The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga

Author: Joan Budilovsky

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2003-02-05

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0786529725

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This book is for anyone interested in health, fitness, or the healing arts. It teaches you the basics of stretching, breathing, and meditation, with exercises designed to help you relax, become more flexible, more productive, and more self-satisfied.


The Yoga Book

The Yoga Book

Author: Kriyananda Swami

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 2003-08-30

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9788120819900

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The yoga book is a core text, it explains the true meanings of Yoga, and demonstrates the practices and postures of Ashtanga Yoga that will enable the reader to achieve mastery over the mind and body, and can lead to self realization.


The Repeat Year

The Repeat Year

Author: Andrea Lochen

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1101598840

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Everyone has days, weeks, even months they wish they could do over—but what about an entire year? After living through the worst twelve months of her life, intensive care nurse Olive Watson is given a second chance to relive her past and attempt to discover where she went wrong… After a year of hardships, including a messy breakup with her longtime boyfriend Phil, the prospect of her mother’s remarriage, and heartbreaking patient losses at the hospital, Olive is ready to start fresh. But when she wakes up in her ex-boyfriend’s bed on New Year’s Day 2011—a day she has already lived—Olive’s world is turned upside down. Shouldering a year of memories that no one else can recall, even Olive begins to question herself—until she discovers that she is not alone. Upon crossing paths with Sherry Witan, an experienced “repeater,” Olive learns that she has the chance to rewrite her future. Given the opportunity of a lifetime, Olive has to decide what she really wants. Should she make different choices, or accept her life as she knows it, flaws and all? “An intriguing premise and some surprising twists make this an engaging, satisfying read that explores friendship, love and who we really are when it truly matters….A debut novel that offers a fascinating glimpse into one woman’s opportunity to rewrite her past and change her future.”—Kirkus Reviews


Inhale · Exhale · Repeat

Inhale · Exhale · Repeat

Author: Emma Mills

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2017-03-09

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1473550971

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We’re all living faster, working harder, and often so busy we forget to take a moment to sit back, close our eyes and just, breathe. Yet this hectic lifestyle can get us down, making us lethargic, stressed and burnt out. So how to break the cycle? Inspired by traditional eastern lessons of meditation and mindfulness, neuroscience and insights from literature, Emma Mills offers fresh and simple tools to keep our minds healthy, from that early morning coffee through to the moment you climb into bed, without having to invest in expensive detox courses or far-flung retreats. She guides the reader through a course of a single day, with easy tips, meditations, recipes, literary recommendations and practical takeaways that can be completed in a matter of minutes. So just inhale, exhale, and repeat – and let a sense of calm and focus transform your day.


Somatic Practice in Yoga Therapy

Somatic Practice in Yoga Therapy

Author: Jaime Stover Schmitt

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2023-10-19

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1913426521

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One value of yoga therapy is its ability to bring us to our senses-figuratively and literally. Inner body sensing and the knowing it evokes is a large part of how we become aware of what we need to attend to and work on in our growth as individuals. In Spanda (R) Yoga Movement Therapy-the yoga therapy method from which this work arises-embodiment practices are as vital to the process of self-understanding as they are to understanding anatomy, anatomical concepts, and physiological processes. This book shares a host of somatic practices that can readily be used in teaching, therapy, yoga practice and other avenues of personal exploration at the physical, energetic, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. A wealth of illustrated step-by-step directions are given for somatic practice at each koshic level. The practices shared have been in use in clinical yoga therapy, in workshops and in classes for the past thirty years. They've resulted in greater knowledge, insight, and awareness of the body and the wisdom it can reveal.


Body Thrive

Body Thrive

Author: Cate Stillman

Publisher: Sounds True

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1683643380

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Discover an innovative new curriculum for smarter, naturally rejuvenating daily habits through Ayurveda and yoga “This is the next frontier of Ayurveda.” —Mark Hyman, MD, medical director at Cleveland Clinic's Center for Functional Medicine and 11-time New York Times bestselling author The habits you choose over time create your day-to-day thrive. What habits have you been choosing? Are they helping you—or holding you back? Evolving your habits doesn’t have to be a struggle. In Body Thrive, wellness expert Cate Stillman guides you into 10 critical daily routines based on Ayurveda that will rejuvenate you by aligning your daily schedule with natural biorhythms. Rather than presenting a rigid checklist of scheduled tasks, Cate encourages easy and steady progress through small actions. Including access to dozens of downloadable worksheets to help you chart your progress through the habits, Body Thrive provides step-by-step instruction for developing aligned action in your daily routine. Here you will learn: The immediate advantages of lighter, earlier dinnersWhy you should listen to your body clock and go to bed before 10 PMHow to set up a vibrant, energized day with an intentional morning routineCoordinating your workout with the intelligence of the breathThe satisfaction and abundance of eating a locally sourced, plant-based dietTechniques for invigorating self-massageHow to properly sit in contemplative silenceHealthy eating guidelines that will leave you feeling nourished and fulfilledMethods for heeding and maintaining the wisdom of your sensesHow to choose ease and spaciousness instead of stress and constriction “You only get one body,” writes Cate. “What habits are you going to mold it with?” With Body Thrive, you’ll discover how to catalyze more energy, improve your digestion, hone your fitness routine, cultivate peace of mind, and shift your own habits toward lifelong health and wellness.


