Download or read book The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga written by Bernie Clark and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of this bestseller provides an in-depth look at the philosophy and practice of Yin Yoga with illustrated how-to sections, including detailed descriptions and photographs of more than 30 asanas.
Download or read book Yin Yoga written by Diane Paylor and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deepen your practice and find balance--Yin Yoga comes home Expand your yoga journey with a guide to essential yin yoga poses to practice at home, whether you're a beginner or an experienced yogi. Yin yoga is a style of hatha yoga informed by Chinese Daoist practices, with a focus on the meridians and proper alignment. The poses are passively held for 1 to 5 minutes to help strengthen joints, ligaments, and fascial tissues. This user-friendly reference offers just enough philosophy to get you straight to the practice. Artwork and detailed instructions explain how to perform 25 different yin yoga poses and how to string them together into 30 different sequences. The practices are designed to last 10 to 45 minutes, so you can choose how much time you want to spend on the mat. Yin Yoga offers: Reduced stress and anxiety--Yin yoga activates the body's rest and digest response, which lowers your heart rate, increases circulation, and stabilizes breathing for better relaxation. Perennial poses--Seasonal sequences let you tailor your yoga practice to the time of year. Mind and body--The long holds and contemplative nature of yin yoga are also great training for a meditation practice. Unlock the power of yin yoga with a customizable practice you can do anywhere.
Download or read book Yin Yoga Large Print 16pt written by Paul Grilley and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to balance Yoga practice. As Yoga matures in the U.S., this is a new approach to balance physical and mental health, for serious students and beginners. All yoga forms emphasizing either muscle (Yang) or connective (Yin) tissue. Today, all popular Yoga forms are Yang--muscular. Yin Yoga is unknown, but vital, as a balanced Yoga practice has many benefits, including better preparation for meditation. Yin Yoga focuses upon connective tissue, which does not stretch or respond to brief stresses as muscle will, so Yin postures are held a long time, with the muscles relaxed. Acupuncture meridians are also in connective tissues and Yin Yoga is specifically designed to stimulate them. Divided into two sections, the second part of the book deals with chakras, breathing exercises and meditation, and is fully illustrated with clear, concise descriptions of Yoga postures .
Download or read book Yin Yoga written by Ulrica Norberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A yin yoga practice incorporates poses designed to improve the flow of qi, the subtle life force essential to organ health, immunity, and emotional well-being. The postures are moved through slowly and mindfully, gently allowing tendons, fascia, and ligaments to stretch as circulation improves and the mind becomes calm. Experienced yoga teacher Ulrica Norberg describes how to balance yin and yang on and off the mat, sharing her own experiences and offering wisdom for adapting the yogic principles in modern life. Readers will learn to develop their own individualized yin yoga practice, complete with a yin yoga flow, visualization techniques, and ayurvedic health principles. Photographs and clear descriptions highlight proper alignment, ensuring the practice will be safe and effective.
Download or read book Year of Yoga written by Kassandra Reinhardt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Align your yoga practice to the natural world with a holistic approach to movement, breath, and meditation for winter, spring, summer, and fall. Incorporate the mindful practice of yoga into your daily life with ten-minute morning sequences, affirmations, and evening meditations. Learn how to awaken your body and how to give it the rest it needs with yoga sequences, meditations, and breathing exercises designed specifically for the different cadences of the year. Year of Yoga includes holistic practices for relieving daily stresses and tensions. For difficulty sleeping, find relief with a restorative yin yoga sequence. If mornings are hard for you, wake your body and focus your mind with grounding Hatha sequences. To lift your spirit, read one of the 80 affirmations that illuminate the beauty and possibility each of the four seasons presents. For anyone looking to quiet their busy mind, Year of Yoga is the book for you. 22 YOGA SEQUENCES: Each sequence includes step-by-step poses and descriptions, complete with photos 80 AFFIRMATIONS AND BREATHING EXERCISES: Calm your mind and restore your body with 20 affirmations and a breathing exercise for each season of the year VIDEO-GUIDED PRACTICES AND MEDITATIONS: All twenty-two yoga sequences and each of the evening meditations is accompanied by a QR code linking you to a video recording of author Kassandra Reinhardt guiding you through your practice or meditation CONNECT WITH NATURE: Fully immerse yourself to the rhythms of nature with daily, lunar, and seasonal rituals CREATE RITUALS: Add consistency and routine rituals to your daily life to help boost your mood, improve productivity, and increase happiness
Download or read book Yin Yoga written by Kassandra Reinhardt and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stretch the mindful way with this all-encompassing guide to Yin Yoga. In today's fast-paced world it's easy to lose the balance in our lives and the connection with our bodies. DK believes it's time to change that! Yin Yoga offers a remedy to the stress and hustle of everyday life. Heard of the term but don't know where to begin? No worries, we've got you covered! The same way that Yin balances Yang in ancient philosophies, the slower yin-style yoga featured in this yoga book offers an alternative to the faster more active forms of yoga. Instead, Yin yoga concentrates on holding and breathing through floor-based poses, awarding you with the time and space to clear both your mind and body. Dive straight in to discover: -Over 50 poses focusing on specific areas of the body -Each yoga pose is demonstrated with photographic step-by-step detail -20 sequences linking the poses, tailored to your physical and emotional targets -Introductory spreads covering the basic techniques behind Yin Yoga The first full-coloured step-by-step Yin yoga book on the market, this all-encompassing yoga guide is a must-have volume for individuals seeking a mindful and meditative approach to their yoga practice, as well as beginners and older yoga practitioners who are looking to adopt a slower-paced approach to yoga. You can explore gentle variations to much-loved yoga poses, from the comfort of your own home. Every exercise utilises the essential elements of Yin yoga to ensure you can gain all the physical and mental benefits, and will also allow you to perform all 20 sequences, which combine over 50 different poses into one singular experience and focus on specific health benefits each pose has on your body. For years, books on yoga have asked readers to bend over backwards (literally!) to conform to their physical demands. At DK, we believe it's time to change that! Why not allow for readers to demand that yoga conform to their individual needs instead? This is gentle yoga for the mind, body and soul. A must-have volume for those who want to take up Yoga but don't know where to begin, or simply those seeking to start a gentle low-impact exercise whilst encouraging mindfulness, Yin Yoga can be tailored to your individual fitness needs, so you make the most out of your poses! Why not stretch yourself, literally, this New Year and try something new? Perhaps your mind, body and soul will thank you!
