Get Your Yoga On

Author: Kino MacGregor
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834843102
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 169

Book Description
Challenge yourself to practice yoga five minutes a day with this inclusive beginner’s guide to 30 foundational yoga poses and sequences—for everyone and every body Yoga is a healthful, stress-busting, powerfully life-changing practice that is truly for everyone! You don’t need to be young, flexible, or athletic to do yoga—and you don’t need to spend hours on the mat. You just need to be yourself and commit to practicing at least five minutes a day. Here, renowned yogi Kino MacGregor presents a basic, self-paced plan to encourage you to try each of the thirty foundational poses included and slowly build a regular yoga practice. Through step-by-step instructions, over two hundred color photographs, and modifications for different body types and abilities, Kino makes yoga possible at whatever level you may be. By challenging yourself for just five minutes a day, you will end up learning a strong, basic yoga sequence that you can grow and adapt for a lifetime of yoga.

I Am Yoga

Author: Susan Verde
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1613128495
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

Book Description
An eagle soaring among the clouds or a star twinkling in the night sky . . . a camel in the desert or a boat sailing across the sea—yoga has the power of transformation. Not only does it strengthen bodies and calm minds, but with a little imagination, it can show us that anything is possible. New York Times bestselling illustrator Peter H. Reynolds and author and certified yoga instructor Susan Verde team up again in this book about creativity and the power of self-expression. I Am Yoga encourages children to explore the world of yoga and make room in their hearts for the world beyond it. A kid-friendly guide to 17 yoga poses is included.

Yoga for You

Author: Rebecca Rissman
Publisher: QED Publishing
ISBN: 9781784936105
Category : Hatha yoga
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Yoga for You encourages children and teenagers to get up, get active, and build confidence and self-esteem through a basic introduction to yoga and its many sequences and poses. Learn two yoga sequences with 35 fully explained and illustrated poses: one for getting pumped-up and energized, the other for de-stressing and relaxation.

Science of Yoga

Author: Ann Swanson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 146549166X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
Explore the physiology of 30 key yoga poses, in-depth and from every angle, and master each asana with confidence and control. Did you know that yoga practice can help lower your blood pressure, decrease inflammation and prevent age-related brain changes? Recent scientific research now backs up what were once anecdotal claims about the benefits of yoga to every system in the body. Science of Yoga 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. With insight into variations on the poses and a Q&A section that explores the science behind every aspect of yoga, this easy-to-understand, comprehensive book is an invaluable resource to achieve technical excellence in your practice and optimize the benefits of yoga for your body and mind.

Good Morning Yoga

Author: Mariam Gates
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781622036028
Category : Hatha yoga for children
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Yoga helps children learn how to focus, relax, and both self-monitor and self-soothe Good Morning Yoga instills these four skills and more, enabling children to jumpstart the day with energy and excitement-and meet the adventures that come with mindfulness and perspective. Good Night Yoga tells the story of the world retiring for the evening-and a new generation of readers has fallen in love with the relaxing sequences and beautiful pictures that lead them to dreamland. Good Morning Yoga weaves gentle exercises with a heartwarming narrative and wonderful illustrations to empower children to manage the energies that visit throughout the day-from the "fiery volcano" to the "mountain quiet and still. Good Morning Yoga concludes with a visualization for kids to set intentions for the day.

Yoga

Author: Sarah Herrington
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1615645756
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
For a person who has never attempted yoga before, it can seem downright daunting. Not anymore! No one is watching, so now is the perfect time to begin your at-home yoga practice. With full-color, step-by-step illustrations for the absolute beginner, The Idiot's Guide to Yoga teaches dozens of basic yoga poses. In these pages, you will see clearly see how every aspect of a pose is executed. You don't have to be the most flexible or coordinated person out there--this book eases you into poses with instructions on how to modify so it works for your ability. Poses are grouped in small sections, with a practice sequence at the end to show how to connect the poses into a flow (that's yoga talk for routine). This book grows with you: when you've mastered the basic poses and become more flexible, you can move on to more advanced techniques and more challenging modifications. Best of all, you'll also learn how to string together poses into full flows that target particular issues such as stress and flexibility. Features include: • Clear, comprehensive color step-by-step instructions for dozens of basic yoga poses. • Handy "Keeping It Easy" sidebars show ways to modify the poses for the less flexible. • Advanced techniques show you how to go further into poses after you have mastered them. • Illustrated flows found in yoga classes, each targeting a particular area (stress relief, flexibility, meditation, etc.).

Yoga

Author: Goldie Karpel Oren
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1477781625
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
This indispensable guide to yoga gives an in-depth description of asanas (postures) and the spiritual and mental discipline required to practice them. The clear how-to steps help readers learn all about physical movement, breathing, nutrition, fitness, and anatomy. Color photographs display proper movement for postures, and anatomical illustrations show the various muscles that are used in each exercise. Text boxes explain the correct form in posture and what to avoid when doing the pose. Boxes with each pose describe level of difficulty, the average amount of time needed to complete the pose, and a caution list.

Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1

Author: Osho
Publisher: Fivestar
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, During the early 1980’s it was planned to publish the ”Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega” volumes as ”Yoga: The Science of the Soul”. Only the first three volumes were actually published, the title stayed as ”Alpha and Omega” for the other seven volumes.

A daily multivitamin from North Indian Yoga

Author: SUNGWON EUN(DHYANDEV)
Publisher: 북인도 요가명상
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 55

Book Description
Do you want to overcome psychological difficulties? Are you seeking spiritual growth? Do you wish to deeply understand yoga? This book does not simply provide knowledge about yoga. It offers tools that can transform your life. Yoga provides a variety of practices and principles that help alter the disruptions in the flow of people's actions, emotions, and thoughts. Through yoga, we can integrate our body, mind, and spirit, improve our lifestyle, and change our way of thinking. This enables us to manage stress effectively and alleviate health issues. Thus, yoga is not just an exercise or a meditation technique; it is a vital tool for enhancing our lives. Yoga allows us to understand our lives more deeply and realize our existence more clearly. This book elaborates on daily yoga meditations that can be practiced in everyday life. From the moment you open your eyes in the morning until you fall asleep at night, it details the training process that should be performed hourly. I will guide you well to embrace yoga as a part of your daily life and enable your life to become enriched.

Yoga Cures

Author: Tara Stiles
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0307954862
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Do you have a headache? PMS? Cellulite? Shin splints? A broken heart? Or do you just need to chill the *&@# out? There’s a yoga cure for each of these things. In Yoga Cures, Tara Stiles—owner of Strala Yoga in Manhattan—offers an A-to-Z guide of the poses you can do to target specific problems in your body and get you feeling better right away. Using the fun, fresh approach to yoga she is known for, Stiles takes on more than 50 common ailments ranging from arthritis and fibromyalgia to jiggly thighs and hangovers. Through a simple sequence of poses for each, suitable for the beginner through the advanced practitioner, she provides smart remedies that will keep you healthy and happy.