Author: Sarasvati Sally Dawson
Publisher: Booklocker.com
ISBN: 9781634928144
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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You don't have to spend all your time on the Yoga mat to find your natural state of freedom. Sarasvati shares her journey to uncovering peace and joy through Yoga. The perfect companion to your practice on the mat, ancient wisdom clearly delivered for modern times.
Author: Maren S. Showkeir
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1609947991
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Yoga’s Ancient Wisdom Can Transform Your Work Life Everyone knows that yoga helps reduce stress and increase the body’s flexibility and strength. But the physical aspects barely scratch the surface of yoga’s transformative powers. The poses are only one part of a larger philosophy offering profound insights for confronting the complexities of daily life. Yoga can help you remain centered, compassionate, positive, and sane every hour of the day—especially those between nine and five. This unprecedented guide shows how practicing the full range of yogic concepts—the traditional “Eight Limbs of Yoga”—leads to a productive, creative, and energizing work environment and features examples from professions like law enforcement, teaching, banking, filmmaking, medicine, and many more. But beyond that, this book is an invitation to use all of yoga’s teachings to cultivate the spark of the divine that dwells within each of us. “Filled with personal insights and stories that carry yoga into the world of daily decision making.... It is wonderful to see the foundations of practice brought to life in such a confident, sincere, and thoughtful way.” —Pandit Rajmani Tuganait, Chairman and spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute “Maren and Jamie show that yoga is not just about poses—the practice is about creating the stillness of mind that will allow you do the work you were meant to do. Seriously, read this book!” —Russell Simmons, cofounder of Def Jam “The [Showkeirs] bring the deepest teachings of yoga alive by showing exactly how to bring our yoga—and our best selves—into the world.” —Judith Lasater, PhD, author of Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times
Author: Richard Faulds
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0307486869
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 435
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“Over an extraordinary thirty year history, Kripalu Center has been a pioneer in combining authentic yoga with a contemporary Western lifestyle.” —John Abbott, President, Yoga Journal From the senior teachers of the world-renowned Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health–the largest yoga and retreat center in North America–comes this comprehensive guide to the unique and influential Kripalu method, which emphasizes individual growth over outward perfection of form, making it accessible to people of all ages, fitness levels, and body types. KRIPALU YOGA A Guide to Practice On and Off the Mat Beginning with step-by-step “experiences” that teach essential body and breath awareness, Kripalu Yoga features fully illustrated routines for beginners and intermediate students , including Kripalu’s easy-to-follow “press point” instructions. For advanced students, there is a broad menu of additional poses to increase strength, flexibility, and challenge. Far more than an exercise program, Kripalu Yoga also teaches the lifestyle practices and energy techniques that make yoga a powerful catalyst for physical healing, psychological growth, and spiritual awakening.
Author: Nicole Billa
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059541740X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Most people think of Yoga as a physical exercise, good for flexibility and maybe even relaxation. But Yoga has so much more to offer than that. In this inspiring volume of essays, Yoga teacher Nicole DiSalvo Billa, shares insights into how the effects of Yoga practice can be even more powerful off the mat. Weaving together Yoga philosophy and personal experience, these essays offer wisdom regarding how Yoga can enrich and enlighten our daily lives.
Author: Jenni Clark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Author: Jenni Clark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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A catchy title is the first example of the creative use of metaphors which fill Taking Yoga Off the Mat, by Jenni Carmichael Clark. The philosophy is simple, "We can do hard things ON the mat. So, we can also do hard things when we roll it up and leave. We can handle challenges ON the mat, and we can handle what we face OFF the mat as well." While it may sound like a book written for yoga enthusiasts, every chapter introduces imaginative concepts which have universal application. Some messages refer to specific yoga poses where Jenni provides ideas on how to apply the exercise principles in day-to-day life. In the Chapter, Get Your Ticket for The Happiness Express, Jenni pulls back the curtain to the most common, yet elusive, trait we are all seeking... happiness... and shows its relation to (you guessed it) ...yoga! "I have heard it said that 'Happiness is a decision, not an occurrence.' That it's something you choose. No matter what comes at you, you can decide whether to allow it to thwart your joy or strengthen your spirit. That Finding Joy is not the same as Living in Joy. I learn that in my yoga practice. No matter what pose I am faced with, or how difficult/easy it might be, I can determine how to react and manage the challenges it presents. I can choose my response. And I can take that decision off the mat every time I walk back into the world." --Taking Yoga Off the Mat pg. 103 In the chapter titled, Taking Child's Pose... Inconceivable! Jenni uses multiple (surprisingly fitting) references from the story, Princess Bride, to show how something perceived as a simpler stretch, the Child's Pose, is much more complex than it appears. Jenni