Yoga Fitness

Concise answers to the most commonly asked questions about yoga and illuminating little-known facts and esoteric aspects of the philosophy and practice - by renowned yogi Richard Rosen.

This guide will introduce you to the magical method known as yoga. By listening to it, you will get to know the history of yoga, the benefits of yoga, what to expect from yoga classes, and what you need to start practicing it. You will also learn some yoga postures and routines you can do to free your mind from stress while strengthening your body.

For centuries, Chinese sages, rulers and spiritual seekers have embraced a simple yet powerful principle to enable them to live in harmony with the Source of nature and all life; the art of 'self-cultivation' or, xiu yang. Xiu yang works with the idea that we can steadily nurture our capacity to being fully human and fully awake.

In the final race of her track career, Cara Bradley beat her personal best by a remarkable six seconds. Until then Bradley had been a so-so athlete hampered by pre-race jitters and self-doubt. She set about understanding how she could replicate this experience in every area of life. She has distilled what she found into moving out of over-thinking and over-doing and into fully being alive.

With candid, witty, and compelling experiences of yoga from renowned memoirists, including Cheryl Strayed (author of the number one New York Times best-seller Wild), Claire Dederer (author of national best-seller Poser: My Life in 23 Yoga Poses), Dinty W. Moore (author of The Accidental Buddhist), Neal Pollack (author of Stretch: The Making of a Yoga Dude) and many others, Going Om shares a range of observations about this popular practice.

"Tuck your tailbone to protect your back." "Increase your breath." "Pull your abdominal muscles into your backbone." Following these movement cues is often believed to benefit your yoga practice and protect your body when entering and holding poses. However, what may seem like a helpful correction can actually lead to injury or physical harm. In Yoga Myths, Judith Hanson Lasater draws on almost fifty years of experience as a yoga instructor and physical therapist to address the most common mistakes in our yoga practice and provide clear instructions for correcting these errors.

Mom and yoga teacher Sarah Ezrin offer 34 practices to find more presence, patience, and acceptance—with your child and with yourself. Each chapter highlights a yogic posture and theme and explores how it relates to parenting, including presence, boundaries, balance, and nonattachment. Chapters include prompts such as intention setting, breathwork, and journaling. Ezrin also features the stories and insights of a wide range of yoga practitioner parents whose experiences include single parenting, grandparenting, and passing on intergenerational yoga traditions.

When her mother died, Brown ran as far away from yoga as she could until a running injury left her needing the very thing she was running from. It was there - on the mat - that she processed her grief and found her mother again. As she went deeper into the poses, she discovered she was more like her mother than she thought. Through it all, she found a deeper understanding of the practice, of the breath, and of the life her mother lost too young.

A series of gentle Hatha yoga postures performed in a seated position. This easy to follow yoga class has been devised by Sue Fuller a leading yoga professional to introduce basic hatha yoga techniques with minimal physical impact to the body.

Yoga on a chair is ideal for those who have not exercised regularly before and those with limited mobility who wish to experience the many benefits yoga has to offer both body and mind.

Over half of Americans live with a chronic illness, primarily due to the over-consumption of sugar and refined carbohydrates. The Selah award-winning book 7 Steps to Get Off Sugar and Carbohydrates provides a day-by-day plan to wean your body off of these addictive products and regain your health. These changes in your eating habits will start your lifestyle journey to the abundant life Jesus wants you to experience. Not a life filled with disease and poor health.

Hey, smart girl! Are you looking to boost that GPA even more? Believe it or not, yoga can help you do that. Learn all the best yoga poses for building your mental muscle and staying healthy at the same time.

Chakra Awakening explains how your energy flows through seven energy centers called chakras and teaches you how to fix any blockages or imbalances, effectively healing and cleansing your mind and body. You’ll discover knowledge that’s normally kept secret. How much did you learn about your pineal gland or kundalini at school? Well, now is the time to learn the truth! This is a step-by-step chakra awakening tutorial that will clearly guide you by opening up your chakras.

Sometimes known as royal yoga or sahaja marg, Raja yoga represents Swami Vivekananda's classic interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The author details the path of meditation and control of the mind, gives a scientific treatment of yogic philosophy, describes methods of concentration, psychic development, and how to ultimately liberate the soul from the prison of the body.

Life is busy, full of things competing for our time and attention, and it’s easy to believe that the best way to get things done is just to keep going—as fast as possible. But that just isn’t true. In fact, taking time to re-centre ourselves can have tremendous personal and professional benefits. In this concise programme, sports psychologist Dr Josephine Perry and yoga for sports specialist Lexie Williamson will guide you through tried-and-tested relaxation techniques designed especially for busy people—which, let’s face it, is all of us.

Play It Forward details the remarkable journey of Joan Barnes, founder and former CEO of Gymboree, and how she learned to align her inner life with outward success. Forty years ago Joan Barnes founded a play center in a church basement with $3,000. Determined to enable women to achieve personal and entrepreneurial success, Barnes led Gymboree to become an innovative leader in a new industry: activity-based early childhood development.

Do you often feel stressed, tense, or even anxious? Would you like to live a healthier and happier life instead? Then you have come to the right place: The Yoga Bible for Beginners will allow you to reconnect with your deepest self again, so you can experience deep joy, contentment, and inner peace. Learn why successful people like Beyonce, Ryan Gosling, and Arianna Huffington all practice yoga! Yoga can help restore balance between body and mind. For example, one study showed that yoga can normalize levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

Jacoby Ballard provides an empowering and affirming guide to embodied healing through yoga and the dharma, grounded in the brilliance, resilience, and lived experiences of queer folks.

For the millions of Americans whose digestive disorders fail to respond to conventional medical treatments, Dr. Chopra offers an alternative approach based upon the principles of Ayurvedic medicine. Among the topics covered are the relationship between emotions and intestinal functions, biological rhythms and neuromuscular integration, and the importance of diet.

Innovative, accessible, and easily implemented, One Degree Revolution is acclaimed yoga educator and leadership coach Coby Kozlowski's holistic program for self-inquiry and personal transformation. Her philosophy is deeply connected to living yoga - not just doing yoga. In fact, listeners don’t need to have ever attended a yoga class to dive into this audiobook: Her thoughtful teachings are for anybody interested in learning to navigate the waves of life more skillfully and gracefully.

Bains relaxants, lecture, tisanes calmantes, lavande, promenades, respiration : ces outils vous semblent-ils familiers dans votre quête d'un meilleur équilibre intérieur et d'une plus grande sérénité ? Vous êtes souvent facilement irritable au quotidien et vous aimeriez pouvoir réagir plus calmement à de nombreuses situations ? Vous êtes souvent au lit le soir et vous vous demandez quand vous pourrez enfin vous calmer et vous endormir ? Dans ce cas, ce guide peut vous aider. Il traite en profondeur d'un type de yoga qui apaise le corps et l'esprit et permet à l'âme de se détendre.