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Part One: How Modern Day Living Exacerbates Stress and its Manifestations. 1. Stress-related Exhaustion, Burnout and Yoga. 2. Trauma and Exhaustion. 3. The Crisis: ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Part Two: How Yoga Sees the Situation. 4. Pattern, Shadows and the Closed Heart. 5. The Root of Our Core Wound. (6. The Purusartha: How our Motivations Cause Stress and Fatigue. 7. Identity: the meaning and purpose of life). 8. The Yoga Model of Illness. 9. The Role of the Yoga Therapist. Part Three: The Yoga Solutions. 10. How Yoga Understands Energy and How we can Increase Prana. 11. The Magic of the Breath. 12. The Three Energies: The Gunas. 13. The Secret of Happiness: Understanding Dharma and Karma. 14. How to Have a Quiet Mind - A Summary of the Teachings So Far. Part Four: The Yoga Practices. 15. Suggestions for Teaching. 16. Mantra and Class Planning. 17. The Practices for Stress, Burnout and ME/CFS. 18. Pranayama - The Vital Key to Healing. 19. Mindfulness, Deep Relaxation and Meditation.