Yoga and Parkinson's Disease: A Journey to Health and Healing

Yoga and Parkinson's Disease: A Journey to Health and Healing

Peggy Van Hulsteyn

Language: English

Pages: 144

ISBN: 1936303507

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Yoga and Parkinson's Disease is a practical how to guide to using yoga to manage stress, improve mental alertness, increase flexibility, correct posture and improve the quality-of-life of readers with Parkinson's. It follows the author's own experience and research studies in the subject that have shown a correlation between yoga practice and better health and outcomes after a Parkinson's Disease diagnosis. More than simply an exercise guide, the book is a deeply soothing form of moving meditation and physical activity that is a safe way to rebuild strength, stamina, and flexibility.

Yoga and Parkinson's Disease shows how yoga ameliorates difficulties that accompany Parkinson's, including mobility, range of motion, balance, and guides towards leading a healthier life.

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back and the head. This variation can open the chest, relieve congestion and counteract hunching. If you feel tension in your lower back, you may bend your legs, with your feet flat on the floor. Allow your knees to drop open to the sides, with bolsters or pillows supporting your thighs. If it’s comfortable, allow the soles of your feet to rest against each other. Place your hands on your belly or on the floor beside you. This variation will also open your pelvis and release tension in thigh

and increases flexibility in the hamstrings and inner and outer thighs. Use a pillow to support your neck if it is more comfortable. Begin by lying on your back, with arms at your sides, knees bent, feet flat on the floor. Take a deep breath. On the exhalation, bend your right leg, bringing it toward your chest. As you inhale, flex your heel, straighten the knee, and raise your leg as straight as possible. Keep your arms at your side, or you may bring your arms to lay on the floor over your

Stretch stretches and relaxes the lateral neck and upper shoulder muscles and improves circulation in the neck and shoulders. Begin seated in a chair as in Seated Mountain. Use a bolster under your feet for extra support. Drop your right ear toward your right shoulder. You may extend your hands toward the floor to further the stretch and to be sure your shoulders do not rise up toward your ears. Come back to center before repeating on the other side. Be gentle. SEATED HERO OR BREATH OF JOY

“Yoga improves flexibility…”: www.guide4living.com/parkinsons/alternative treatment 6. p. 15. “While exercise cannot cure this disease…”: Lori Newell. The Book of Exercise and Yoga. Charleston, SC.: BookSurge Publishing, 2005. 7. p. 15. “A surprising side effect was the social support…”: interview with author. 8. p. 15. “People with PD should have weekly Parkinson’s exercise classes…”: interview with author. CHAPTER 3 1. p. 18. “PD affects each person differently…”: Newell, The Book of

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