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Beautiful photographs and helpful advice for anyone who enjoys yoga. According to Power Yoga, more than 16 million yoga enthusiasts in America spend almost $3 billion dollars on classes and products each year. Yoga is becoming an increasingly popular activity, and author Ulrica Norberg helps yoga-goers put their money to good work by demonstrating technique in vivid detail and by revealing yoga's extraordinary power to heal. Norberg believes yoga...
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"Helps readers understand their options among different styles of yoga. Profiles seven prominent styles in depth and ten others briefly, including their history, philosophical and spiritual underpinnings, level of physical exertion, and what to expect in a typical class"--Provided by publisher.
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Everyday activities such as using the computer, driving, or even curling up with a good book can create tension in the neck and shoulders. It's no wonder that so many of us have persistent discomfort and pain in these areas. Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain presents simple, yoga-based practices that you can do at work and at home to release muscle tension for immediate relief.
After suffering from chronic neck pain
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Mudras-also playfully called "finger power points"-are yoga positions for your hands and fingers. They can be practiced sitting, lying down, standing, or walking, at any time and place. Schooled in the traditional knowledge of this eastern art of healing, well-known Swiss yoga teacher, Gertrud Hirschi, shows how these easy techniques can recharge personal energy reserves and improve quality of life. These mysterious healing gestures can calm the stress,...
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For anyone intimidated by crowded yoga classes, complicated textbooks, headstands, or simply touching their toes, Yoga for Real People offers a year of classes that progress from beginning to intermediate to advanced levels of practice. A down-to-earth guide for yoga teachers and students alike, this book is illustrated throughout with more than 160 photographs correctly demonstrating 100 poses. Each lesson begins with a discussion of an important...
11) Yoga basics
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Learn the basics of yoga with this easy to follow guide! Are you ready to learn yoga, but don't know where to begin? Are you intimidated by the unfamiliar terms or the challenging postures? With Yoga Basics you'll become an expert in no time! You'll learn about: • The origins of yoga philosophy, history, and different styles • What really happens in a yoga class invaluable tips on choosing the right style for you, getting ready for your first...
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One of the biggest concerns among aging men and women is the fear of falling. Chair yoga, or "yoga while seated," allows anyone to experience all of the benefits of an exercise program without being afraid. With easy-to-follow yoga positions and stretches that can be done at home, while sitting down, this book helps readers make daily exercise a reality and provide invaluable benefits such as increased energy and a boost in confidence.
13) I am yoga
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As a young girl practices various standard yoga poses, she imagines herself as a tree touching the sky, a playful dog, a warrior, and more while relaxing and seeing how she fits into the world.
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"Yogis have been using cannabis to enhance spiritual practice for millennia. Unfortunately, we've lost this tradition in the modern practice of yoga, and along with it the ability to truly relax, self-connect, and find peace. In Ganja Yoga, Dee Dussault, certified yoga instructor and the first person to bring ganja yoga classes to North America, finally takes this ancient tradition mainstream. Suitable for beginners and sages alike, Ganja Yoga will...
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With this book, Marsha Wenig's fun and child-friendly course is expanded and enriched for parents, teachers, and caregivers. YogaKids® presents more than 50 carefully selected poses, in clear, easy-to-follow, color photographs, paired with special activities that stimulate children's verbal, spatial, and artistic skills. The book includes special yoga routines to cover a multitude of common situations, such as calming down, getting ready for a test,...
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This straightforward guide offers beginners an introduction to the principles and benefits of yoga. Readers will learn about the eight limbs of Classical Yoga, the significance of ethical living, the interaction of the mind and body, methods for controlling breathing and the senses, and techniques for meditation. The section on asanas includes thirty-three fully illustrated postures with step-by-step explanations.
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"Offering a captivating cross-section of today's thriving yoga community, Yoga Bodies presents more than 75 yoga practitioners of all ages, shapes, sizes, backgrounds, and skill levels -- real people, with real stories to share about how yoga has touched their lives for the good"--
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Before Marcum was a sought after celebrity yoga teacher, she was someone who thought she couldn't do yoga because she couldn't be still. Now after sixteen years of teaching yoga, she works with network executives, global brands, Hollywood actresses, and everyone in between. Yoga is the yoke of body, mind, and spirit, and in Close to Om, Marcum offers a guide to teach all three aspects of yoga showcasing Marcum's signature unique style, this program...