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We’re all living under circumstances we have never gone through before, so it goes without saying that high levels of stress and anxiety are common factors in everyone's lives right now. You might be getting headaches, fatigue, depression, tight shoulders, bad posture, stiff neck, digestive and heart problems, you name it. But did you know that you can practice yin yoga for stress relief and eliminate all of these unwanted symptoms?

Esta guía fácil de seguir le enseñará todo lo que necesita saber sobre el Kriya Yoga, desde los principios básicos y la historia de la práctica hasta las diferentes técnicas que puede utilizar para sacar el máximo partido a esta poderosa herramienta espiritual.

With more than 20 million practitioners in the United States alone, yoga is more popular than ever. For those interested in starting a practice of their own but hesitant about attending a class, Shiva Rea presents The Beginner s Guide to Yoga the perfect introduction to hatha yoga. Complete with...

This comprehensive history sets yoga in its global cultural context for the first time. It leads us on a fascinating journey across the world, from arcane religious rituals and medieval body-magic, through muscular Christianity and the British Raj, to the Indian nationalist movement and the arrival of yoga in the 20th-century West. We discover how the practice reached its present-day ubiquity and how it became embedded in powerful social currents shaping the world's future.

Patanjali Yog Sutra by B.K.S. Iyengar is a guide to the philosophical and practical aspects of yoga. The book outlines the principles of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and presents methods for achieving spiritual growth, inner peace, and well-being. Iyengar’s interpretation of these ancient teachings offers valuable insights for both beginners and advanced practitioners of yoga.

Yoga Beyond Belief offers a unique vision of contemporary yoga. It integrates scientific and practical approaches providing a much-needed integrative perspective that complements existing yoga books for all levels and styles of yoga students. Serving up a collection of valuable insights gleaned...

This audio yoga class has been devised specifically to introduce some of the postures and practices included in the Ashtanga Primary Series. It is suitable for those who are new to Ashtanga Yoga and familiar with basic yoga postures. It is the perfect introduction to this more challenging form of yoga. The class includes Surya Namaskar A & B and a selection of acheivable standing and floor based held postures to help prepare body and mind for the Ashtanga Primary Series. The class has been devised and narrated by Rod Watson who has been teaching yoga since 1988.

This meditation class has been devised specifically to introduce practitioners to the Eight Limbs of Yoga. Integrating the limbs into a practical meditation session helps to deepen the understanding of each limb and reveals how relevant they still are to the practices of both yoga and meditation. Spending time considering each limb and how they support the practice as you progress through a guided meditation reveals how each of the limbs entwines with the others and seamlessly integrates to help practitioners obtain a meditative state.

Living a healthy, happy, and purposeful life starts with a clear and focused mind. A Seeker’s Guide to the Yoga Sutras is an easy introduction to the lessons of Patanjali - graceful, concise explanations of spiritual truths. With short chapters that show you how to adapt these yoga sutras to modern life, you’ll be on an accelerated journey of the soul.

Wohlbefinden in Sekunden – entspannt und frisch im Handumdrehen? Ja, manchmal reicht ein kurzer Augenblick, um alles zu verändern: Dieses Hörbuch zeigt, wie winzige Mikropraktiken Stress lösen, Ruhe schenken und neue Kraft in uns entfalten, mitten im Alltag. Lerne, in jedem Moment gut für dich zu sorgen und ganz bei dir zu bleiben. Dazu braucht es keine Retreats, keine Extra-Stunden – sondern nur wenige Sekunden, um das Leben nachhaltig und in der Tiefe zu verwandeln.

Journey to the heart of yoga with acclaimed teacher Rolf Gates Are you looking for deeper meaning in your yoga practice? In Meditations on the Mat, popular yoga teacher and trainer Rolf Gates shares a four-part audio program to bring you in touch with the heart of yoga. Through guided...

Explore the stories from Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology that nurtured the idea of yoga and shaped the development of its most iconic asanas. Learn how svana-asana (dog pose) is connected to Shiva, bhujanga-asana (cobra pose) was inspired by shape-shifting beings who live below the earth, and much more.

Yin Yoga Session 2 is a 60-minute guided session which contains a selection of held floor-based postures that will help release deep-set tension from both the muscles and connective tissues. Yin yoga also improves joint flexibility and stability. Taking the time to engage in a regular Yin-style yoga practise brings many additional benefits. These include improved posture, increased energy flow, balanced stress levels, enhanced sleep patterns and increased feelings of health and vitality.

Asanas, Mudras and Bandhas: Awakening Ecstatic Kundalini provides a practical approach for incorporating yoga postures and specialized inner physical maneuvers into a compact daily routine of practices that includes spinal breathing pranayama and deep meditation. Kundalini awakening is covered with clarity, including a discussion of symptoms and specific methods for self-pacing and regulating the inner energies to provide for progressive and safe unfoldment of abiding inner silence, ecstatic bliss, and outpouring divine love.

Pranayamas are breathing techniques taught in yoga to increase and expand the vital life force (prana or qi) within the body. Regular breathing exercises can help reduce stress and tension, clear and focus the mind, and increase overall health and vitality. Pranayamas are easy to do and can be performed at a time and place that is most convenient for you.

Take control of your sleep with over 40 proven strategies, based on a 360-degree approach to achieving excellent sleep. Find targeted meditation, movement and breathing exercises; discover how light, colour and sound could hold the key to healthy sleep; and find out how to get to the root of the underlying causes of chronic sleep problems.

If you are new to yoga or have had a long break from exercising, the floor-based yoga classes in Gentle Yoga for the Absolute Beginner are perfect for you. These classes are easy to follow and allow you to experience the many benefits of yoga without applying unnecessary stress on the body. Gentle Yoga consists of two different 30-minute guided yoga sessions. These gentle, easy-to-follow sessions are not physically demanding and have been created to gently mobilize and release tension from the body.

"Tuck your tailbone to protect your back." "Increase your breath." "Pull your abdominal muscles into your backbone." Following these movement cues is often believed to benefit your yoga practice and protect your body when entering and holding poses. However, what may seem like a helpful correction can actually lead to injury or physical harm. In Yoga Myths, Judith Hanson Lasater draws on almost fifty years of experience as a yoga instructor and physical therapist to address the most common mistakes in our yoga practice and provide clear instructions for correcting these errors.

Presenting ways in which Restorative Yoga can contribute to healing emotional wounds, this book invites yoga teachers, therapists and practitioners to consider the psychological impact of ethnic and race-based stress and trauma. It aids in the process of uncovering, examining, and healing one's...

Third in the Beyond Relaxation Series, Yoga Nidra In the Forest is another deep diving exploration into the practice of Yoga Nidra, specially on reprogramming your subconscious mind and discovering the latent potential laying dormant within you. Every human being has incredible beauty and potential literally written into our DNA. Yet sadly, few of us ever come close to unlocking that potential.