Naturopathy And Yoga

Naturopathy And Yoga

Author: Parvesh Handa

Publisher: Gyan Publishing House

Published: 2006-05

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9788178354767

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In modern era people are becoming alarmed by the ill effect of medicines and are seeking natural and safe remedies. Naturopathy a therapy with cures all diseases by natural ways. In ancient India or for that reason in the whole world herbs, fruits and vegetables, and natural ways were used to cure the diseases and enhance beauty of body. The usefulness of this age-old tradition is again revived as people has not accepted the ill-effects of medicines. This book covers many drugless natural technique on the subject. Like Naturopathy Meditation, Pranayama and practice of Yoga exercises are ancient Indian systems to keep fit body, mind and soul. The Yogic exercises or asanas are easiest, inexpensive and the surest to cure almost any chronic or acute diseases and beautify human body. This book provides you with useful information on large number of yoga postures and their therapeutic advantages with illustrations. The practice or correct Yoga postures alongwith naturopathy treatment leave a miraculous effect. When you feel any physical problem instead of going for a medicine, learn how to make yourself cured by natural ways. Learn how to get rid of skin problems, hair problems, obesity and other chronic diseases etc. This book is specially useful home reference for all those who want to take a drug-free approach for the health and body.


The Joy of Yoga

The Joy of Yoga

Author: Emma Silverman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-01-02

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1510723943

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Thousands of people take time out of their busy schedules every day to attend yoga classes where they learn postures and breathing techniques that make them feel more energized and balanced. Thousands of other people, however, have yet to find the time in their days to do anything but work, study, or chase after their children. In The Joy of Yoga, author and expert Emma Silverman teaches readers how to take advantage of the health benefits yoga offers even when they can’t make it to regularly scheduled classes. The Joy of Yoga offers short sequences that readers can perform while seated on airplanes, standing at the bus stop, or even while waiting for water to boil. In addition, it also includes sequences to help with daily aches, pains, and annoyances, such as tired feet, sensitive wrists, neck and shoulder tension, anxiety, and even heartbreak. Weekend gardeners, runners, musicians, and waiters/waitresses will also find exercises that will help ease the tension in their muscles after long hours of work or play. The Joy of Yoga also provides step-by-step instructions and photographs on asana (postures) and pranayama (breathing techniques) for fifty sequences; lists the benefits of each sequence and include helpful information about modifications for poses; and encourages readers to create sequences on their own, using the sequences in the book as starting points.


Itsy Bitsy Yoga

Itsy Bitsy Yoga

Author: Helen Garabedian

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-11-24

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1439188750

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The ancient practice of yoga will help your baby sleep better, digest easier, be happier, and stay healthier. Start today. If you've been searching for an excellent way to bond with your baby and improve his or her health, Itsy Bitsy Yoga is the solution you've been looking for. Helen Garabedian, a certified instructor in yoga and infant massage, has developed over seventy yoga postures and thirty-five series for moms and dads to enjoy with their growing babies. You don't need any previous yoga experience. Learn the many benefits of yoga, posture by posture, in this accessible guide, with seventy beautiful black-and-white photos, at-a-glance reference charts, and memorable Itsy Bitsy Yoga rhymes. Yoga can help babies up to two years of age: sleep better get relief from gas pains and colic digest food easier stay healthier with a strong immune system receive neuromuscularm stimulation learn to relax The book also features seven Magic Poses that can soothe fussy, upset babies within minutes! So start enjoying more time with your happy yoga baby right now.


Whole Mama Yoga

Whole Mama Yoga

Author: Alexandra DeSiato

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-08-29

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 0757324665

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A unique way to see and process the motherhood experience through the lens of yoga, Whole Mama Yoga covers all phases and stages of becoming and being a mother or birth parent—offering a way to extend yoga’s gifts and tools for all who parent. Women are drawn to yoga for its physical benefits, its ability to induce calm and presence, and its offering of spiritual depth. Whole Mama Yoga offers a way to extend yoga’s gifts into the motherhood experience and offers guidance that eases not just physical discomforts but existential ones. Many moms and birth parents balance boundless love and boredom, overwhelming joy and moments of isolation, self-confidence and self-doubt. Yoga provides an opportunity to practice the much needed body love and self-connection many parents need. Accessible to new yoga students, advanced yoga practitioners, and yoga teachers alike, Whole Mama Yoga is for parents with children of all ages. It is for those just thinking about beginning a family, those in the early stages of pregnancy, those getting close to labor and delivery, and for those new moms, who often feel harried and overwhelmed. This is a book to reference as children grow, change, and become little (and big) people. With yoga poses at the core of the text, yogi moms and instructors Alexandra DeSiato and Lauren Sacks offer helpful information in movement offerings that meet all moms and birth parents where they are. Organized into sections titled Relate, Move, Reflect, Wisdom, and Breathe, Whole Mama Yoga provides breathing techniques, suggestions for meditation and mantra, inspiring tidbits of yoga philosophy, funny and uplifting stories from yoga-moms, and journal prompts that allow readers to reflect on their own experience of parenthood.