10 Minute Yoga Workouts: Perfect Weight, Perfect Shape
Barbara Currie
Language: English
Pages: 192
ISBN: 0007129610
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
This book contains exercises to tone and firm the body, gently working the muscles and internal organs, and keeping the spine and joints in perfect conditions.
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This movement tones the bottom and thighs, and releases tension in the lower back. 3 Full Locust Lying on your stomach with your arms under your body, palms facing downwards, place your chin on the floor, then inhale. As you exhale, lift both your legs from the floor. Make sure that your upper body remains in a straight line – don’t turn or twist – and, breathing normally, hold the pose for a count of 5. Gently lower your legs and relax for 20 seconds. Repeat twice. If you have a weakness in
forwards, keeping your back and legs straight, do not strain, just allow your body to flow easily and gently into your maximum position. You should eventually aim to clasp your feet and draw your chin to your knees. ‘ To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illuminated mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.’ RALPH WALDO EMMERSON Benefits This beautiful sequence will deliver the results you want – a beautiful, firm tummy and nice strong back – and it will really relax you. If
but seals were discovered depicting a yoga posture during the excavation of some ruins in prehistoric India in an area that now lies in Pakistan. These ruins revealed a very advanced civilization dating to around 5000BC. The earliest texts mentioning yoga were the Vedas, and these seem to have spanned about 2,000 years, from 3000–1200BC. These texts were followed by the Upanishads, written between 800 and 400BC. The word Upanishad literally describes a sitting where the master or guru instructs
and Neck PART II: MORE AMAZING MOVEMENTS Chapter 7 Power Stretching Chapter 8 Advanced Class Chapter 9 The Yoga Hand Balances PART III: TOTAL HEALTH WITH YOGA Chapter 10 Yoga and Diet Chapter 11 Meditation Chapter 12 Yoga and Your Health Problems Copyright About the Publisher Introduction I’ll never forget my first yoga class. It was one grey dreary Monday morning that I ventured inside a hall on the outskirts of Glasgow, and enrolled for yoga lessons. At that time I felt tired,
relieve stress. 2 Sideways Stretch Stand straight with your legs at least 3 feet apart, your toes facing forwards. Inhale deeply and lift your right hand in the air. As you exhale, gently bend over to the left side, sliding your left hand down your left leg. Don’t strain. Go just as far as you can with ease. Breathing normally, hold the position for a count of 5, increasing to 10 as you progress. Inhale and slowly return to an upright position. Exhale, slowly lower your arm and relax. Repeat