“William Yang takes you on a profound journey of awakening through a step-by-step program that anyone can understand, explore, and benefit hugely from. Dive into these teachings wholeheartedly, and you will transform your relationship with life and death both.”

Will Johnson, author of Breathing through the Whole Body

“This is a brave and passionate book that should be in every yoga lover’s backpack. It shows that yoga is far more than the beneficial physical exercise it has often been reduced to in our materialist culture, and it demonstrates with precise verve how doing yoga can provide a foundation of galvanized yet peaceful energy for the courageous work of sacred activism and for rising gracefully to the brutal challenges of our time.”

Andrew Harvey, coauthor of Heart Yoga

“There is more to yoga than staying limber, youthful, and healthy. The confrontation with the vulnerability of the body and the finite nature of life is an essential moment of spiritual learning. William has collected precious lessons about courage, compassion, and love in the years he has worked with people who have cancer. He has brought these lessons together in this book, opening up a deeper dimension in yoga. His exercises are simple, yet profound and very energetic. They help you embrace the totality of life and enjoy the depth of the moment. William Yang’s work has become a source of inspiration for many yoga teachers and their students. I can heartily recommend this book.”

Lea Vos, former director of Zweiersdal, center for yoga and continuing education of yoga teachers

“William Yang invites people to take the journey into the depth of their own being. If people are willing to investigate their life in the face of death, all false solutions will be destroyed. This book is not only for the sick but for all those affected by the incurable disease of life. Yoga of Courage and Compassion is remarkable.” 

Drs. Nol Hogema, OP, former director of the Han Fortman Center