20 MINUTES TO MASTER ... YOGA
Language: English
Pages: 96
ISBN: B00CNWJ2XO
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Yoga has been shown to benefit both mind and body in the short and long term; it opens doors to a healthy lifestyle, a supple body and personal peace.
20 Minutes to Master Yoga is a clear introduction to the practice and key postures, showing you how to master the core ideas in just 20 minutes.
Yoga is a simple but life-enhancing discipline, which concentrates on controlling body postures and breathing to strengthen the body and relax the mind. It is an age-old practice that is as useful today as it has been for centuries.
This book will guide you through warm up exercises, building into key postures and finishing with how to correctly end a session.
Previously published as First Directions: Yoga, this ebook brings together classic text, written by an expert in the field, with a new chapter that condenses all the ideas and practices into a simple, digestible 20-minute read. It covers:
• What Yoga is; its origins and its benefits
• Key postures with clear explanations and photographs
• ‘Points to remember’ to aid safe execution
This is part of the 20 Minutes to Master series, ten indispensable guides that can show you how to transform your life in simple and effective ways. Other titles in the series include 20 Minutes to Master Past Life Therapy, 20 Minutes to Master NLP and 20 Minutes to Master Pilates.
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chest. As you breathe out let the chest feel freer and softer. Release a little more in the belly, letting the belly rise and fall with your breathing. Allow the whole of the back to relax. Feel each contact point as it lays on the floor; at each of these points feel the body soften and release. Allow this feeling of expanding and releasing to reach the shoulders. Let any tension drain away, through the shoulders and the arms, out through the wrists and hands and fingers. Let the elbows relax,
imagination up the spine again, letting each little bone relax even more. Let the face relax. Allow the jaw to drop open slightly, the lips to separate a millimetre and feel soft. Let go of the tongue so it rests behind the lower teeth. Let the cheeks relax, feel the weight of the eyeballs releasing gently behind your eyelids. Feel the scalp loosen and relax. Feel the heavy weight of the head on the floor. Feel the easy, gentle flow of breath as it flows evenly through both nostrils. Trace the
gentle, controlled stretch, without any strain, which means they can extend gradually and safely. And once your muscles gain flexibility, they become stronger and better-toned. IT DELAYS THE AGEING PROCESS … Regular practice delays the ageing process by keeping muscles and ligaments moving. Although you may experience muscular aches and pains after a yoga session, these will soon wear off, leaving you refreshed. Yoga should never leave you feeling jumpy or exhausted. IT LOOSENS AND STRENGTHENS
to fill the bottom portion of the lungs first, allowing them to swell towards the top. Then as you exhale, deflate the lungs from the top down. Feel the movement of the abdomen, with the fingers gently moving away from one another on the in-breath. Continue with this rhythmic rising and falling, allowing the breath to feel easy and unrestricted. In particular, do not try to breathe in or breathe deeply. Concentrate instead on the exhalation, allowing it to be as complete as possible, and the
control and a little meditation thrown in. The postures certainly help you to become fit and supple, but they are only one aspect of the complete way of life that yoga can bring. Yoga also offers: practical techniques for living life healthily and holistically, from following the correct diet to deep breathing and body strengthening a complete code of ethics for daily life simple methods for relaxing and meditating postures for a toned, supple, healthy, strong body tried and tested ways to find