Yoga RX: A Step-by-Step Program to Promote Health, Wellness, and Healing for Common Ailments
Larry Payne, Richard P. Usatine, Merry Aronson, Rachelle Gardner
Language: English
Pages: 320
ISBN: 0767907493
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
East meets West as an assistant dean at the UCLA School of Medecine and a celebrity Yoga instructor show how to use ancient Yoga postures for treating dozens of common ailments.
Yoga has never been hotter in America, and now its benefits are being recognized far beyond the arenas of enlightenment and body sculpting. Yoga RX distills an array of postures into an easy-to-use regimen for anyone seeking relief for anything from back pain to the common cold.
Written by a highly respected professor of medecine and a renowned Yoga teacher and Yoga therapist whose clients include Warren Beatty, Ted Danson, and Dolly Parton, Yoga RX offers a holistic program based on the authors' research into the science of Yoga. Helping readers enhance their chances of disease prevention through increased circulation, strength, flexibility, and concentration, this accessible handbook also covers specific Yoga therapies for treating illnesses such as:
• Arthritis
• Headaches
• PMS
• Insomnia
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
In the tradition of The Pilates Body, this step-by-step, illustrated handbook is the ultimate prescription for healing body, mind, and soul.
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improves in other aspects of your life. 7. After 25 rounds of Focused Breathing, gradually let your breath come back to normal and sit for a few minutes with your eyes closed. Think about your state of mind when you first started and then compare it to how you now feel. You'll be amazed at how you can shift your overall energy with just your breath. Part Two When you're familiar with Part One, begin to gently draw the belly in as you exhale. Make sure you don't strain yourself or pull the belly
to quiet the mind, and main tain a higher state of being beyond the time of meditation. The process develops the deepest levels of concentration as the practitioner becomes conscious of his or her own awareness and tries to transcend it. Meditation seeks a state of enlighten ment, a freedom from the tyranny of our worries. It can be challenging to learn to reach a true state of meditation, but it provides the deepest level of physical and mental relaxation and, consequently, is the most effective
Mountain Posture. Place your palms together in the prayer position with the back of your thumbs touching your sternum in the middle of your chest with your fingers point ing up. 2. As you inhale, extend your hands and arms forward, then up overhead (upward salute). Look at the ceiling and arch your back gently. 3. As you exhale, bend forward from your hips, soften your knees (forgiving limbs), and place your fingers or hands on the floor. Bring your head as close as possible to your legs. 4. As
to help relieve your condition, you practice with an understanding of the breathing, relaxation, and meditation techniques involved, as well as the basic principles of how Yoga heals. All of this is explained in Chapters 1 to 5. In Chapter 6, you will find two basic Yoga therapy routines that you can eas ily learn and practice when you are ready for general conditioning. In Part III, you'll find common medical problems grouped according to the bodily system they belong to. For example, if you're
program included more than just diet, it is hard to say that the decrease in heart conditions was due to the vegetarian diet. However, there is good evidence that lowering your cholesterol with a low-fat diet does decrease the risk of heart attack. The nutritional suggestions that follow are not meant to replace any other diet information you may be pursuing. In fact, if you're interested in cleaning up your eating habits, I encourage you to speak with a well-trained nutritionist or health care