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Search - Yoga: A Practical Approach to Achieving Optimum Health for Mind, Body and Spirit (Complete Illustrated Guide)

Yoga A Practical Approach to Achieving Optimum Health for Mind Body and Spirit - Complete Illustrated Guide
Author: Howard Kent

This text guides the reader through all aspects of yoga. The classic yoga exercises are simply explained and clearly illustrated with full colour step-by-step photographs, taking the reader through each step and pattern of movement and breathing in logical order. Part 1 History: origins of yoga; great teachers; objectives; classic schools. Part... more » 2 Benefits: benefits of yoga; internal peace; healing process; mental and physical approach; commitment. Part 3 Anatomy and posture: yoga and the body; chakras; nadis; the body's natural design; correct sitting; the body and mind; pelvic flexibility -- sitting on the heels, cross-legged sitting. Part 4 Breathing: importance of breathing; learning to breathe; breathing for energy and relaxation -- changing your breathing rate, instant energy. Part 5 Preparation: planning a yoga programme -- ensuring a balanced approach -- balancing the body, tree; preparing for yoga practice -- mountain, working on flexibility; all-over stretches -sitting stretches, standing stretches; stretching head, neck and shoulders -- shoulder-shrugging, exercising the neck; stretching arms, trunk and legs -- arm stretch, hip wiggle, flexible feet; relaxation -- corpse. Part 6 The positions: beginning...; stretching the spine -- posterior stretch, cobra; performing the spinal twist -- simple spinal twist, half twist; bending the spine -- standing backward bend, touching your toes; sideways movement -sideways bend, triangle; cat and dog; bridge and boat; learning effective muscle control -- fish, locust; maintaining balance -bow, pose of tranquility; inversion -- plow, choking pose; shoulder stands -- half-candle, full candle; sun worship; the mudras -aswini mudra, yoga mudra; the bandhas -- uddiyana bandha, yonimudra and nadabanda. Part 7 Breathing techniques: special breathing techniques -- shining head, bellows breath, lung-clearing exercise; alternate nostril breathing -- closing the nostrils, alternate nostril breath; making sounds -- black bee, "ujjaii"; breath retention -- restraining the breath. Part 8 Meditation: the way to meditation; mind control -- exercising the mind; visualization -practising visualization, overcoming insomnia; meditation -posture for meditation, lotus and half-lotus; the goal of meditation -- aids to concentration. Part 9 Philosophy of yoga: how we treat ourselves; dealing with other people; karma yoga; the spiritual journey. Part 10 Yoga in daily life: everyday awareness; facing problems; controlling the senses -- overcoming the heat, overcoming the cold; yoga and communication; you are what you eat; you are what you think -- releasing suppressed anger. Part 11 Yoga for special needs: special needs; working with disabilities and injuries -- stretching when lying down, exercising on wheels; yoga for pregnancy -- gentle twist, pelvic floor exercises; yoga for children -- being a lion; yoga for the elderly -- cat and dog, working on the back. Part 12 Yoga and healing: healing -- banishing the blues; managing illness -- relaxing into sleep, managing headaches and migraines; yoga as preventive medicine; the stress factor -- first aid for stress, relaxation stretch, restoring calm; flexible body and mind -- the mental component of exercise; peace through reflection.

ISBN-13: 9781862044562
ISBN-10: 1862044562
Publication Date: 9/2/1999
Pages: 192
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: Element Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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