Download or read book Relax Into Yoga for Seniors written by Kimberly Carson and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relax into Yoga for Seniors presents twelve principles of yoga practice for seniors, including those with limited mobility. This evidence-based workbook will guide you safely—step-by-step, and with posture illustrations—on a six-week program for improved balance, flexibility, and overall well-being. Managing the emotional and physical challenges that come with aging can be difficult. Seniors face a number of age-related issues, such as chronic pain, hypertension, heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, and anxiety and depression. And while some people may consider yoga a young person’s practice, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests yoga can be beneficial for a wide variety of age-related ailments. Relax Into Yoga for Seniors—based on the innovative Yoga for Seniors program, and including new material for fans of the Relax Into Yoga for Seniors DVD—provides a step-by-step guide that combines the best of modern, evidence-based medicine with the ancient wisdom, experience, and tradition of yogic teachings. With this book, you’ll explore what yoga is and how to do it safely, including important movement considerations like how to get up and down from the floor with care, and how to stand and sit with healthy postural alignment. With this popular program, you’ll be able to create a safe and effective individualized practice that will address your needs, take personal limitations into consideration, and help you relieve pain, become more flexible and active, and connect more deeply with your inner experience. Relax into Yoga for Seniors includes free downloadable guided audio practices and printable PDFs. Instructions for downloading these extra features can be found on page 229 of the book.

Download or read book Chair Yoga for Seniors written by Lynn Lehmkuhl and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the biggest concerns among aging men and women is the fear of falling. Chair yoga, or “yoga while seated,” allows anyone to experience all of the benefits of an exercise program without being afraid. In Chair Yoga for Seniors, registered yoga practitioner and instructor Lynn Lehmkuhl offers readers easy-to-follow yoga positions and stretches that can be done at home, while sitting down. Chair Yoga for Seniors outlines the physical and mental benefits that come with practicing yoga daily, and provides instructions for numerous different exercises, including: Full body warm ups Joint rolls Beginner routines Intermediate routines Expert routines Full body cool downs The routines found in Chair Yoga for Seniors can help readers make daily exercise a reality and provide invaluable benefits such as increased energy and a boost in confidence.

Download or read book Relax into Yoga for Seniors written by Kimberly Carson and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relax into Yoga for Seniors presents twelve principles of yoga practice for seniors, including those with limited mobility. This evidence-based workbook will guide you safely—step-by-step, and with posture illustrations—on a six-week program for improved balance, flexibility, and overall well-being. Managing the emotional and physical challenges that come with aging can be difficult. Seniors face a number of age-related issues, such as chronic pain, hypertension, heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, and anxiety and depression. And while some people may consider yoga a young person’s practice, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests yoga can be beneficial for a wide variety of age-related ailments. Relax Into Yoga for Seniors—based on the innovative Yoga for Seniors program, and including new material for fans of the Relax Into Yoga for Seniors DVD—provides a step-by-step guide that combines the best of modern, evidence-based medicine with the ancient wisdom, experience, and tradition of yogic teachings. With this book, you’ll explore what yoga is and how to do it safely, including important movement considerations like how to get up and down from the floor with care, and how to stand and sit with healthy postural alignment. With this popular program, you’ll be able to create a safe and effective individualized practice that will address your needs, take personal limitations into consideration, and help you relieve pain, become more flexible and active, and connect more deeply with your inner experience. Relax into Yoga for Seniors includes free downloadable guided audio practices and printable PDFs. Instructions for downloading these extra features can be found on page 229 of the book.

Download or read book Research Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga written by Telles, Shirley and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga has evolved into a popular fitness practice across the globe. With the various schools of practice, it is imperative for practitioners to study both traditional texts and emerging scientific research in this area. Research-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga is a unique reference source for the latest academic material on the physiological effects of yoga and cultivating a deeper understanding of yoga practice through the intersection of traditional texts and contemporary research. Including a range of topics such as occupational health, neurobiology, and women’s health, this book is ideally designed for professionals, practitioners, students, educators, and academics interested in the effects, challenges, and benefits of yoga practice.

Download or read book Relax Into Yoga for Chronic Pain written by Jim Carson and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga is a powerful and proven-effective practice for managing pain and building physical and psychological resilience. In the Relax into Yoga for Pain Relief, readers will learn to relax their bodies with gentle poses and calm their minds using the ancient wisdom of yoga--bringing relief to both the physical and mental suffering caused by chronic pain.

