women to love our bellies, our bodies, and ourselves.
She's presented Honoring Your Belly workshops at learning
centers and conferences including Omega Institute and
the Sufi School of Healing.
Her articles and essays have appeared in Yoga Journal,
SageWoman, Radiance, and Personal Transformation.
This and more is the treasure you'll find as you lose
the shame, love your belly, and discover your body's
center as the site of your soul-power.
The Woman's Belly Book is
a guide to activating the source energy concentrated
in your body's core. With the experience of 12 gentle
breathing exercises, 7 invigorating yoga moves, and
15 playful ways to befriend your belly you'll know the
satisfaction of coming home to yourself.
From the Introduction:
At this moment, I imagine you're wondering: Is this
book for me? Will it make a difference in my life?
Here's
what I can tell you:
This book is about valuing your body and yourself.
It's about knowing your body's center—your belly—as
the site of your soul-power, the wellspring of your
physical, emotional, and spiritual vitality.
My message is this: The life energy focused in your
belly is the source of your passion and creativity.
Your courage and confidence. Your capacity to love fully.
Your intuition, insight, and sense of purpose. It is
your release from stress, your guide to good health.
It is the origin of your inner strength.
What I'm saying is: You can develop the source energy
concentrated in your body's center. You can direct its
expression to enhance every dimension of your life.
This book is a guide for doing exactly that.
But still, is this book for you?
This book is for you if:
You've dieted to "trim your tummy." Now
you want to get a better take on what your belly is
all about.
You've had enough of feeling bad about your body.
You realize your belly will never be board-flat. You're
ready to feel good about yourself as a whole.
You suspect that if you could make peace with your
belly, you could tap into a wealth of creativity,
wisdom, and guidance.
You want to take charge of your sexual energy and
fully own your pro-creative power.
You've had a hysterectomy or given birth by C-section
and still feel torn up. You want to feel whole again.
You're passing through menopause and want to access
the core energy that's becoming all the more available
to you at this stage of your life.
You already enjoy yoga, Tai Chi, martial arts,
African dance, or Middle Eastern dance and want to
experience another approach to body-centered movement.
You're seeking an invigorating, power-centering
exercise program you can easily do in five minutes.
You're seeking a body-centered path to personal
and spiritual empowerment.
This book may be for you—in conjunction with
appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic attention—if
you've struggled with an eating disorder, experienced
abdominal pain or illness, or survived assault focused
on your belly. Please consult with your health care
provider to determine whether and how this book can
be of service to you.
This book is for you and your daughter, for you and
your mother, as a foundation for sharing the experience
of your womanhood and fostering respect across the generations.
This book is for you and your friends as a basis for
supporting each other as you find your own ways to value
your belly, your body, and yourself.
In these times, it takes guts—courage, determination,
and daring—to consider honoring your belly and
the soul-power it contains. And so I welcome you, a
gutsy woman, to The Woman's Belly Book.
Woman's Belly Book:
Finding Your True Center for More Energy, Confidence, and Pleasure
by Lisa Sarasohn
~~ Your body's center, your belly, is home to your core life force. It's the site of your soul power, the source of your passion and creativity, your intuition and sense of purpose, your courage and confidence. The Woman's Belly Book presents inspiring information, playful activities, and power-centering exercises to kindle the life energy concentrated in your body's core. Are you ready? Honor your belly and activate your Source Energy.
"This warm and friendly book is filled
with womb wisdom, belly laughs, gut feelings, and pelvic
power. It is--as subtitled--a guide to buried treasure.
I recommend it highly." --Susun Weed
Honoring Your Belly shares what Lisa has learned in
the process of healing beyond an eating disorder. She
calls herself Belly Queen not only because she gained
and lost more than 2,000 pounds during her twenty years
of dieting and bingeing. More to the point, she says:
"I call myself Belly Queen because these are words
for a woman who owns herself."
This 35-minute DVD video teaches you a dynamic sequence
of belly-energizing yoga moves that develop and direct
the Source Energy concentrated in your body's center.
In circle, four women demonstrate the 12-minute sequence
of 23 power-centering moves as a rite for reconsecrating
our womanhood. Instruction in each of the moves follows,
complete with easy preparations and alternate forms.
Ancient icons show how each gesture animates a symbol
of the Sacred Feminine. Once you're familiar with the
individual moves, you're ready to join the circle of
women--on the tape and throughout the world!--who are
practicing this ritual of self-affirmation and spiritual
empowerment. Your instructor, Lisa Sarasohn, is a certified
advanced Kripalu Yoga teacher and yoga therapist with
more than twenty years' experience teaching therapeutic
movement and facilitating mind-body integration. Note:
The program is continuous; it does not include navigation.
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Wise Woman Authors -- Juliette de Bairacli Levy, Susun Weed, Gail Edwards, Maida Silverman, Cassie Premo Steele, Marie Summerwood
Lisa
Sarasohn is a yoga teacher, health educator, and yoga
therapist with more than 20 years' experience inspiring
women to love our bellies, our bodies, and ourselves.
Here's
what I can tell you:
Honoring
Your Belly DVD Video 
