Lifelong Yoga: Maximizing Your Balance, Flexibility, and Core Strength in Your 50s, 60s, and Beyond
Language: English
Published by North Atlantic Books,U.S., 2017
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An accessible illustrated guide for practicing yoga as you age, featuring simple poses and routines for balance, core strength, hip flexibility, and recovery With over 125 instructive photos and sequences to keep you active into your 50s, 60s, and beyond Yoga gives active people vital tools for healthy aging: strength, flexibility, balance, and focus. In this one-of-a-kind book, the authors explain how common activities for aging active people (running, swimming, golf, gardening, travel, caring for grandchildren) can be better supported with yoga. Inside you'll find easy, doable poses and routines that help keep older people fit and injury-free. Other key topics include: Core and leg strength for stability and healthy aging, needed for autonomous living and enjoyable movement A practical approach to flexibility Balance and how it translates to staying safer during activity and avoiding falls Ways to incorporate yoga in daily routines to receive benefits with minimal time commitment Meditation, mindfulness, breathing practices, and the physical practice of yoga can help with both mental flexibility and relaxation Each sequence is introduced with a brief overview of the benefits of the movements along with modifications and options suited to individual requirements. From the practical to the philosophical, Lifelong Yoga is a user-friendly handbook for staying active and healthy in a changing body over the course of a long life.…
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- Title
- Lifelong Yoga: Maximizing Your Balance, Flexibility, and Core Strength in Your 50s, 60s, and Beyond
- Author
- Sage Rountree
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1623171431
- ISBN 13
- 9781623171438
The authors offer poses and routines aimed toward specific goals, such as improving balance, maintaining strength and flexibility, or recovering properly between workouts. Each sequence is fully illustrated with photos and introduced with a brief overview of the benefits of the movements along with modifications and options suited to individual requirements. Lifelong Yoga also provides sequences that help support specific activities such as running, swimming, or golf as well as yard work, travel, and caring for grandchildren. Straightforward schedules suggesting ways to incorporate yoga in daily routines illustrate how easy it is to receive yoga's benefits with minimal time commitment.
Rountree and DeSiato also explain how meditation, mindfulness, breathing practices, and the physical practice of yoga can help with both mental flexibility and relaxation, and with staying focused and mentally acute. From the practical to the philosophical, at home or in class, Lifelong Yoga is a friendly, wise handbook for living in a changing body over the course of a long life."
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About the Author
Runner's World. Her website is sagerountree.com.
ALEXANDRA DESIATO is a seasoned teacher of yoga and an expert Pilates instructor who has taught several athletic teams at the University of North Carolina, including the football team, men's basketball team, and women's rowing team. She is a regular contributor to YOGANONYMOUS and Wanderlust. Her website is alexandradesiato.com.
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