Download or read book Yoga for Seniors and Adults written by Clayton Summers and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple Yoga Sequences You Can Do Anywhere toIncrease Range of Motion, Flexibility, and Mobility.

Download or read book Chair Yoga written by Kristin McGee and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From celebrity yoga instructor Kristin McGee comes this fun, accessible guide to 100 yoga poses and exercises that can be done in your chair and take just minutes a day. For the majority of Americans living a sedentary lifestyle (from the card-carrying couch potatoes to the 86% of American workers who sit all day at their job) comes a comprehensive guide to the most accessible form of yoga… Chair yoga! - Desk-bound? You can do chair yoga! - Have limited range of motion? You can do chair yoga! - Never done yoga before? You can do chair yoga! - Don’t own a pair of stretchy pants? You can do chair yoga! - Own plenty of athleisure or loungewear, but haven’t moved much in weeks/months/years? You can do chair yoga! Chair yoga is exactly what it sounds like: exercises you can do sitting down. In Chair Yoga, celebrity yoga instructor Kristin McGee takes you through 100 yoga poses and exercises that are easy enough for all levels and will help readers stay active, alert, and healthy. Divided into chapters organized by body part (say goodbye to back pain and hello to better posture), each exercise includes step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photos. Plus, bonus chapters on 5-, 10-, and 15-minute routines help readers put it all together and find the time to perform these exercises. Now with Chair Yoga, anyone can benefit from just a few moves a day—and garner the remarkable physical and mental health rewards.

Download or read book Yoga Over 50 written by Mary Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-08-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low impact and noncompetitive, yoga offers renewed energy and health--and relief from a wide range of physical and emotional ailments. This book provides simple yoga exercises that bring the benefits of this ancient discipline to any person who has to take the body's changing needs into account.

Download or read book Yoga After 50 For Dummies written by Larry Payne and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve balance, flexibility, and overall well-being Yoga is a terrific way to stay fit and improve mental clarity, balance, agility, and flexibility. Written by the founding president of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, this book takes the guesswork out of starting or continuing yoga at 50 and beyond. You’ll learn how to adapt stances and breathing to your changing body to reap the benefits of this ancient practice and use it to calm your mind and body—one pose at a time. Discover step-by-step instructions for more than 45 poses Relieve stress Leverage your breathing Target weak spots, avoid injury, and deal with pain and chronic conditions Discover yoga apps and videos

Download or read book Yoga for the Young at Heart written by Susan Winter Ward and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide book, first of its kind, designed specifically for seniors, offers the inspiration and instruction to begin a healthier life, and to discover strength and harmony through gentle physical and psychological challenges. Yoga, a 4,000 year-old system of physical and spiritual refinement has the ability to revitalize the body through integration of breath and movement. For seniors who are young at heart and want to achieve a general well-being, Flow Yoga is a perfect exercise program, building strength, flexibility, and stamina.

Download or read book Yoga for Age 60 written by Meena Vad and published by Om Capital Management Incorporated D/B/A Austin Ashram. This book was released on 2011 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're sixty, eighty, ninety, or somewhere in between, Meena Vad's inspirational, informative, and spiritually charged debut handbook, Yoga for Age 60+: A Guide to a New Journey of Safe Yoga Practice at Home, is a smart read with a smart goal. With an engaging style and meticulously crafted illustrations, Vad prompts each of us to take control of our bodies and minds, because when it comes to the later years-our health is in our hands. Go ahead-strike a pose. After years of studying Sanskrit, Vedic literature, and Ayurveda, and working as a Software Engineer, Meena Vad compares the human brain to a supercomputer. Each of us has a huge memory-with different software and hard drives-and it all comes down to experiences and perspective. To her, the practice of yoga isn't confined to postures. Yoga depends on one's individual aptitudes, abilities, and preferences. It's about helping each of us manage the unique treasures of our journey and recharge our bodies and minds. Yoga also celebrates our attitude of wonder, curiosity, and joy towards that which allows us to remain in the flow of life. In twelve succinct chapters like "Yoga of Postures," "Yoga of Breathing (Pranayama)," "Yoga of Meditation (Dhyana Yoga)," "Yoga of Devotion (Bhakti Yoga)," and "Yoga for Specific Conditions," the author shows readers how to tap into vitality, inner peace, and harmony. With over half the book dedicated to learning postures with the help of detailed descriptions and illustrations, Vad allows readers to begin at home at their own pace. A third component of this yoga tutorial is a section of poses for specific health conditions. This allows readers to customize practice sequences to fit their individual needs. Whether you're interested in yoga as a curative measure or for increased strength, the journey to better health begins here. In Yoga for Age 60+, readers learn how a small amount of time doing yoga creates meaningful improvements in one's life. Step by step instructions with illustrations are included for beginners and new ways for enhancing the practice are explained for practitioners. As a further distinction from other yoga guides, Vad shows the way of yoga by focusing on an individual's biological and psychological age rather than one's chronological age. Here's to increased strength and power. Here's to good health-at any age.

