Asanas Unravelled
Asanas Unravelled

Author: DILESH SUDHAKAR TELWANE

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2021-01-30

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1637816340

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Dilesh Sudhakar Telwane has revolutionized Asana study with thorough scientific explanations for each asana, from beginner to advanced levels, in unprecedented detail. This book is the culmination of his life’s work on the study and practice of Asanas. Asanas Unravelled: The Comprehensive Asana Manual covers more than 200 asanas. Each posture has a step-by-step explanation, along with modifications, progressions, benefits, contraindications, FAQs and photographs. The highlight of the book is the Q&A section after each asana that deals with all possible queries a practitioner might have. This is a comprehensive asana manual that will prove extremely useful for yoga practitioners, yoga teachers, health professionals, yoga therapists, health coaches and medical practitioners due to the scientific explanations of the techniques and effects of each asana on the human body. Your search for the go-to book for asana practice ends here.

Breathe, Bend, Be
Breathe, Bend, Be

Author: Shailaja Menon

Publisher: Hay House, Inc

Published: 2024-03-26

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 8119554779

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In an era defined by constant noise, rapid change, and uncertainty at every step, yoga, with its array of meditative practices, emerges as a lifeline to tranquillity and balance. They equip us with essential tools for managing stress, nurturing mental resilience, and promoting overall well-being in our modern lives. Breathe, Bend, Be takes us on an enigmatic exploration of the rich tapestry of yoga’s eight limbs, unravelling their intricate and profound aspects. From the foundational elements of yoga postures and breath control to the depths of meditation techniques and mindfulness, this book delves into the essential building blocks that form the bedrock of physical, mental, and spiritual health. The book enriches the reader’s experience through its author, who combines the wisdom of an experienced practitioner with the compassion of a dedicated teacher. This unique blend allows for the breakdown of complex concepts into easy-to-understand principles and practical practices. All in all, Breathe, Bend, Be is a comprehensive guide that will empower you to embrace the ancient teachings of yoga and embark on a profound path to lasting inner harmony and holistic well-being.

Nine Lives
Nine Lives

Author: Erica Rutherford

Publisher: Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Ragweed

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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Yogabody
Yogabody

Author: Judith Hanson Lasater

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2009-05-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1930485212

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A yoga teacher and physical therapist studies the structure and movement of the human body, revealing how a knowledge of both can improve your yoga practice In Yogabody, author Judith Hanson Lasater emphasizes how an understanding of the human body is essential for understanding the dynamic movement of asana. Drawing on almost forty years of experience as a yoga teacher and physical therapist, she focuses here on macroanatomy and kinesiology in relationship to asana. Organized into five parts—the locomotor system, the vertebral column, the lower extremity, the trunk, and the upper extremity—Yogabody takes you on a fantastic journey through the bones, joints, connective tissue, nerves, and muscles, revealing how these structures interact to create and express movement. Judith conveys her expert knowledge in clear, concise language that makes it easy to understand, to remember, and to integrate. For seasoned teachers, novice teachers, and those in training to teach, Yogabody will help you guide your students to move with more enjoyment and less difficulty. For yoga students, Yogabody will help you practice more confidently on your own. Packed with color anatomical drawings, black-and-white diagrammatic asana illustrations, and helpful charts, you will learn what your body is made of, how it is designed to move, and how to bring the knowledge of both to awaken to asana.

Yoga for Fibromyalgia
Yoga for Fibromyalgia

Author: Shoosh Lettick Crotzer

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2016-08-09

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1930485611

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Eight simple and relaxing yoga sequences for fibromyalgia patients looking to manage their pain, alleviate their fatigue, and improve their overall well-being Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain in muscles, ligaments, and tendons, as well as fatigue and multiple tender points (places on the body where slight pressure causes pain). Although mainstream medicine has yet to devise a successful plan for treating fibromyalgia, yoga offers sensible strategies for managing—and sometimes overcoming—the pain. Written by a yoga teacher and suitable for both yoga novices and veterans, this book is grounded in simple movements, breathing techniques, and guided visualization and relaxation sessions. Readers learn to reduce stress and manage fibromyalgia through eight sequences: four for pain relief, one to diminish fatigue and improve sleep, and three for maintaining body awareness and general flexibility. The author’s simple, supportive language and mixture of theory, practice, and the latest scientific data offer hope for one of today's most challenging health conditions.

Heads of the Colored People
Heads of the Colored People

Author: Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-04-10

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1501168010

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Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * Winner of the Whiting Award * Longlisted for the National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize * Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize * Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by Refinery29, NPR, The Root, HuffPost, Vanity Fair, Bustle, Chicago Tribune, PopSugar, and The Undefeated In one of the season’s most acclaimed works of fiction, Nafissa Thompson-Spires offers “a firecracker of a book...a triumph of storytelling: intelligent, acerbic, and ingenious” (Financial Times). Nafissa Thompson-Spires grapples with race, identity politics, and the contemporary middle class in this “vivid, fast, funny, way-smart, and verbally inventive” (George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo) collection. Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of utterly original characters. Some are darkly humorous—two mothers exchanging snide remarks through notes in their kids’ backpacks—while others are devastatingly poignant. In the title story, when a cosplayer, dressed as his favorite anime character, is mistaken for a violent threat the consequences are dire; in another story, a teen struggles between her upper middle class upbringing and her desire to fully connect with so-called black culture. Thompson-Spires fearlessly shines a light on the simmering tensions and precariousness of black citizenship. Boldly resisting categorization and easy answers, Nafissa Thompson-Spires “has taken the best of what Toni Cade Bambara, Morgan Parker, and Junot Díaz do plus a whole lot of something we’ve never seen in American literature, blended it all together...giving us one of the finest short-story collections” (Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division).

Sadhguru, More Than a Life
Sadhguru, More Than a Life

Author: Arundhathi Subramaniam

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 067008512X

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‘The thirst to be boundless is not created by you; it is just life longing for itself.’ —Sadhguru This is the extraordinary story of Sadhguru—a young agnostic who turned yogi, a wild motorcyclist who turned mystic, a sceptic who turned spiritual guide. Pulsating with his razor-sharp intelligence, bracing wit and modern-day vocabulary, the book empowers you to explore your spiritual self and could well change your life. It seeks to re-create the life journey of a man who combines rationality with mysticism, irreverence with compassion, ancient wisdom with a provocatively contemporary outlook and a deep knowledge of the self with a contagious love of life. Described as ‘a profound mystic, visionary humanitarian and prominent spiritual leader of our times', he is equally at home in a satsangh in rural Tamil Nadu as at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In his early years, Jaggi Vasudev (or Sadhguru as he is now known) was a chronic truant, a boisterous prankster, and later a lover of motorbikes and fast cars. It is evident that the same urgency, passion and vitality echo in his spiritual pursuits to this day, from his creation of the historic Dhyanalinga—the mission of three lifetimes—to his approach as a guru. In Sadhguru's view, faith and reason, spirituality and science, the sacred and the material, cannot be divided into easy binaries. He sees people as ‘spiritual beings dabbling with the material rather than the reverse’, and liberation as the fundamental longing in every form of life. Truth for him is a living experience instead of a destination, a conclusion, or a matter of metaphysical speculation. The possibility of self-realization, he strongly believes, is available to all. Drawing upon extended conversations with Sadhguru, interviews with Isha colleagues and fellow meditators, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam presents an evocative portrait of a contemporary mystic and guru—a man who seems to pack the intensity and adventure of several lifetimes into a single one.