Yoga and the Twelve-Step Path. Kyczy Hawk

      The success of the twelve-step program of recovery in treating addiction is due to the fact that all three aspects of the person—body, mind, and spirit—are addressed. However, the Twelve Steps, in my opinion, don’t go far enough in addressing the physical recovery needed. There are also more tools available to investigate the mind, and to nurture the spiritual self. These parts of the journey can be addressed individually in many ways, but I believe, and have proven to my own satisfaction, that yoga addresses all three with precision, compassion, unity, and ease. Of course, millions of people around the world have found recovery in the Twelve Steps without the addition of yoga; however, for me, integrating yoga practice into my twelve-step “design for living” is just a natural and very welcome enhancement of my recovery.