!--StartFragment-- More than just a passing trend, Yoga promises countless benefits to your health, happiness and lifestyle, and is increasingly popular with people of all shapes and sizes. This user-friendly book is your perfect home Yoga instructor. The basic postures, balancing and standing poses, plus floor exercises are all clearly photographed with explanatory labels and tips so you get each one right. The handy pull-out concertina shows all the postures together so you can create your own routine to suit your needs. With Zest's Yoga Made Easy you'll progress from beginner to pro in the comfort of your own home. Other titles in the series include Pilates Made Easy (9781843405269), Bikini Body Made Easy (9781843405306), Triathlon Made Easy (9781843404330) and the bestselling Running Made Easy (9781843404347). !--EndFragment--
Discover the energizing and healing benefits of yoga nidra with this empowering beginner's guide. Yoga nidra, or yogic sleep, is a deeply restorative and nourishing practice. With no need for physical movement, it helps improve sleep, relieve stress, boost energy, and enhance creativity. This ancient and sacred form of yoga is accessible and adaptable. Experts Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Nirlipta Tuli draw on decades of teaching experience to show you how to easily integrate yoga nidra into your life for sleep-filled nights and energized days. You’ll learn: · how to enter the state of yogic sleep · tips and hints to memorize the practice so you can take it with you wherever you go · the tools to create a sequence that’s perfect for you · about inspiring real-life case studies from yoga nidra practitioners By following the practices in Yoga Nidra Made Easy, and listening to over 20 specially created audio resources to support your journey, you’ll soon experience a sense of peace, vitality, well-being, and reconnection to the cycles that nourish all of life.
Jude Reignier's Easy Yoga is based on her ten years' teaching experience and will appeal to adults, children, and those with special needs alike. Her postures stimulate and massage the whole system, including internal organs, while gently stretching, firming, and toning the muscles and ligaments. It's easy! The easy approach presents clear illustrations and a concise text to demystify popular therapies. Each routine can be understood quickly, so that within minutes you are feeling good and energized. Learn the full 45-minute sequence and then adapt it to your busy schedule. See at-a-glance reminders of all the sequences inside the jacket. Jude Reignier trained in Hatha yoga at the Shivananda Center in the Catskills, New York. She now teaches her own easy style based on knowledge she has gain and working with adults, children, and people with special needs on a one-to-one basis or in groups. She is married with two children and lives in Notting Hill, London.
Maximize athletic performance and increase strength and endurance through the power of yoga. Incorporating yoga into your fitness regime can help you perform better on the sports field and in the gym! Learn how yoga works and integrate key yoga poses and routines to improve flexibility, core strength, and prevent injuries. For centuries yoga has been used to improve overall health and strengthen the mind and body. This yoga guide focuses on helping men perform at their highest fitness levels. Inside the pages of this yoga book you'll find: - More than 50 postures with full-colorr photos and step-by-step instructions. - Over 20 workout routines tailored to specific performance goals, such as endurance and power, or improving your running or weightlifting performance. - Focuses on the functional aspects of yoga, including sports performance and injury prevention. - Information on how yoga can specifically benefit men. - Easy-to-follow steps to execute yoga postures. Yoga is known to have plenty of benefits, but did you know that it also has benefits specifically for men and athletes? At the core, this ancient practice is based on stretching different muscle groups for greater flexibility, ease of movement, and greater power. And these benefits translate to sports performance, gym gains, and overall health - allowing your body to move as it should. No chanting required to master these yoga postures and workouts! Written by Dean Pohlman, sports coach and author, this yoga book for men is focused on yoga's functional fitness benefits and less on the spiritual or emotional aspects. A wonderful gift and fitness resource, Yoga For Men: Build Strength and Improve Performance will help men meet their performance goals, play harder and feel better.
Let your toddler discover the joys of yoga through the simple poses in this yoga book for kids. With a range of gentle poses carefully selected in an order that will engage, energize, and then relax, this book can be accessed by all abilities. Sweet illustrations of yoga positions are brought to life with real photographs of young children practicing the moves. From downward dog, to cat stretch, to sleepy sloth, this board book includes a variety of yoga moves that are made fun for little ones. Babies and toddlers will love looking at the beautiful pictures in this illustrated children's book and turning the pages by themselves. There are a range of easy poses for toddlers to copy. Can they stand up tall like a tree and try to balance on one leg or breathe out fiercely like a lion? My First Yoga helps preschoolers to develop their early learning skills as they name the animals and objects that go with each pose, broadening their vocabulary. The sturdy board book is made for kids to get hands-on with and is perfect for little children to hold by themselves. Yoga has many health benefits as it helps with balance, coordination and mindfulness -- it's never too early to start!
The Yoga System was formulated by Patanjali. His sutras, the formulas or equations, are complex to comprehend without a thorough knowledge of Sanskrit language. Since the sutras are written in a kind of shorthand manner, they require a sound understanding of the yoga philosophy and the vedic culture in order to decipher each word of the sutra clearly. Prof. Ratnakar Narale has analyzed each word in basic terms and English transliterated it to make the learning of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali easy. Dr. Narale has organized the entire subject under 90 unique subheadings and has formulated all the definitions and indices to the make it a valuable reference guide.
Revitalize and strengthen specific organs by using Lifestyle Prescriptions(R) Organ-Mind-Brain Anatomy and the Healing Power of Yoga and Mindfulness.Written and compiled by National Yoga Month and Lifestyle Prescriptions(R) University Founder and Titans of Yoga filmmaker Johannes R. Fisslinger, this reference book includes over 100 yoga poses and their effect on specific organs.Easily integrate organ specific yoga poses into your personal yoga and mindfulness practice or when teaching yoga classes.This book includes complimentary access to the book "The 6 Root-Causes of all Symptoms" and the Lifestyle Prescriptions(R) 101 Video Course about the Art and Science of Self-Healing based on Organ-Mind-Brain Anatomy.YogaMonth.orgLifestylePrescriptions.TV
Improve balance, flexibility, and overall well-being Yoga is a terrific way to stay fit and improve mental clarity, balance, agility, and flexibility. Written by the founding president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, this book takes the guesswork out of starting or continuing yoga at 50 and beyond. You’ll learn how to adapt stances and breathing to your changing body to reap the benefits of this ancient practice and use it to calm your mind and body—one pose at a time. Discover step-by-step instructions for more than 45 poses Relieve stress Leverage your breathing Target weak spots, avoid injury, and deal with pain and chronic conditions Discover yoga apps and videos
An eagle soaring among the clouds or a star twinkling in the night sky . . . a camel in the desert or a boat sailing across the sea—yoga has the power of transformation. Not only does it strengthen bodies and calm minds, but with a little imagination, it can show us that anything is possible. New York Times bestselling illustrator Peter H. Reynolds and author and certified yoga instructor Susan Verde team up again in this book about creativity and the power of self-expression. I Am Yoga encourages children to explore the world of yoga and make room in their hearts for the world beyond it. A kid-friendly guide to 17 yoga poses is included.