This is for those who have never done yoga before, as well as those with yoga experience, or who are currently taking a yoga class. Personal stories are woven into the text, so that women can relate to the author and others who have struggled with fertility challenges. It also includes suggestions for friends and family members to help them better ......
More than an exercise programme, this is a deeply soothing form of moving meditation and a physical activity and is a safe way to rebuild strength, stamina, and flexibility and to address the spinal curvature of scoliosis without surgery. It demonstrates how the practice of Iyengar yoga leads to a lessening of the degree curvature of the spine in ......
Our respiratory and immune systems are intrinsically linked to how we relate to the world around us. Engaging with our vitality through the movement we were designed to express equips us with an invaluable ability to support the optimal functioning of our internal systems.
Yoga Biomechanics: Stretching Redefined provides a unique evidence-based exploration into the complexities of human movement and what a safe, effective yoga practice entails. The emphasis is taken off flexibility and centered around a narrative of body tissue adaptation. Conventional approaches to modern yoga are examined through a biomechanist's ......
How to Co-Create an Inclusive and Evidence-Informed Practice On and Off the Mat
One-to-one yoga teaching is a great way to ensure that every client is practicing yoga safely while reducing risks that may cause them unintentional harm.
A Guide for Yoga Therapists, Yoga Teachers and Bodyworkers
This manual for yoga teachers and bodyworkers provides guidance for working with athletes of all disciplines. It teaches basic principles for application of techniques. Covering yoga background, biomechanics, postures, breathing and mental training, it creates a bridge between evidence-based modern sports medicine and ancient practices of yoga.
As the practice of yoga continues to flourish within Western Black and Brown communities, this transformative, Black culturally centered toolkit highlights the barriers that hinder access to yoga. It takes core aspects of yoga philosophy and contextualizes it within Black cultural norms, religious taboos, and historical healing practices, and ......
Integrating Yoga and Ayurveda with Modern Recovery Tools for Addiction
Durga Leela presents an empowering, personal recovery program for yoga teachers and yoga therapists supporting clients through recovery from addiction. She integrates yoga philosophy and physical practices - such as hatha yoga, yoga nidra, restorative yoga, and pranayama - as well as the psychology of yoga and Ayurveda, for a program suitable for ......
Exploring the benefits of yoga on social prescription, this book details the 10-week Yoga4Health social prescribing programme developed by the Yoga In Healthcare Alliance. This evidence-based prevention programme targets NHS patients at risk of becoming chronically ill and supports them to bring about lifestyle change through a daily yoga ......
