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11-26-2009, 07:58 AM   #6
Willem
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Dear Pandara,

With due respect, maybe you should consider changing your approach to students approaching you with depression. Clinical depression is a disease, just like cancer or diabetes. I can't imagine you telling a cancer patient that they suffer from an inflated ego.

Should your students come back for a second lesson, you will find that yoga and mindfulness can benefit them in many ways. This has been documented by such diverse authors as Amy Weintraub (Yoga for Depression - A compassionate guide to relieve suffering through yoga) and Marc Williams (The Mindful Way through depression).

If you would take a more compassionate approach, you would not deprive these potential students of the blessings of yoga.
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