Main description:

* It discusses the strategies of psychoanalysis and Patanjali's Yoga to retrace the development of individuals to help overcome sufferings.
* It introduces the Yogic concept of the Prati-Prsava and indicates how it parallels Freud's view of regression.
* Will be of interest to students, teachers, researchers and practitioners of psychology, psychoanalysis, and Yoga Psychology. It will also be of great interest to psychologists, counsellors, mental health professionals, clinical psychologists, yoga enthusiasts and those interested in transpersonal psychology

Contents:

Introduction, 1. The concept of regression in psychoanalysis, 2. Conceptual foundations of Yoga, 3. The concept of prati-prasava: a Yogic view of regression, 4. Patanjali's view of prati-prasava, continued, 5. Kriya Yoga, 6. Looking at Freud's ideas within his cultural context and in an intercultural context, 7. Converging trends of thought within and across cultural traditions, 8. Convergence, complementarity, and conclusion