Yoga has been studied and practised in the East for thousands of years. We in the West, coping with the stressful demands of modern life, have only recently discovered the restorative and peaceful benefits of this ancient art. While yoga releases strain and tiredness from the body, it also clears the mind and restores energy levels. Half an hour of yoga each day brings greater enthusiasm and more balanced energy into our lives. It has the capacity to improve sleep, increase concentration, and deepen our levels of awareness and contentment. Simply Yoga, the book, guides you with clear instructions and step-by-step photographs. There are detailed instructions on simple breathing techniques and a meditation practice. Simply Yoga, the DVD, encourages you through twelve dynamic postures in a 30-minute routine. All you need is a cushion and a blanket. Book jacket.
Do you have a headache? PMS? Cellulite? Shin splints? A broken heart? Or do you just need to chill the *&@# out? There’s a yoga cure for each of these things. In Yoga Cures, Tara Stiles—owner of Strala Yoga in Manhattan—offers an A-to-Z guide of the poses you can do to target specific problems in your body and get you feeling better right away. Using the fun, fresh approach to yoga she is known for, Stiles takes on more than 50 common ailments ranging from arthritis and fibromyalgia to jiggly thighs and hangovers. Through a simple sequence of poses for each, suitable for the beginner through the advanced practitioner, she provides smart remedies that will keep you healthy and happy.
Restorative yoga teacher Judith Hanson Lasater offers a program of yoga poses to help rebalance your mind and body and counteract the effects of chronic stress. Restorative yoga offers the body a chance to rest deeply and revitalize. Whether you are feeling weak, fatigued, stressed from daily activities, or simply need to slow down and tune into your body, this wonderfully adaptive practice is essential for well being. Many of the practices are simple and accessible for people of all ages and in all states of health, using props that are readily available—like pillows and chairs. These deeply relaxing poses help you • rebalance your mind and body • create feelings of wellbeing, and counteract the effects of chronic stress • recover from injury or illness • lower blood pressure, and elevate and stabilize your mood Discover how just a few minutes a day of active, supported rest can improve your mood, your energy, and your sense of physical comfort and ease.
Stretch the mindful way with this all-encompassing guide to Yin Yoga. In today's fast-paced world it's easy to lose the balance in our lives and the connection with our bodies. DK believes it's time to change that! Yin Yoga offers a remedy to the stress and hustle of everyday life. Heard of the term but don't know where to begin? No worries, we've got you covered! The same way that Yin balances Yang in ancient philosophies, the slower yin-style yoga featured in this yoga book offers an alternative to the faster more active forms of yoga. Instead, Yin yoga concentrates on holding and breathing through floor-based poses, awarding you with the time and space to clear both your mind and body. Dive straight in to discover: -Over 50 poses focusing on specific areas of the body -Each yoga pose is demonstrated with photographic step-by-step detail -20 sequences linking the poses, tailored to your physical and emotional targets -Introductory spreads covering the basic techniques behind Yin Yoga The first full-coloured step-by-step Yin yoga book on the market, this all-encompassing yoga guide is a must-have volume for individuals seeking a mindful and meditative approach to their yoga practice, as well as beginners and older yoga practitioners who are looking to adopt a slower-paced approach to yoga. You can explore gentle variations to much-loved yoga poses, from the comfort of your own home. Every exercise utilises the essential elements of Yin yoga to ensure you can gain all the physical and mental benefits, and will also allow you to perform all 20 sequences, which combine over 50 different poses into one singular experience and focus on specific health benefits each pose has on your body. For years, books on yoga have asked readers to bend over backwards (literally!) to conform to their physical demands. At DK, we believe it's time to change that! Why not allow for readers to demand that yoga conform to their individual needs instead? This is gentle yoga for the mind, body and soul. A must-have volume for those who want to take up Yoga but don't know where to begin, or simply those seeking to start a gentle low-impact exercise whilst encouraging mindfulness, Yin Yoga can be tailored to your individual fitness needs, so you make the most out of your poses! Why not stretch yourself, literally, this New Year and try something new? Perhaps your mind, body and soul will thank you!
Express your feelings through yoga poses for toddlers! Join our six yoga kids from around the world as they learn about various animals and relate their behaviors to our feelings. Be a caring koala, a cranky crocodile, or a curious cat. Visit countries around the world, learn about various animals, and talk about feelings! This feelings yoga book for toddlers and preschoolers includes a list of kids yoga poses and a parent-teacher guide. Kids Yoga Stories introduce you to engaging characters who will get your child laughing, moving, and creating. Reading is good for the mind AND body! The book links several yoga poses to create a coherent and meaningful sequence for very young children. This feelings yoga story for ages 2 to 5 is more than a storybook, but it's also a unique experience for young children.
