Yoga All-in-One For Dummies
For Dummies (Verlag)
978-1-119-02272-5 (ISBN)
Everything you need to make yoga an integral part of your health and well-being If you want to incorporate yoga into your daily routine or ramp up what you're already doing, Yoga All-In-One For Dummies is the perfect resource! This complete compendium of six separate titles features everything you need to improve your health and peace of mind with yoga, and includes additional information on, stretching, meditation, adding weights to your yoga workouts, and power yoga moves.
Yoga has been shown to have numerous health benefits, ranging from better flexibility and athletic performance to lowered blood pressure and weight loss. For those who want to take control of their health and overall fitness, yoga is the perfect practice. With Yoga All-In-One For Dummies, you'll have everything you need to get started and become a master of even the toughest yoga poses and techniques.
Find out how to incorporate yoga to foster health, happiness, and peace of mind
Get a complete resource, featuring information from six titles that are packed with tips
Use companion workout videos to help you master various yoga poses and techniques that are covered in the book
Utilize tips in the book to increase balance, range of motion, flexibility, strength, and overall fitness
Take a deep breath and dive into Yoga All-In-One For Dummies to find out how you can improve your health and your happiness by incorporating yoga into your daily routine.
Larry Payne and Georg Feuerstein are the authors of Yoga All-In-One For Dummies, published by Wiley.
Introduction 1
Book I: Getting Started with Yoga Principles 5
Chapter 1: Yoga 101: Building a Foundation 7
Chapter 2: Yoga and the Mind-Body Connection 19
Chapter 3: Preparing for a Fruitful Yoga Practice 27
Book II: Basic Yoga Techniques and Postures 41
Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Yogic Breathing 43
Chapter 2: Please Be Seated 57
Chapter 3: Standing Tall 67
Chapter 4: Steady as a Tree: Mastering Balance 83
Chapter 5: Absolutely Abs 91
Chapter 6: Looking at the World Upside-Down: Safe Inversion Postures 101
Chapter 7: Classic Bending Floor Postures 113
Chapter 8: Several Twists on the Yoga Twist 133
Chapter 9: Dynamic Postures: The Rejuvenation Sequence and Sun Salutation 143
Chapter 10: Basic Preparation, Compensation, and Rest Poses 151
Book III: Yoga for Life 169
Chapter 1: A Recommended Beginners’ Routine for Men and Women 171
Chapter 2: Yoga for Kids and Teens 181
Chapter 3: It’s Never Too Late: Yoga for Midlifers and Older Adults 199
Book IV: Powering Your Way to Fitness: Power Yoga 215
Chapter 1: Key Principles of Power Yoga 217
Chapter 2: Preparing with Powerful Warm-Ups 227
Chapter 3: Taking a Walk in the Park: A Minimum Power Routine 243
Chapter 4: Following Buddha’s Way: A Moderate Power Routine 265
Chapter 5: Staying Young: Power Yoga for Seniors 285
Book V: Yoga-ing Your Way to a Toned Body: Yoga with Weights 301
Chapter 1: Introducing Yoga with Weights 303
Chapter 2: Warming Up for Your Yoga with Weights Workout 319
Chapter 3: From Head to Toe: The Balanced Workout 341
Chapter 4: Waking Up Your Mind and Body: The Energy Workout 361
Chapter 5: Exercises for Seniors 375
Book VI: Ancient Practices in the Modern World: Hot Trends in Yoga 395
Chapter 1: Partnering Up for Yoga 397
Chapter 2: Yoga against the Wall 413
Chapter 3: Yoga off the Mat, in the Heat, and outside the Box 427
Book VII: Meditation, Mindfulness, and Letting Go of Stress 435
Chapter 1: How Your Mind Stresses You Out and What You Can Do about It 437
Chapter 2: Relaxed Like a Noodle: The Fine Art of Letting Go of Stress 457
Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted with Meditation 471
Chapter 4: Mindfulness Meditation: Awareness of the Here and Now 491
Chapter 5: Meditating with Challenging Emotions 505
Chapter 6: Cultivating Spirituality 517
Index 533
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.4.2015 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 180 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 771 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-119-02272-X / 111902272X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-119-02272-5 / 9781119022725 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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