Yoga: Keeping It up: Contributor(s): Mariko, Pamela June (Author) |
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ISBN: 0994389043 ISBN-13: 9780994389046 Publisher: Fordham Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Yoga - Self-help | Meditations - Self-help | Self-management - Stress Management |
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 186 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Health & Fitness |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: YOGA - KEEPING IT UP, is a succinct, easy to read outline of yoga and its benefits. Designed to suit those with little or no experience and agility to the well-informed, YOGA - KEEPING IT UP provides background information covering basic philosophy, insight into the endocrine system, warm-ups, stretches and gentle asanas - postures, to stronger, more challenging poses. These are demonstrated by an experienced practitioner and shown in full colour photographs. Some benefits are listed with the postures. It includes breathing exercises - pranayama, preparation for meditation and guidance for stress management relaxation. It also includes a brief story of food - food for thought, for health and wellbeing, explaining the yoga diet - and why. Following the suggestions and practising the yoga outlined in YOGA - KEEPING IT UP should help build flexibility and strength, focus the mind and bring about a greater level of awareness. Yoga, including breathing exercises, meditation and relaxation can calm the emotions and aid a positive outlook. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mariko, Pamela June: - About the author: Pamela Mariko trained in traditional yoga in 1985 and has since studied different yoga disciplines. Besides being a yoga teacher for some 33 years, she is an award-winning author of women's fiction, a part-time counsellor and member of AMORC (Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis) whose teachings complement those of yoga from a more western perspective. |