Dear Piya,

PT> I'm planning to order Joy Manne's "Soul Therapy" which is a work on
PT> contemporary psychotherapy based on Buddhist meditation.

Have you read her articles:

Only One Breath: Buddhist Breathwork and the Nature of Consciousness
http://www.i-breathe.com/thb11/onlyone.htm

Breath is a Language
http://www.i-breathe.com/thb13/BreathL.htm

Mindfulness of Breathing and Contemporary Breathwork Techniques
http://www.i-breathe.com/thb43/joy_manne.htm

Metta,
Dimitry