Download or read book Chair Yoga Exercises For Beginners written by Tarah Adwell and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-24 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chair yoga is a great way for older adults to get the wonderful health benefits of yoga. Staying seated means that even frail seniors or those who aren't flexible can safely do the exercises. Yoga is an excellent way for older adults to loosen and stretch painful muscles, reduce stress, and improve circulation. It also reduces anxiety, helps lower blood pressure, protects joints, and builds strength and balance.

Download or read book Yoga Therapy for Arthritis written by Dr Steffany Moonaz and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga therapy is commonly used for the management of arthritis, but often focusses exclusively on adaptation of the physical poses and on structural solutions. This book moves beyond the traditional routines to present yoga as a lifestyle designed to improve quality of life and overall well-being for individuals living with arthritis and rheumatic conditions. By incorporating the ancient practices of yoga as both physical and mental exercises involving a model of 5-koshas or sheaths (physical, energetic, mental/emotional, wisdom, and spiritual), the yoga therapy practice presented here will help reduce pain and shift the perspective of the individual living with arthritis. This therapy uses a whole-person approach that employs a broad range of tools to address the biopsychosocial effects of arthritis through the application of yoga practices and philosophy. Useful as a guide for people living with arthritis, this book is full of inspiration for self care along with instructions for yoga teachers and medical professionals to guide their clients using this whole-person perspective.

Download or read book Restoring Flexibility written by Andrea Gilats and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FULLY ILLUSTRATED, STEP-BY-STEP PROGRAM THAT IMPROVES THE MOBILITY OF SENIORS AND PROMOTES LONG-TERM HEALTH No matter what age you begin doing yoga, it will help you steadily renew your physical abilities. Done over four weeks, this 25-minute, twice-weekly program features gentle poses, practice sequences and techniques to help you: Improve your posture Increase spinal flexibility Release tightness in your shoulders Relax the muscles in your torso Expand mobility in your hip joints Reduce the chances of falling This book’s safe, age-appropriate, customizable approach to yoga-based exercise is specifically designed to restore your flexibility, mobility, and agility while ensuring a longer life and more independent lifestyle. As this flexibility practice becomes a regular habit, you’ll feel more energetic and enjoy moving freely. Your favorite physical activity, like walking, golf and even dancing, will once again became a personal pleasure.

Download or read book Ultimate Guide to Yoga written by Nancy J. Hajeski and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginners and advanced yoga practitioners will find inspiration in this ultimate guide! Yoga is an ancient practice that seeks to restore harmony and balance to the mind, body, and spirit. Developed in India 5,000 years ago, yoga is derived from a Sanskrit word that means "union with your higher consciousness." The Ultimate Guide to Yoga is a comprehensive text that offers numerous ways to get into and stay with yoga. It also provides you with everything you need to get started with your yoga practice without leaving the comfort of your own home. Fresh, stylish, and intensely usable, this is a beautifully illustrated handbook for the real world that explores the foundation of good yoga practice for beginner and experienced yogi alike. Featuring full-color photos, Ultimate Guide to Yoga also includes effective posture and breathing exercises to help alleviate more than 50 common ailments—from back pain to women’s health problems, allergies to insomnia. Gain a whole new awareness of your body and increase your health and performance!

