Yoga Medicine

Bhakti and Karma Yoga - The Science of Devotion and Liberation Through Action covers the systematic application of the essential principles of desire and devotion to aid us in achieving our goals and spiritual aspirations.

Celebrated doula, healer, yoga teacher, and parenting coach Lori Bregman brings a holistic guide to being a more balanced, authentic, and joyful mother. Introducing the "five expressions of motherhood" - Action Mama, Flow Mama, Rebel Mama, Vulnerable Mama, and Free Mama - Lori offers supportive advice, exercises, meditations, and yoga practices to cultivate a healthy balanced life and stronger bonds. Accessible and encouraging, Mamaste provides foundational tools for parenting, relatable examples, and exercises to build self-awareness and mindfulness.

Let the sounds of ocean and white noise help you drift into peace and calm, whether you're sleeping, studying, relaxing, meditating, or anything else! It's been proven that having one's focus dominated by stress can drastically reduce the benefit that one gets from the sleep and relaxation time they get in their day.

The power of the breath has been recognized for millennia as an integral part of health and well-being. In Awakening the Sacred Body, teacher Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche makes accessible the ancient art of Tibetan breath and movement practices. In clear, easy-to-understand language, he outlines the theory and processes of two powerful meditations - the Nine Breathings of Purification and the Tsa Lung movements - that can help you change your relationship to yourself, to others, and to the world.

This meditation is highly effective for reducing tension and anxiety, balancing the autonomic nervous system, and for undoing various tension and anxiety-related symptoms such as poor concentration, chest and abdominal pain, palpitations of the heart, and sleep and memory disturbances. It has also been used to help soldiers cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Exercise remains accessible at any age. It's all a matter of recognizing your limits and abilities—and working with them, rather than against them. Chair yoga provides the perfect opportunity to get moving while limiting the risk of injury and improving flexibility. Going beyond the physical movements, this guide addresses the importance of all aspects of wellness with tips and tricks for making the most of the resources you have available to you.

With regular practise Metta (loving kindness) can be cultivated and grown (bhavana) into a very strong emotion that has the potential to affect every aspect of your life including your interactions with others. Whilst cultivating loving kindness towards others you will be wishing them well, and in the process you will be changing yourself. You are cultivating the habit of being loving. In time and with practise, this will percolate through into all your actions. These meditation sessions have been devised and narrated by internationally renowned meditation teacher Rae Roberts.

For thousands of years the science of meditation has been studied and practiced by aspirants seeking to make their lives more serene, creative, and fulfilling. In this practical guide to the inner life, Swami Rama teaches us how to slip away from the mental turbulence of our ordinary thought processes into an infinite reservoir of consciousness.

The tradition of the Himalayan sages that exists today is an unbroken chain that extends for more than 5,000 years. Undisturbed by the passage of time, this tradition is not concerned with teachings that apply only to a particular era of history or geographical region of the world - its entire emphasis is on the experience of the universal truth of who we are.

Daily Core Yoga consists of five different 15 minute guided yoga sessions that are suitable for those with and without previous yoga experience. Each session contains a different selection of yoga postures and techniques that will develop and maintain your core strength. The core muscles respond well to slow controlled movements, so these sessions are the perfect way to increase core strength and stability. The Daily Core Yoga sessions are accompanied by a free PDF guide booklet.

In this moment of your busy day, you're invited to experience deep rest and relaxation. Yoga Nidra, or "yoga of sleep", bridges the conscious and unconscious, allowing you to reconnect to your true inner self. The 10-step course in Practical Yoga Nidra teaches everything you need to know to start experiencing the proven benefits of Yoga Nidra meditation: clearer focus, better sleep, decreased anxiety, and more.

Though "chakra" meant little to the author in 1999, when she was in her 20s and diagnosed with thyroid cancer, it became a fundamental aspect of her healing. Fondin explored the fifth chakra, which included the thyroid gland. She came to understand previous illnesses and psychological circumstances in ways that explained - and helped heal - her illness. Fondin, a teacher, healer, and author known for plain explanations of Eastern practices here puts the power of chakras in the hands of listeners, whether they are facing a particular illness or interested in optimizing wellbeing.

Body Thrive applies the most essential teachings of Ayurveda into a modern life by decoding the teachings into habits. Ayurveda is the perennial body wisdom tradition that co-arose with yoga, the path of living awake. Here lies a simple body habits curriculum that every person can learn as a child, master as an adult, and refine as an elder for their body to thrive.

Discover how you can finally get rid of stress naturally with the ultimate yoga handbook that reveals the exact steps to dramatically enhance your wellness through yoga. Living a life of abundance, happiness, and fulfillment is not as hard as you might think - nor is it something just a few lucky people are destined to experience. Getting rid of stress and living a worry-free life is actually much simpler than you thought it would be.

For modern yogis feeling challenged in our efforts to remain deeply spiritual, contemplative, and centered amid the stresses and complications of urban life, this book serves as both inspiration and guide. Darren Main's fresh, down-to-earth approach to the time-tested practice and philosophy of yoga shows us the way to apply the ancient wisdom of India to every moment and every breath so that even our busiest days can be powerful and mystical adventures.

Are you seeking a new way to unwind, release stress, and find deep restorative sleep? Have you ever wondered if there's a different, perhaps better method to improve your sleep pattern? The answer lies in the ancient practice of Yoga Nidra, a transformative guided meditation technique.

Yoga Nidra allows you to experience a deeply relaxed daydream state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. This meditation will guide you through eight steps: intention setting, sound, body, breath and thought awareness, creative visualization, gratitude, and surrender. Your entire body, mind, and nervous system will gently get guided to a coherent state of deep relaxation, as your brain-wave activity will lower to alpha, delta, or theta brain frequencies, triggering the relaxation response and the functioning of your nervous and endocrine system.

Listening to the inner sound to achieve higher states of consciousness has a long history and can be found in different religious traditions around the world (ranging from Gnostic Christianity to Islamic Sufism to Tibetan Buddhism). In this presentation, we will explore the originations of shabd yoga and trace it over time (in its various manifestations) up until the present day. In so doing, we will want to learn how listening to the inner sound is theologically interpreted in varying cultures on distinct continents.

Is your life being constantly disrupted by stress, feeling unwell, or the chaos of daily life? Do you crave an all-natural approach to wellness but feel overwhelmed by the immense amount of information? Perhaps you've heard about holistic wellness practices like aromatherapy, yoga, Ayurveda, and herbal medicine, but you don't know where to start.

What is meditation, and how can you apply its principles to your daily life? Learn the basics today with this simple audiobook. This guide will help you understand in a simple and in-depth way the most important Buddhist and Hindu practices to improve the well-being of your body and mind such as Chakra, Reiki, Meditation, Karma, and Dharma. You will learn how to identify your blocking sides, and you will also learn what you can do to restore your vital functions thanks to the correct use of essential oils.