Wellness Yoga

Many yoga practitioners explore the benefits of yoga through its poses, but did you know that the magic and mystery of yoga lie within the power of yogic mythology? Myths of the Asanas was the first book to collect and retell the ancient tales of yogic myth to a modern audience, and has since become a beloved resource for yoga practitioners and instructors the world over. This expanded edition contains nine unheard stories about some of the yoga world's most beloved poses.

This audio set contains four different yoga classes suitable for the complete beginner. Each class gently and safely introduces different postures and techniques to help create an understanding and to develop a foundation in yoga and yoga practices.

Awaken Your Spirit: Master Kriya Yoga and Journey into Turiya for Ultimate Consciousness. Explore the science behind Kriya Yoga and how it can benefit your health.

Unleash the transformative power of Chair Yoga in just 28 days, even if you've spent a lifetime feeling trapped by your own body. Lose weight, gain flexibility, and improve balance from the comfort of your chair! Are you struggling with losing weight? Are aging-related physical limitations keeping you from enjoying activities you once loved? You’re not alone. Many seniors feel trapped in a body that no longer matches their vibrant spirit. But what if you could regain agility, strength, and flexibility without jeopardizing your safety?

The Luminous Self shares teachings and practices that can help us connect with our true Self and reclaim our inherent power and wisdom—essential for living with purpose and grace in our turbulent world. In this book, Tracee Stanley shares teachings and practices in each chapter—including meditation, yoga nidra, breath work, dreaming rituals, community care practices, journaling, and more—that can help us remember and honor our deepest Self. The book is a journey of inner exploration for anyone who desires to know themselves more deeply

Transform your relationship with your mind and body through somatic movement in this thoughtful, heart-centered guide by Rose Kilian, best-selling author and certified yoga instructor. This invaluable resource is the pathway to rebalancing your life by mastering the art of somatic yoga—a practice that soothes and strengthens your mind-body connection.

The yoga poses you will find in this book are simple and easy to repeat, even if you have never exercised before. We have included modifications of many well-known poses so they can be tailored to suit your needs. People with arthritis, osteoporosis, or other conditions worry that exercise will make things worse for them, resulting in more pain. This could not be further from the truth. If my mam could do it, so can you.

Based on cutting-edge NIH studies, a practical, accessible guide to yoga for reduction in stress, anxiety, and depression, with the goal of balanced emotional health. The Yoga Effect helps readers overcome the de-energizing effects of depression and move into a state of calm and focus. Based on...

Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault provides a comprehensive overview of how to offer yoga to survivors of sexual assault in a safe, effective, evidence-based, and healing way. Zahabiyah A. Yamasaki, founder of Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga, draws on the framework of trauma-informed care and trauma-informed yoga program development and curriculum, while also weaving in personal narrative and inspiring survivor stories.

“My first lessons in spirituality and yoga had nothing to do with a mat, but everything to do with waking up. They included angels, seeing God, and being in Heaven. But, believe me, not the way you might think.” So begins Revolution of the Soul. What comes next sounds like a riveting memoir filled with uncensored moments of joy, pain, wonder, and humor. Except, this book is so much more than that. Seane's real purpose is to guide us into a deep, gut-level understanding of our highest Self through yoga philosophy and other tools for emotional healing....

Soyons honnêtes : votre relation avec votre corps et votre féminité est-elle vraiment épanouie ? Pouvez-vous profiter du plaisir et du sexe librement et sans inhibition – que ce soit avec un partenaire ou lors de moments intimes en solo ? Avez-vous le sentiment d'être connectée à la force profonde et puissante de la féminité ? Si ce n'est pas le cas, vous êtes loin d'être seule – mais voici une solution charmante, agréable et holistique : l'œuf de Yoni !

Are you a yogi or yogini looking to deepen your yoga practice? Have you ever wondered if there's more to the practice of yoga than you've been led to believe? Do you want to move past just using yoga as a form of exercise, to actually living based on the tenets of yoga? This audiobook will show you how to practice yoga so you can deepen your spiritual connection with all things and feel a deep sense of satisfaction, bliss, and joy in the service of others, thanks to the wise philosophies of Patanjali.

Yoga instructor, nutrition expert, and healthy-living blogger Elise Marie Collins has compiled a comprehensive look at what "Super Agers" are doing to live long and prosper. Learn about movement at any age, brain fitness and memory maintenance, foods, vitamin and mineral content cues and clues, and what they do to promote health, prevent disease, and decrease and reverse symptoms of illness. In this revolutionary book, Collins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, telling us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span.

While advanced age is revered by some, very few of us are in a hurry to get there. This guide treats physical well-being and spiritual growth as two sides of a coin. It is custom-crafted for midlife and later by addressing both eternal verities and physical health. Yoga, the time-honored philosophy of which headstands and downward-facing dogs are only a fragment, doesn't sugarcoat: physical life will end and material joys, as lovely as they can be, are temporary.

Yoga is an old and complex practice, spread out from the Indian perspective. It began as a basic practice and has become prominent as a technique for overseeing progressing physical and mental thriving. Normal yoga as practiced in the US consistently includes authentic positions (asanas), breathing frameworks (pranayama), and appraisal (Dyana).

For modern yogis feeling challenged in our efforts to remain deeply spiritual, contemplative, and centered amid the stresses and complications of urban life, this book serves as both inspiration and guide. Darren Main's fresh, down-to-earth approach to the time-tested practice and philosophy of yoga shows us the way to apply the ancient wisdom of India to every moment and every breath so that even our busiest days can be powerful and mystical adventures.

Learn the Bikram Hot Yoga Series from beginning to end in this well-detailed book. We start with a history of Bikram Choudhury and how he was sent to Japan in 1970 to teach the Ghosh Lineage of yoga and then soon after traveled to the United States and opened his first studio in 1973. We then go over some of the features and benefits of the Bikram Hot Yoga Series, along with a few precautions you should be mindful of before you start your practice. When you are done listening to this book, you will be ready to jump in and take your first hot yoga class.

Spiritual disciplines often seem remote from the realities of our daily lives. Yet there is a Mahayana Scripture which presents a model of enlightened practice in the midst of urban living, the Vimalakirti Sutra. This teaches a non-dualistic wisdom and reconciliation of dichotomies. It challenges ordinariness and reveals systematic and effective ways of tapping higher potentials while upholding one's usual responsibilities and enriching long-term relationships.

Pantajali's Yoga Sutras have long been recognized as infallible guides to discovering the eternal joy and ultimate freedom that the great masters declare to be the birthright of every human being. In The Practice of the Yoga Sutra: Sadhana Pada, Pandit Tigunait elaborates on Patanjali's succinct and straightforward plan to transcend pain and embrace lasting happiness.

In his long-awaited book, Rewilding, Kripalu director Micah Mortali brings together yoga, mindfulness, wilderness training, and ancestral skills to create a unique guide for reigniting your primal energy - your undomesticated true self - and deepening your connection with the living earth. For hundreds of thousands of years, humans lived intimately with the earth. We were in the wild and of the wild. Today, we live mostly urban lives - and our vital wildness has gone dormant.