Download or read book Yoga for seniors the basics written by Urszula Stanowska and published by US STUDIO Urszula Stanowska. This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga for seniors, basics: A detailed manual about yoga & chair yoga, their benefits, and how to do. The book describes step by step basic yoga positions and simple sequences for seniors, absolute beginners and everyone who cares about their health and condition. If you are an older adults who are looking for a safe, effective way to improve physical health and overall wellness yoga can be a great solution. You are never too old to reap the benefits of yoga. Regular yoga practice can result in several benefits, ranging from increased flexibility and balance to reduced stress and improved sleep. The exercises in this book will help: Improve Balance Improve Flexibility, Enhance Mobility Relief joint pain Build Strength Relief Stress and Anxiety Relief full-body pain Prevent falling Increase cardiovascular health. And More! In the book you will find, clearly and accurately described, over 20 basic postures with appropriate chair variants, as well as simple and universal sequences. All adapted to the abilities of seniors and people who want to try yoga, but find it too difficult for them. A safe and easy practice for self-execution thanks to precise instructions. Description of benefits and contraindications. Possibility of independent and safe practice at home. You can do yourself at home. Clear and understandable graphic layout. Numerous photos. Book in pdf format. Designed for comfortable reading on desktops, tablets and smartphones. ‘YOGA FOR SENIORS’ TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 • Introduction 5 • Benefits 6 • Contraindications 8 • How, when, how long and why? 9 BASICS OF BREATHING 11 • Pranayama 11 • The basics of breathing 12 BASIC POSES 15 • Mountain pose, tadasana 16 • Arms up pose, urdhva hastasana 18 • Palm tree pose, badhanguliasana 20 • Namaste hands pose, namaskarasana 22 • Chair pose, utkatasana 24 • Tree pose, vrksasana 26 • Preparation for practice 28 • Warm-up sequence 29 • Basic standing poses, sequence 32 STANDING POSES 34 • Five pointed star pose, utthita hasta padasana 34 • Side hands and feet pose, parsva hasta padasana 35 • Triangle pose, trikonasana 36 • Warrior pose I, virabhadrasana I 38 • Warrior pose II, virabhadrasana II 40 FORWARD BENDS 43 • Standing forward bend pose, ardha uttanasana, chair variant I 44 • Standing forward bend pose, ardha uttanasana, chair variant II 46 • Forward bend in the seat on a chair 47 • Downward facing dog pose, adho mukha svanasana 48 BACK BENDS 51 • Upward facing dog pose, urdhva mukha svanasana 52 TWIST POSITIONS 55 • Variant I in sitting on the chair 56 • Variant II in sitting on the a chair 58 RELAXTION 61 • Relaxation in sitting on a chair 62 • Relaxation lying on the back, svanasana, variant with a chair 64 YOGA SEQUENCES 60 • Sun salutation, variant I on the chair, surya namaskar 68 • Sun salutation, variant II with a chair, surya namaskar 72 • Sequence for boost 76

Download or read book Strength from Yoga written by N L Cash and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the transformative power of yoga with "Strength From Yoga: Gentle Practices For Seniors." Designed specifically for older adults, this comprehensive guide offers a gentle approach to yoga that promotes strength, flexibility, and overall well-being. Inside this book, you'll find a curated collection of yoga practices tailored to meet the unique needs and abilities of seniors. From gentle stretches to relaxing breathing exercises, each practice is designed to improve mobility, enhance balance, and promote a sense of inner peace. Explore a variety of yoga poses and sequences that can be easily modified to accommodate different levels of flexibility and mobility. With step-by-step instructions, you'll be guided through each practice with ease and confidence. Experience the many benefits of yoga for seniors, including improved joint health, reduced stress levels, and enhanced mental clarity. Learn how regular yoga practice can help alleviate common age-related ailments such as arthritis, back pain, and insomnia. Whether you're new to yoga or have been practicing for years, "Strength From Yoga" offers valuable insights and practical tips to help you cultivate a sustainable yoga practice that supports your overall health and well-being. Empower yourself to embrace the wisdom of yoga and embark on a journey to greater strength, flexibility, and vitality. With "Strength From Yoga: Gentle Practices For Seniors," you'll discover the joy of movement and the peace of mind that comes with a regular yoga practice. Embrace the power of gentle yoga and take the first step toward a happier, healthier you today!