"Educational reference for current yoga teachers, aspiring yoga teachers and serious students of yoga. A comprehensive ""how-to"" book of teaching yoga and developing a home practice. Includes yoga philosophy."
From Women's Health contributor and yoga expert Kathryn Budig-the essential, authoritative guide to yoga, for beginners and beyond. Approximately 16 millions Americans now practice yoga on a regular basis. Devotees can't rave enough about this ancient art of meditation, breathing, and physical postures that calms the mind and slims the body. Unlike fitness fads, yoga is worth the hype. The postures stretch and tone lean muscle mass and sculpt a strong and slender physique-burning up to 400 calories in a 90-minute session. But yoga does something even better. It's proven to reduce the biggest cause of weight gain-stress-which 43% of Americans say makes them overeat. This definitive volume features: - every essential pose to help readers lose weight and transform their bodies - Total Body Yoga: targeted workouts in 15 minutes or less - core-strengthening routines for hotter, more satisfying sex - a healthy, mindful eating plan centered around calming, cleansing foods Covering everything from basic postures to relaxation techniques to avoiding common injuries, The Women's Health Big Book of Yoga is the only guide readers need to achieve their fittest, healthiest, happiest selves.
"Teaching Yoga, Adjusting Asana: the essential guide to teaching yoga and adjusting yoga poses. Part One explores yoga teaching fundamentals in a simple, accessible way. Melanie covers how to teach crucial concepts (breath, bandha and drishti), as well as more general topics including injuries, ethics and the spiritual aspects of yoga. Part Two has helpful techniques for deepening common yoga postures and a complete guide to hands-on adjustment for the Ashtanga Primary Series."--Publisher description.
Since 1960, more than 1 million people have used this classic guide to tap the incredible power of yoga. The attractive new edition, in a new size, will appeal to a wide audience of contemporary yoga students.
Simple yoga practices to increase your peace and reduce stress. For centuries, yoga has provided a path to physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. But modern lifestyles make it difficult to incorporate the practice. Yoga Body and Mind Handbook offers the best of both worlds—essential poses and meditations made easy so you can fit the full benefits of yoga into your busy life. Virtually anyone can enjoy yoga. By integrating poses and guided meditations into simple routines, you'll learn how to relieve daily stresses and strains. Whether you're new to yoga, or rediscovering the practice, this guide will get you moving, breathing, and meditating your way to a healthier, happier you. Yoga Body and Mind Handbook includes: Complete yoga routines—Step-by-step instructions and illustrations help you enjoy the benefits of yoga anytime, anywhere. Easy poses—These yoga essentials are designed for beginners—no contortion necessary. Guided meditations—Learn mindful practices that encourage healing and empowerment. The path to improved health, happiness, and peace of mind is just a few steps away. Begin your journey with the Yoga Body and Mind Handbook.
A growing body of evidence shows that physical activity can be a cost-effective and safe intervention for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of mental health problems. As researchers and clinicians around the world look for evidence-supported alternatives and complements to established forms of therapy (medication and psychotherapy), interest in physical activity mounts. The Routledge Handbook of Physical Activity and Mental Health offers the most comprehensive review of the research evidence on the effects of physical activity on multiple facets of mental health. Written by a team of world-leading international experts, the book covers ten thematic areas: physical activity and the ‘feel good’ effect anxiety disorders depression and mood disorders self-perceptions and self-evaluations cognitive function across the lifespan psychosocial stress pain energy and fatigue addictions quality of life in special populations. This volume presents a balanced assessment of the research evidence, highlights important directions for future work, and draws clear links between theory, research, and clinical practice. As the most complete and authoritative resource on the topic of physical activity and mental health, this is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners in a wide range of fields, including clinical and health psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, behavioural and preventive medicine, gerontology, nursing, public health and primary care.
Davis renders a comprehensive philosophical journey and treatise into the "art and science" of Yoga therapy as a self-healing treatment paradigm for the novice and experienced Yoga practitioner.
Fitness Professional's Handbook translates key concepts into practical application by guiding the reader through screening participants, conducting fitness tests, evaluating the major components of fitness, and prescribing appropriate exercise.
Introduction Any systems of Physical education without the support of health education cannot possible accomplish the best rules. The mutual coordination of physical and health education is a matter of fundamental importance in any system. Objectives After learning this unit, you will be able to: · Understand the concept of health education to human kind · Know the aims, objectives and importance of health education · State the health education in schools and to organize the health service at the school · Identify the concept of safety education with reference to home, school and environment · Apply the skills of first aid to athletic injuries
Fitness Professional’s Handbook, Seventh Edition With HKPropel Access, provides current and future fitness professionals with the knowledge to screen participants, conduct standardized fitness tests, evaluate the major components of fitness, and prescribe appropriate exercise.