Red Hot New "Yoga Anatomy: A Quick Start Guide To Practicing Simple Yoga Poses & Yoga Exercises For New Students" Release!!! Gain more time out of your day and your life and discover the intriguing new way of practicing Yoga and meditation for more happiness, insight, healthy and productivity that even works for you if you only have 5 minutes per day and are a very busy person. Inside this amazing and exciting new book compilation of 5 books you will be discovering how to empower and enrich your body and mind and become a more productive and more successful YOU! Book 1: 15 Amazing Yoga Ways To A Blissful & Clean Body & Mind Book 2. 11 Simple Yoga Poses for Beginners You Wish You Knew Book 3: Daily Yoga Ritual Book 4: Turbaned Gurus, Sing-Song Matras & Body Contortions - Volume 3 Book 5: Zen Is Like YOU! You will love discovering some new aspects of Yoga & Meditation and the connection of Meditation & Yoga that you might not have considered yet. If you love Yoga and/or Meditation you will love this compilation to broaden and deepen your Yoga and Meditation perspective. Forget the old concept because there is no need to waist your time and every reason to do Yoga and Meditation the new and 5 minute quick way so that you will gain more time out of your day and your life! Learn the new way of Yoga and meditation today if your dream is escaping a boring lifestyle, empowering yourself, or just living more for yourself with less stress and 100% happiness, this book compilation will give you some amazing insights into the wonderful world of Yoga and Meditation and how both connect. Inside this Yoga & Meditation lifestyle compilation you'll discover: * 5 Minute Per Day Yoga Routine * The Yoga-Meditation Connection * The Basic Yoga Sutras For Beginners * Yoga Poses For Busy People * The Body Mind Connection * Awesome Yoga Ways For Beginners * Meditation Techniques For Happiness, Health & Inner Wealth much more...
Millions of people practice some form of yoga, but they often do so without a clear understanding of its history, traditions, and purposes. This comprehensive bibliography, designed to assist researchers, practitioners, and general readers in navigating the extensive yoga literature, lists and comments upon English-language yoga texts published since 1981. It includes entries for more than 2,400 scholarly as well as popular works, manuals, original Sanskrit source text translations, conference proceedings, doctoral dissertations, and master's theses. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author for easy access, while thorough author, title, and subject indexes will help readers find books of interest.
Elemental Moves offers five short, simple wellness routines that draw from the healing systems of Yoga and Qigong, woven together with ancient Chinese wisdom. In 25 minutes or less each day, you can target your specific health needs with mindful movements and postures designed to enhance your energy flow and bring you back into balance--within yourself and with life and nature all around you.In this book, you will learn the foundations of Chinese medicine and Daoist philosophy, for a better understanding of how the Elemental Moves system can help you learn to release chronic stress and move with peace and tranquility throughout your day. These ancient sources honor the healing power of nature. Nature is filled with vibrant energy, and we are energy beings. Tap into the rhythms of nature and discover the abundance of energy medicine waiting for you. Foreword by Dr. Roger Jahnke, author of The Healer Within and The Healing Promise of Qi.
A life is what is given to us; a lifestyle is what is given by us. Research claims that maintaining only 5 good habits—eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, drinking only in moderation, not smoking and maintaining a healthy body weight—can not only keep the life vibrant through years but also extend a woman’s life expectancy at age 50 by 14 years, and a man’s by 12 years. The book, Life, Living and Lifestyle, illustrates these aspects of lifestyles with a special connection between human evolution and civilization! This book along with its four companion books—Nature Is My Teacher; Of Human Nature and Good Habits; How to Win Nature and Enjoy Good Life and Health and Medical Care—constitutes a series that tells the nature-human connection and its implication in our daily life, in the related set of separate episodes. Life, Living and Lifestyle deals with lifestyle experiences of daily living. The book contains chapters: Active Lifestyle (As we grow, we travel through a series of institutional communities: first our family, then our school and university, then the workplace, then local and global institutions.); Play and Exercise (The guidelines of World Health Organization (WHO) on physical activity for an adult is very attainable: 75 minutes of vigorous exercise or 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week.); Joy of Yoga (“I lost weight,” “I quit smoking,” “It de-stressed me,” “I sleep better,” “It saved my marriage,” “It improved my child’s grades,” “I am now pregnant,” “It saved my family”—on and on and on goes the claims of yoga’s practitioners.); Lose Weight (By definition, in the centimeter-gram-second (CGS) system, the BMI number is a person’s weight in kilograms (kg) divided by square of height in meters (m). BMI=kg/m^2.); Walking and Running (An adult can walk 17,000 steps a day comfortably, which is roughly 7 to 8 miles.); Quit Smoking (The truth of smoking is disease, death, and horror—not glory, glamour, or pleasure.); Sleep (Sleep is by far the single critical factor, and definitely a calmest booster to improve the brain function.); Life, Living and Work Ethics (Simple life has its own reward.); Science and Technology (The tiny computer chips are embedded in all our gadgets, devices, and machines, from cell phone to brain cell, from microscope to telescope, and from subatomic level to space-level equipment.); Organize Yourself (For organizational skill, discipline is at the root.); Work and Workplace (In a global job war, according to a Gallup poll in 2011, out of 7 billion people worldwide, there were 5 billion people over fifteen years old, out of which 3 billion wanted full-time jobs, while there were available only 1.2 billion jobs.); Personal Finance and Money Habits (Poverty is not a shame, but being ashamed of it, is. Young minds are systematically victimized. When they grow up, they feel the guilt and shame of poverty.)
