Synopses & Reviews
Dating back more than 5000 years, yoga is a sophisticated discipline that combines fitness training, relaxation techniques and lifestyle change possibilities. The health benefits of yoga are numerous, including stress-relief, physical exercise and therapeutic relief from ailments, such as chronic back pain, hypertension, migraine headaches and insomnia. Teach Yourself VISUALLY Yoga will provide step-by-step instructions that will help readers quickly get started experiencing the benefits of yoga. The book will contain detailed, full-color photographs that will give readers an easy-to-follow guide to performing common yoga poses, as well as useful information to keep in mind when trying new yoga poses. One of the many benefits of yoga is that it is accessible to everyone, regardless of age or fitness level. Teach Yourself VISUALLY Yoga will include useful tips to help readers adapt yoga poses to meet their individual needs. In addition to outlining common yoga poses, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Yoga will recommend sequences of poses readers can perform to achieve various goals, such as relaxation or fitness. Once readers become familiar with the basics of yoga, they can follow the advice in the book to design their own individualized yoga sessions.
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Yoga should include sections on: What is yoga? The health and fitness benefits of yoga. Breathing techniques. Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions and accompanying full-color photographs for performing common yoga poses correctly and safely. Useful tips to help readers adapt poses to meet their individual needs. Appropriate clothing for practicing yoga and equipment that can be used. Warm-up exercises that can beperformed at the beginning of a yoga session. Relaxation techniques and poses. Suggested sequences of poses for yoga sessions, such as beginner sessions, relaxation sessions and fitness sessions, as well as tips for designing your own sessions. Yoga meditation techniques.
Synopsis
Produced by the award-winning maranGraphics Group, Maran Illustrated Guide to Yoga is a valuable resource for all readers, regardless of age or fitness level. Instead of describing the myriad ways to perform each pose, Maran Illustrated Guide to Yoga shows you the best way, while the full-color photographs and clear, step-by-step instructions walk the reader through each pose from beginning to end. Thorough topic introductions and useful tips provide additional information and advice to enhance your yoga experience and help meet your individual needs. Maran Illustrated Guide to Yoga is packed with essential information including warm-up poses, breathing exercises, seated poses, chair poses, standing poses, bends, relaxation poses, practice sequences and much more. This book is an invaluable guide for beginners who wish to familiarize themselves with the basics of yoga without having to participate in classes, or as a refresher course for individuals wishing to become reacquainted with yoga. Maran Illustrated Guide to Yoga costs less than the price of one private yoga lesson and will be a permanent resource that can be accessed at any time.
About the Author
maranGraphics Development Group combines the efforts of many talented people. An industry expert in the field of each book and Maran's own writers work together to produce books that are highly visual, technically sound, easy for readers to understand, and adhere to maranGraphics' standards of structuring to provide the best learning experience.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Yoga Basics Chapter 2: Yoga and Breathing Chapter 3: Warm-Up Poses Chapter 4: Seated Poses Chapter 5: Seating Forward Bends Chapter 6: Chair Poses Chapter 7: Standing Poses Chapter 8: Standing Balancing Poses Chapter 9: Standing Forward Bends Chapter 10: Table Poses Chapter 11: Back Bends Chapter 12: Inversions Chapter 13: Reclined Poses Chapter 14: Relaxation and Restorative Poses Chapter 15: Yoga Practices