"The book is very much in line with all that the American Chronic Pain Association has been teaching for thirty years. I recommend that you relax, renew, and enjoy your adventure through Yoga for Pain Relief." Penney Cowan, Executive Director, American Chronic Pain Association

“Yoga for Pain Relief will help you to find your ease, courage, and ability to transform your chronic pain. Unlike many other pain treatments, Kelly's book illuminates a path free of adverse side effects that is synergistic with your present pain therapy. Yoga for Pain Relief is a jewel whose brilliance and clarity will touch the heart of healing within." Julie Good, MD, DABMA, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Pain and Symptom Management, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, Dept. of Anesthesia, Stanford University

“Yoga for Pain Relief is an empowering toolkit for people living with pain or illness.” Halle Tecco, Founder and Executive Director of Yoga Bear a national non-profit organization providing yoga for cancer patients and survivors

“In this important book, Kelly elegantly and simply empowers us, through science and ancient practices, to compassionately transform pain and suffering into the ever-present joy blossoming in our hearts. A gift for us all!” Nischala Joy Devi, international yoga teacher and author of The Healing Path of Yoga and The Secret Power of Yoga

“Yoga for Pain Relief is an epic book for an epic condition. Kelly McGonigal is a quintessential teacher and a brilliant author. Highly recommended for healthcare providers, Yoga teachers, or anyone in pain.” Larry Payne, PhD, co-author, Yoga for Dummies, Yoga Rx, and The Business of Teaching Yoga, and director of the Yoga Therapy Rx Program, Loyola Marymount University

"Kelly McGonigal's book introduces the healing power of the breath to our society, which is gasping for air. Crucial knowledge for true healing." Max Strom, yoga teacher and author of the DVDs Learn to Breathe and Max Strom Yoga: Strength, Grace, Healing

 "Kelly McGonigal shares her extensive knowledge and experience of helping people heal themselves with yoga in a way that is thorough and also very accessible to everyone.  May this blessing in the form of a book find its way into the hands of all those who are ready to reclaim their health and vitality." Desiree Rumbaugh, creator of the Yoga to the Rescue DVD series

“Kelly McGonigal has written a bible of a book for anyone suffering from chronic pain, and for the medical professionals and yoga teachers who work with them. Yoga for Pain Relief is suffused with the author’s clarity, insight, inspiring stories, current research, self-inquiry exercises, simple evidence-based breathing, meditation and movement practices adapted for chair and floor, with easy instructions and clear pictures. Chapter by chapter, I found myself loving this book, this teacher, and my own achy body a little bit more. If you are in pain, this book is a must-read. Whether you are in pain now or you treat those who are, Yoga for Pain Relief will broaden your view of suffering and change your life. It’s a must-read for pain specialists and yoga teachers, and will be required reading for anyone who studies with me! Put yourself in the hands of this wise and compassionate teacher who trusts that you have ‘the wisdom and joy’ to feel well, ‘no matter what is happening in the body mind.’ Kelly McGonigal outlines a clear, step-by-step method, evidence-based yet ancient, to reconnect with the wisdom and joy that is your birthright, the source of your wellness that is so much bigger than your pain.” Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500, author of Yoga for Depression, is the founder of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute. 

“In this book, Kelly provides insightful pathways that can lead those with chronic pain toward a healthier life.  I especially like how she teaches the reader to have a more compassionate acceptance of his/her body, makes the healing power of the breath accessible, and includes self-reflection that encourages healing. Along with the poses and sequences, her relaxation and meditation practices also provide valuable tools. Highly recommended for those suffering with chronic pain as well as healthcare practitioners and yoga teachers who work with people in pain.” Shoosh Lettick Crotzer, author of Yoga for Fibromyalgia: Move, Breathe and Relax to Improve Your Quality of Life, Director of Mobility Limited, and Founder/Executive Director of the nonprofit, Enhancement, Inc.

“From a place of personal experience, Kelly reaches out of these pages with clarity, knowledge and warmth. As a reader, I was not only educated about my pain, but left hopeful that I could come to view it as a beloved teacher. This book not only provides a map for developing a yoga practice through which I can change my relationship to pain, it also empowers me to find my own way via my unique experience.” Elissa Cobb, Director of Programs, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, and author of The Forgotten Body: A Way of Knowing and Understanding Self

“Yoga for Pain Relief provides accurate, easily understood principles of self-care in a user-friendly format. The book offers professionals immediate activities for clinical adaptation with the important current best evidence. The person in pain can celebrate the artful bridging of ancient wisdom with the genius of the author in creating an easy to follow, personalized roadmap that is sure to sustain their hope and allow them to remember their joy!” Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD, RYT, President of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, founder and owner of the Dynamic Systems Rehabilitation Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ

“Those of us who practice yoga know that it has many benefits, like the frequent reduction of all kinds of pain. Now we have a sourcebook that explains why yoga has this effect. McGonigal’s book presents salient research on pain and its causes, as well as exactly how yoga helps. However, my favorite part of the book is the fascinating and personal stories from students who have found pain relief or reduction from practicing yoga, at the same time finding awareness about their body, and even about their life. I also like the practice suggestions offered at the book’s end because they are so useful. This book is a must for yoga teachers, as well as for anyone suffering pain---and basically that is all of us. Highly recommended.” Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT, yoga teacher since 1971 and author of Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana

“In this excellent and well-researched book, Dr. Kelly McGonigal has provided a lucid explanation of how and why yoga philosophy and practice can bring about the transformation of unhelpful habits of mind and body into more positive qualities that quell the suffering and stress associated with the experience of chronic pain. Yoga for Pain Relief is a light on the path for the millions of people who yearn for methods to relieve pain and live life more joyfully.” Philippe Goldin, PhD, Clinical Researcher, Stanford University

“Kelly McGonigal's Yoga For Pain Relief is an outstanding contribution to the growing body of work blending the traditional techniques of hatha yoga with modern medicine. Accessible and inspiring, this book is an invaluable resource for both those dealing with chronic pain and the practitioners that work with them.” Sandy Blaine, author of Yoga for Computer Users and Yoga For Healthy Knees and yoga teacher training instructor

"Yoga for Pain Relief is a readily accessible and wonderfully supportive manual for self-healing through yoga.  Kelly’s extensive knowledge as a yoga teacher is conveyed through inspirational stories and practical instructions which demonstrate the power of yoga to transform the mind and body. She has synthesized a wide variety of approaches to befriending the body”– combining asana (simple movement), breathing practices, relaxation techniques, meditation, mindfulness and journaling in very simple, do-able practices. Readers will discover there are many ways to work with yoga and feel empowered and inspired to explore and define their personal path to healing.“
Robin Rothenberg, Certified Yoga Therapist, author of The Essential Low Back Program: Relieve Pain & Restore Health and Director of Essential Yoga Therapy & The Yoga Barn

"Kelly McGonigal's Yoga for Pain Relief is easily one of the best books I have ever read on yoga therapy, with plenty of research and practical tips for dealing with pain.  This book is perfect for anyone who lives with any kind of physical or emotional pain, as well as for those working with these conditions professionally, including both conventional and alternative health care providers and yoga teachers. The book has heart and soul, is both kind and informative, and like true yoga, recognizes the individual experience without being reductionist or prescriptive. This book will be required reading for all of the students in my yoga therapy training program." Molly Lannon Kenny, MS-CCC, is the founder and director of The Samarya Center, an internationally recognized training institute for yoga and yoga therapy.