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Enhance your flexibility, lift your spirit, and brighten your mood with this series of bends and twists. Includes modified poses for less flexible people. To follow along you'll need two blocks, two blankets, and a strap.

Like the wildly popular festivals that have taken the yoga world by storm, Wanderlust is a road map for the millions of people engaged in cultivating their best selves. For the 20 million people who grab their yoga mats in the United States every week, this book gives a completely unique way to understand "yoga"--not just as something to do in practice, but as a broader principle for living. Wanderlust helps readers navigate their personal path and...

"In the Western world, the yoga practice associated with doing poses on a mat benefits millions of devotees every day. Yet few people realize that the physical practice is rooted in a larger philosophy offering profound insights that can help people confront the complexities of daily life, especially at work. Maren and Jamie Showkeir's unprecedented book brings into crisp focus the full range of yoga's rich, transformational benefits. Based on the...

Babar the elephant demonstrates and provides step-by-step instructions for basic yoga techniques and positions, then shows how he and Celeste use them to relax and have fun as they travel around the world.

"A practical, hands-on, experienced-based guide for teaching trauma-sensitive yoga Canadian Forces veteran turned yoga teacher Brendon Abram combines his first-hand experience with PTSD in the field and years of teaching to offer this practical guide to bringing trauma-sensitive yoga to both clinical and studio settings. Drawing on his work with military veterans, first responders, and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, Abram emphasizes the...

Ross reveals tha everyone is inherently happy, but that our true self is shadowed and concealed by the layers of worry that, through habit, become our daily thoughts. In each chapter, he examines one of the layers of worry that, through habit, become our daily thoughts. In each chapter, he examines one of our seven greatest human fears-depression, ill health, loss of love, career failure, war, death, and emotional stasis-and uses yoga to reach your...

Examines the health claims of modern yoga, drawing on scientific and cultural research to offer advice on how to recognize authentic yoga practice and gain actual benefits.

Certified instructor Lillah Schwartz presents a yoga practice focusing on relieving pain and stress in the neck and shoulders.

Bob has deconstructed the traditional concept of yoga with this vigorous, physique-refining yoga routine that recruits and trains every muscle in your body, stretching your limitations, and delivering powerful weight-loss results. Maximum output is required. Temperatures and heart rates will soar as you push your body to the limit, triggering both physical and metabolic responses that work to deliver your most streamlined physique possible.

Created with inspiration, imagination and a kids-eye-view, Silly to Calm engages lively young minds and bodies with ingenious seques from energetic activities to calming basic yoga movements -- Container.