Download or read book Be Healthy With Yin Yoga written by Stefanie Arend and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yin yoga not only strengthens your body—makes it more vital and powerful in a yin way—it can also help with a lot of typical ailments, may they be allergies, teeth grinding, menstrual pain, headaches, infertility, skin problems, or back pain. In Be Healthy with Yin Yoga, best-selling author Stefanie Arend puts together many Yin yoga sequences to activate the self-healing powers of body and mind. She offers a holistic approach that includes Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine, breathing techniques, meditation, nutrition, fascia therapy exercises, and self-reflective questions to encourage deeper explorations of the roots of readers’ ailments. Suited for both beginners and experienced yoga practitioners, and replete with high-quality pictures that make the poses and sequences easy to follow and understand, Be Healthy with Yin Yoga is a wonderful support for anyone who wants to take their health back into their own hands.
Download or read book Brightening Our Inner Skies written by Norman Blair and published by Micmac Margins. This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEAUTIFULLY written and designed, Brightening Our Inner Skies: Yin and Yoga practically and provocatively explores yoga, self-transformation and social responsibility. Both a meditation on the role of yoga practice in the world and a Yin yoga manual with over 140 photographs of poses as well as suggested sequences, this book takes the practice of yoga and self to profound levels through stories, images and well-researched debates. It provides the principles and practicalities of Yin, highlighting how it acts as a bridge to a meditation practice and can allow the practitioner to experience the energy channels of Traditional Chinese Medicine (with a helpful chart of meridians, health issues and emotions). Each pose has its own spread with photos and information on how to get into the pose, modifications, alternatives and relevant anatomy and meridians. Photos include close-ups and are taken from various angles (side, above, face on). The role of props is discussed, with suggestions for their use. Sequencing is covered in depth, with a separate coverage of meridian-related sequences. A Further Reading list helps the reader to explore Yoga; Anatomy and meridians; Meditation and Buddhism; and general related topics further. Designed as a book to practise from, it opens flat, with the narrative in short sections and evocative photos of nature bringing in a breathing space of mind and eye. Useful and inspirational to newcomers to yoga as well as experienced teachers, Brightening Our Inner Skies draws together decades of practice, teaching experience with thousands of students and a deep desire to help the practitioner change themselves and change the world, one posture, one practice at a time. Students and teachers have said it is that rare thing: a yoga book that's a page turner!
Download or read book A Journey Into Yin Yoga written by Eliot, Travis and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2019 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Journey Into Yin Yoga explores the origins and application of this popular, passive style of yoga. Learn the poses, breathing, and meditation techniques that have helped millions strengthen body, mind, and spirit.
Download or read book The Inspired Yoga Teacher written by Gabrielle Harris and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are a new or experienced yoga teacher of any discipline and find yourself asking what to teach today, The Inspired Yoga Teacher will answer that question. Brimming with ideas, scripts, sequences, philosophy, poetry and quotes, The Inspired Yoga Teacher is a toolbox that will uplift your teaching and breathe new life into your classes. On days when you are busy, the book serves as a shot of inspiration and, during times of exploration, it can be used as a basis for deeper inquiry and planning. Using the most well-loved themes, the book guides you on how to plan a class that comes directly from your heart. ★ Start your class with opening themes and words, set foundations, and explore starting postures. ★ Flesh out your class with themed salutations, flows, focussed poses, and different styles of yoga. ★ Finish your classes with heartfelt endings, Savasana, and final words. Themes Include: ✓ The Elements-Earth, Water, Fire, Space and Ether✓ The Chakras-From Earth to Heaven explore practical and heartfelt yoga philosophy and practices.✓ The Vayus-Delve deeper into your subtle body with an examination of the winds or little pranas that reside within.✓ Inspiring Deities-Fall in love with cheeky monkeys, heartfelt warriors and compassionate caretakers✓ The Yamas and Niyamas-Examine and teach the moral and ethical guidelines that makeup part of the code laid down by ancient sages. This practical and accessible treasure chest is for the professional teacher who wants to explore sharing what it means to love yoga beyond asana and, in doing so, move students to a place where they are inspired to learn more both on and off the mat. Front cover mala supplied by The Genuine Bead Shop on Ets
Download or read book Insight Yoga written by Sarah Powers and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed yoga and meditation teacher Sarah Powers is known and loved for her unique approach—Insight Yoga—which combines traditional yoga with the meridians of Chinese medicine, as well as Buddhist meditation. Using Yin (passive) and Yang (dynamic) poses, she demonstrates a series of different yoga sequences that bring benefit to organs, muscles, joints, and tendons—as well as the mind. She also provides a foundational explanation of traditional Chinese medicine theory and mindfulness meditation instruction. Sarah Powers brings us on an inspiring journey inward, and shows the path for cultivating a lasting relationship with yoga that cultivates and strengthens our physical well-being and our mental and emotional clarity.
