Yoga as medicine: the yogic prescription for health & healing; a Yoga Journal book

Examines the history of yoga, describes its many health benefits, details various ailments that yoga can help prevent or treat, and explains basic yoga techniques, including postures, breathing, meditation, and safety

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Beteilige Person: McCall, Timothy (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Bantam Books 2007
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Zusammenfassung:Examines the history of yoga, describes its many health benefits, details various ailments that yoga can help prevent or treat, and explains basic yoga techniques, including postures, breathing, meditation, and safety
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
How to use this book -- Introduction : a leap of faith -- pt. 1. Yoga as medicine -- 1. Yoga as medicine -- 2. The science of yoga -- 3. Yoga for stress relief -- 4. Bringing a yogic perspective to your health care -- pt. 2. The practice of yoga -- 5. Doing yoga safely -- 6. Choosing a style of yoga and a teacher -- 7. Getting started and keeping it going -- pt. 3. Yoga therapy in action -- 8. Anxiety and panic attacks -- 9. Arthritis -- 10. Asthma -- 11. Back pain -- 12. Cancer -- 13. Carpal tunnel syndrome -- 14. Chronic fatigue syndrome -- 15. Depression -- 16. Diabetes -- 17. Fibromyalgia -- 18. Headaches -- 19. Heart disease -- 20. High blood pressure -- 21. HIV/AIDS -- 22. Infertility -- 23. Insomnia -- 24. Irritable bowel syndrome -- 25. Menopause -- 26. Multiple sclerosis (MS) -- 27. Overweight and obesity -- Afterword : the future of yoga as medicine -- Appendix 1. Avoiding common yoga injuries -- Appendix 2. Sources of further information -- Appendix 3. Sanskrit glossary -- Appendix 4. Sanskrit words in asana names
Umfang:xix, 568 p. ill. 24 cm
ISBN:9780553384062
0553384066