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This book draws on more than a century of research to present an evaluation of a practice that is thousands of years old. It celebrates what's real and shows what's illusory, describes what's uplifting and beneficial and what's flaky and dangerous -- and why. William Broad, a lifelong practitioner, illuminates how yoga can lift moods and inspire creativity. He also exposes moves that can cripple and kill. As science often does, this book reveals a...
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From globally recognised yoga authority B.K.S Iyengar, an accessible illustrated guide to Iyengar Yoga. BKS Iyengar Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health makes Iyengar Yoga accessible to all, while celebrating the life and work of the world renowned B.K.S Iyengar. B.K.S Iyengar is a world leading authority on hatha yoga and is globally respected for his holistic approach and technical accuracy. He has been practicing yoga every day for over 75 years and...
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The definitive feminine interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, now expanded to include all four padas. Yoga is best known for its power to create a healthy body, but the emotional and spiritual benefits of the practice are even greater. In The Secret Power of Yoga, Nischala Joy Devi offers a simple, elegant, and deeply personal interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras--the principles at the basis of Yoga practice. Hers is a heart-centered, intuitive,...
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The definitive guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga--the ancient healing discipline for body and mind--by its greatest living teacher. Light on Yoga provides complete descriptions and illustrations of all the positions and breathing exercises. Features a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. Illustrations throughout.
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For years, yoga books have asked readers to bend over backward (literally!) to conform to their physical demands. It's time for the opposite--for readers to demand that yoga conform to their individual needs. It's time for a yoga book to reflect the broader population that would benefit from a yoga practice geared toward them. It's time for Yoga for Everyone! This book offers yoga for every type of body: those who are big, small, elderly, pregnant,...
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If you want to incorporate yoga into your daily routine or ramp up what you're already doing, this comprehensive guide has everything you need. You'll find out how you can improve your health and peace of mind with yoga, master even the toughest poses, meditate your way to serenity, explore new trends in yoga, and much more.
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"Everything you need to build a custom yoga practice that supports YOU, just where you are. This empowering guide celebrates readers of all backgrounds, body sizes, and abilities. It offers poses, variations, sequences, and tools to find freedom in your practice, make it truly your own, and deepen your self-compassion and love."--
11) Guided yoga
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Stretch and strengthen your body, soothe and nurture your mind and melt away stress with this five-part Guided Yoga series that includes flows for back, neck, and full body.
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"Expand your energy and raise your sense of personal power with power yoga, the athletic and dynamic style of yoga that delivers high intensity and quick results. In Power Yoga: Strength, Sweat, and Spirit, you will learn the poses, practices, and philosophy of this fitness- and focus-boosting training method to strengthen your body and awaken your spirit. This potent practice is a complete workout on its own, but it also offers tremendous benefits...
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Based on Bikram's signature program of 26 postures and two breathing exercises, this book will help you combat a variety of afflictions--from stress and insomnia to arthritis and back pain--and maintain exceptional health for years to come. The postures work your muscles, increase flexibility, and flush toxins out of your system. It isn't easy: it's a rigorous, body-bending program, and Bikram gives it to you straight in his outspoken, charismatic,...
14) Seane Corn, yoga from the heart: transform your self and your world with this vinyasa flow practice
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Filmed live at the annual Yoga Journal San Francisco conference, learn 32 poses, including Sun Salutations, stanging poses, hip openers and shoulder and spine stretches.
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"Because yoga has become more and more popular and integrated into Western culture, millions of people outside of India study and practice yoga. Along with this has been a proliferation in the numbers of yoga teachers. In this book, introduces "yoga myths' in each chapter. These are the beliefs commonly held about how movements should be practiced which in fact do not represent the actual physical anatomical reality the body's structure and how it...
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Explore the physiology of 30 key yoga poses, in-depth and from every angle, and master each asana with confidence and control. Reveals the facts, with annotated artworks that show the mechanics, the angles, how your blood flow and respiration are affected, the key muscle and joint actions working below the surface of each pose, safe alignment and much more.
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Lainey Morse didn't set out to start a fitness craze, but she got one when her yoga-instructor friend asked her if she could hold a yoga class on Lainey's farm. The appeal was immediately apparent, with word spreading quickly and waitlist developing almost overnight. Now, Lainey has people traveling from every corner of the globe -- from Iceland to Australia -- to experience goat yoga where it all began. If you don't have goat yoga in your city just...
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As yoga continues to grow in popularity as a modern exercise and fitness movement, it is important to take notice of the greater spiritual tradition that forms its core. This book sheds light on the greater tradition and teachings of yoga, providing readers with an important approach to the practice that can harmonize their existence both individually and collectively. "Yoga" provides all students with a new appreciation of their dicipline's universe....
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