Download or read book Yin Yoga for Every Body written by Sue Blei and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yin Yoga is a powerful way to open joints, increase flexibility, and quiet the mind. It is a very intimate style of yoga that works on our connective tissue and speaks to our bodies with a unique voice. A person may experience Yin poses differently based on their body type or level of flexibility. Learn how to adapt Yin style poses to fit different body shapes, sizes, and abilities. Discover how using basic yoga props allow different body types to settle into the long holds of Yin Yoga.
Download or read book Yoga of the Subtle Body written by Tias Little and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his expert teachings, philosophical insights, and pragmatic imagery, world-class yoga instructor Tias Little turns the anatomy of the physical body into a tool for navigating the subtle body If you spend considerable time doing yoga, you begin to see that it is about much more than just the body—the practice of yoga in fact reveals that the body is in no way separate from the psychospiritual forces that animate it. Here, Tias Little provides a way to understand these forces as they relate to an integrated yoga of body, mind, and spirit. He unites somatic concepts and wisdom teachings in this practical guide to the anatomy of the physical, mental, emotional, and subtle (or energetic) body. Little is a master teacher who offers us a guided tour of the body’s structure and physical anatomy, then uses this new structural awareness as the basis for exploring the subtle body. In a meaningful and pragmatic way, the book maps the connection between the body and the rich symbolism that pervades the yogic imagination, including the chakras, nadis, and koshas. Further, Little offers readers clear, insightful yoga, pranayama, and meditation exercises that apply these body-mind principles.
Download or read book The Inner Tradition of Yoga written by Michael Stone and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2008-08-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is more to the tradition of yoga than toning and strengthening. At the root, there is a vast and intriguing philosophy that teaches the ethics of nonviolence, patience, honesty, and respect. Michael Stone provides an in-depth explanation of ancient Indian yogic philosophy along with teachings on how to bring our understanding of yoga theory to deeper levels through our practice on the mat—and through our relationships with others.
Download or read book Pick Your Yoga Practice written by Meagan McCrary and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the surface it may appear that yoga is yoga is yoga, but take a closer look and you’ll discover myriad different yoga systems and lineages. There are dozens of yoga styles to choose from, and while yoga is for everyone, not every style is the perfect fit for every person. But how do you choose between mysterious-sounding names such as Ashtanga, Kundalini, Bikram, and Kripalu? As Meagan McCrary discovered when she began exploring different classes, finding the right style is essential for establishing a steady yoga practice. Pick Your Yoga Practice is the first book to describe the most prominent yoga styles in depth, including teaching methodology, elements of practice, philosophical and spiritual underpinnings, class structure, physical exertion, and personal attention. Those new to yoga will discover they have options and can confidently attend a class of their choosing, while experienced practitioners will expand their understanding of the vast world of modern yoga, and perhaps find themselves venturing into new territory. Ashtanga * Iyengar * Kundalini * Integral * Kripalu Bikram * Jivamukti * Sivananda * Ananda Viniyoga * Svaroopa * Power * Forrest * ISHTA Anusara * Moksha * AcroYoga
Download or read book Your Body Your Yoga written by Bernie Clark and published by . This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn alignment cues that are skillful, safe, and best suited to you.
Download or read book Your Spine Your Yoga written by Bernie Clark and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Spine, Your Yoga is the long-awaited second book of the Your Body, Your Yoga series. Focusing on the axial body, from the tip of the tailbone to the top of the skull, Your Spine, Your Yoga will explain how your body is unique and how this uniqueness affects your yoga practice. The latest anatomical understanding of the spine and its biomechanical abilities is described in varying levels of detail, for the novice to the experienced reader. Applying these principles to a safe and effective yoga practice holds a few surprises: you may discover that not every pose in yoga is a good idea for you, given the nature of your spine and the way we have previously been taught to stress it. Stability is more important than mobility for the vast majority of people, although many yoga classes promote the opposite view. Your Spine, Your Yoga offers alternative perspectives and prescriptions for a yoga practice that is spine sparing and strength building, based upon your unique biology and biography and your unique intentions
