Yoga 001 - Softcover

Kent, H

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ISBN 10: 1862044554 ISBN 13: 9781862044555

Publisher: Element Books, 2000

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Written by a world-renowned expert in yoga, this guide offers a complete program for beginners with step-by-step photos of postures and relaxation techniques. Full color.

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From the Back Cover:

The practice of yoga has attracted millions of people all over the world, simply because yoga works. The ability to relax both mind and body is vital to coping with our fast-moving society and beneficial in relieving a wide range of stress-related health problems. Yoga provides the link between mind and body. With full and detailed explanation of all aspects of yoga, this extensively illustrated and easy-to-follow guide is an invaluable aid to improving health and well-being through breathing and posture exercises. Clear step-by-step photographs demonstrate how to achieve the yoga poses and develop a yoga program that will have far-reaching benefits. This practical guide includes:
� the history and origins of yoga
� yoga in daily life
� correct breathing techniques
� benefits of yoga
� planning your yoga program

About the Author:

Howard Kent is the founder and director of the Yoga for Health Foundation, which runs over 120 groups around Britain and has branches or representatives in 23 different countries. It has a worldwide reputation for its therapeutic work, ranging from the treatment of unrelieved stress to major chronic disabilities such as cancer, MS and Parkinson’s. He is the author of a number of successful books on yoga and his career has encompassed journalism, film, television and theatre.

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