explains, "Child's Pose actually takes me deeper. It gives me a chance to reset, reflect, meditate, and get ready for what comes next in my own time. To find my breath and go deeper inside myself." Many themes throughout the book speak to the heart of a mother, high-five an adventurer, honor the curiosity and wonderment of a child, and encourage bravery and resilience. Jenni is promoting what she often calls her "Disney Philosophy," which is to Believe in Impossible Things, Have Courage & Be Kind, and Do The Next Right Thing. As Walt Disney said, "Around here, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward--opening new doors and doing new things--because we're curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths!" Jenni echoes these words of Walt Disney and exclaims, "that's my Alice 'Muchness' philosophy in a nutshell!" From the beginning in the Author's Note, readers will discover a kindred spirit in Jenni Carmichael Clark. It is as if Jenni has always been the best friend you turn to for encouragement, when you need a good laugh, or are hungry for a reminder that despite all of its adversity, life is a fascinating and worthwhile adventure! In the chapter titled, What's Next? Jenni brings her readers to the ice rink and reminds them that, "Despite bumps in the ice that cause you to take a tumble or two, the skating is amazing!" Towards the end of her book, Jenni gives the compassionate encouragement we all need, "I know firsthand that stars shine more brilliantly in the deep darkness. I've huddled in the dark and gazed at them up there, twinkling. We just do the work and then we let it go--in class and in life. On the mat and off of it." Jenni began writing reflective essays and thoughts in a blog she started in 2013 called My Own Little Corner by Jenni (myownlittlecornerbyJenni.Wordpress.com). As she found clarity and grace on her yoga mat, Jenni decided to share more of these themes in her first book, Taking Yoga Off the Mat. Learn more at www.TakingYogaOffTheMat.com
Author: Melissa Carroll
Publisher: Cleis Press
ISBN: 1936740869
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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"Unlike books on yoga that provide instruction on technique, Going Om is a unique collection of personal narratives from celebrated authors. All of the essays are original material, written for this collection. This anthology values the quality of writing over the authors' flexibility. Ira Sukrungruang shares his heartbreaking struggle as a 375 pound yoga student discovering self-worth on his mat; Gloria Munoz explores the practice of stillness with lyrical elegance in the midst of her busy mind; Neal Pollack's signature sarcasm leads to surprising turns at yoga class with his dad; Elizabeth Kadetsky uses yogic wisdom while coping with her mother's devastating Alzheimer's. Going Om will find an eager audience with the 20 million Americans practicing yoga. The editor, Melissa Carroll, is a yoga instructor who teaches more than 200 students every week. As a writer and university creative writing professor with extensive public speaking and print experience, only Carroll could curate these true tales of life from the mat"--
Author: Wendy Reese
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692784433
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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'Yoga is alchemy. If you are willing to stick with it, yoga changes you.' What if you could use the time on your yoga mat as a sport specific training for the game of life? Yoga teaches how to connect to your body and mind in a more intentional, conscious way. It shifts and shapes you in subtle, yet profound ways. Even though you may have a wonderful yoga teacher, the asanas in conjunction with your own inner wisdom becomes the ultimate teacher. The Alchemy of Yoga: Living yoga off the mat will change you in a way you might find surprising. It will teach you much about yourself and how to engage: Flexibility Strength Balance Surrender in your daily life. It takes you on a deeper exploration of the larger questions yoga always inspires- who am I and why am I here? This is the ideal book for everyday people who simply want to enjoy life to the fullest and make a difference to the world around them. Because yoga is not just for the young, beautiful, healthy people of this world. It is for all. This book is for you.
Author: Jan Maddern
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921240379
Category : Hatha yoga
Languages : en
Pages : 159
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Yoga off the Mat is the first book of its kind to detail case study by case study how yoga can work to complement othertreatments/therapies in a health crisis. It explains how peopletook yoga off the mat, and out of the studio into their everydaylives, to deal with chronic addictions, disease, injuries, mooddisorders and emotional trauma. It illustrates the power of yoga to manage various side effects of treatments and to promote an environment where healing can occur.Already yoga is moving out of yoga studios and into schools,prisons, corporate offices and hospitals world wide. Researchis increasing into yoga with over 670 citations of recent psychological studies alone that involve yoga. Many of thesestudies inquired into the benefit of yoga for drug recovery,insomnia and depression, which may in the future lead to agreater acceptance of yoga as a field of study. More than ever before, yoga is being seen as a healthy adjunct to complement other therapies of choice in dealing with health crisis. This is seen in the increasing number of articles in yoga magazines written by health specialists such as physiotherapists, psychologists and medical practitioners who practice yoga. Many doctors now recommend yoga to their patients and some health insurers recognize yoga as a part of preventative health.
Author: Ruth Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981086903
Category : Yoga
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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