Patanjali's Yoga and the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous - a theological-psychological comparison

  • Holger Lüttich
Keywords: 12 steps of the A.A., Sutras of Patanjali-Yoga, Yoga and overcoming dependencies

Abstract

The author gives an example for connecting the 12 steps of the “anonymous alcoholics”-program with the sutras of Patanjali in order to optimise the concretisation of these principles into practice. Yoga can be regarded as a very helpful technique to overcome dependencies. This hypothesis is supported by empirical data.

Author Biography

Holger Lüttich

Dr., received his doctorate under Prof. Mendis (Colombo) and Prof. Lama Gangchen Tulku Ringpoche (Milan) with the thesis "Yoga Approaches for the Understanding and Therapy of Addictions". He is a yoga teacher (Yoga Alliance International), works in in-patient addiction therapy and heads the "Contemplative Psychology" course at the European branch of the Open International University for Complementary Medicines.

Published
2008-07-30
Issue
Vol. 14 No. 1 (2008): Issue 1/2008 Meditation and Yoga in a therapeutic context
Section
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