Yoga and Twelve Step Recovery Integration Guide
Recovery from active addiction through yoga practice.
This guide aligns yoga philosophy and poses with each of the Twelve Steps, providing a physical and spiritual complement to any twelve-step practice. Kyczy Hawk shares her yogic journey through the steps, offering a framework that allows readers to investigate their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs using yogic vocabulary to process traditional recovery principles.
Evidence-Based Approach to Recovery
- Current findings increasingly support yoga and mindfulness as promising complementary therapies for addictive behaviors (Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2013).
- Provides clear and concise instructions requiring no prior knowledge and enabling people to experience the benefits of this ancient practice in the comfort and privacy of their own home.
- Key yoga terms are explained clearly and all poses are accompanied by illustrations.
- Consistent practice will lead to a more positive outlook on life and help eliminate harmful attitudes and behaviors. It can also create a balanced lifestyle, bringing greater harmony, stability, and enjoyment.
- Anyone can benefit from yoga, regardless of ability, age, belief system, or life circumstance.
About the Author
Kyczy Hawk is a certified yoga instructor. She lectures on yoga and recovery throughout the Bay Area and has been a presenter at the Art of Yoga Project and Niroga Institute's Yoga Therapy teacher training. As the Success Over Addiction and Relapse (SOAR) yoga teacher specialty-training founder, she has taught yoga instruction workshops throughout the United States. She hosts a weekly yoga recovery meeting on In The Rooms and manages the Willow Glen Yoga Studio in San Jose, CA.
What You'll Find Inside
This comprehensive guide bridges the gap between traditional Twelve Step programs and yoga practice. Each chapter corresponds to one of the Twelve Steps, offering specific yoga poses, breathing exercises, and meditation techniques designed to deepen your recovery work. The illustrated instructions make it accessible for beginners while providing depth for experienced practitioners.
Whether you're new to recovery or have been working the steps for years, this book offers practical tools to enhance your spiritual practice and maintain long-term sobriety through the integration of ancient yogic wisdom with proven recovery principles.
About the AuthorKyczy Hawk is a certified yoga instructor. She lectures on yoga and recovery throughout the Bay Area and has been a presenter at the Art of Yoga Project and Niroga Institute's Yoga Therapy teacher training. As the Success Over Addiction and Relapse (SOAR) yoga teacher specialty-training founder, she has taught yoga instruction workshops throughout the United States. Most recently, she has been asked to lead Y12SR (Yoga of 12-Step Recovery) at the Recovery Race in San Francisco, The Many Paths One Destination (MPOD) Recovery Month event in Silicon Valley, and the Serenity in Yosemite Retreat in Yosemite, CA. She hosts a weekly yoga recovery meeting on In The Rooms and manages the Willow Glen Yoga Studio in San Jose, CA.