Yoga Therapy: A guide to the therapeutic use of yoga and Ayurveda for health and fitness
A useful guide for yoga teachers, advanced practitioners, and anyone who wants to make therapeutic use of yoga.
Yoga Therapy features a guide to the therapeutic use of yoga and ayurveda for health and fitness.
This yoga book serves as a useful guide for yoga teachers, advanced practitioners, and anyone who wants to make therapeutic use of yoga, prescribing postures, breathing techniques, and basic Ayurvedic principles for a variety of common health problems, including:
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asthma
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back pain
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constipation
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hip pain
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knee pain
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menstrual problems
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scoliosis
Mohan details how to correctly move into, hold, and move out of poses, how to breathe during practice to achieve specific results, and how to customize a yoga practice by creating sequences of yoga poses for a particular person.
"This is a must-have volume for any serious yoga student, whether a yoga therapist or just an everyday practitioner. The mix of both theoretical and practical information allows readers to learn not only about the daily work of yoga, but its essential theoretical underpinnings as well. The book reminds us that yoga is the original holistic health care system."
- Richard Rosen, author of 'The Yoga of Breath'.
Format: Paperback | 218 Pages
Dimensions: 178 mm X 273 mm X 20 mm
Publication date: 2004
Author: A. G. Mohan and Indra Mohan
Publisher: Shambhala
Publication City/ Country: Colorado, United States
Language: English
