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Grounded in investigative research and real survivor stories, Surviving Modern Yoga uncovers the physical and sexual abuse perpetrated by Ashtanga yoga leader Pattabhi Jois—and reckons with the culture, structures, and mythos that enabled it.

The Power Source shows how and why our pelvic floor is so important from a variety of different perspectives, ranging from purely physical body mechanics to how it impacts our nervous system to how it is the seat of all life force energy. Roxburgh demonstrates how it relates to the other areas of our body (or, as she calls them, "containers"), both physically and energetically. And, most importantly, she shares a program for how readers can align their bodies and their lives by adopting an entirely new and more powerful definition of "strength".

Asanas, Mudras and Bandhas: Awakening Ecstatic Kundalini provides a practical approach for incorporating yoga postures and specialized inner physical maneuvers into a compact daily routine of practices that includes spinal breathing pranayama and deep meditation. Kundalini awakening is covered with clarity, including a discussion of symptoms and specific methods for self-pacing and regulating the inner energies to provide for progressive and safe unfoldment of abiding inner silence, ecstatic bliss, and outpouring divine love.

Featuring yoga poses, guided meditations, vibrational remedies, and more, this book immerses you in the power of the sacral chakra. Cyndi Dale and nine expert contributors teach you how to connect to this sensual energy center through dozens of hands-on practices, including visualizations, affirmations, healing mantras, and recipes. Working with this chakra, located in your lower abdomen, will help you find balance in your relationships, manifest your deepest desires, and improve your emotional and energetic wellness.

The Yoga Sutras, a foundational text of yoga philosophy and practice, written by the guru Patanjali over two thousand years ago, are made up of 196 aphorisms that offer potent teachings on how to deal with loss and pain, and guidance on how to lead a healthy and fulfilling life. Kelly DiNardo and Amy Pearce-Hayden offer an entrée to this yoga training for the mind and spirit by introducing a sutra or group of sutras on a related theme.

Relieve Pain, Improve Balance & Reclaim Your Energy—Right From Your Chair! The 2-in-1 Wellness Guide for Seniors Over 60 By Dr. Emily Carter – Senior Wellness Expert & Certified Instructor. Feeling stiff, tired, or off-balance? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to accept it. If joint pain, low energy, or poor balance are affecting your life, this gentle 6-week plan is here to help.

Do you feel stiff and sore after sitting for too long? Easy Chair Yoga Exercises for Strength teaches you simple chair yoga exercises to help you move with ease and feel stronger. With just 5–10 minutes a day, you’ll learn warm-ups, core-building moves which can improve your flexibility, and balance drills that fit any schedule.

While yoga has become a common practice for health and well-being, the ancient tools of Tibetan yoga remained secret for centuries. Translated as "magical movements", Tibetan yoga can improve physical strength and support positive emotional and mental health, healing the body-energy-mind system with a full sense of awareness and harmony. In Tibetan Yoga for Health & Well-Being, Alejandro Chaoul, PhD, focuses on the five principal breath-energies of Tibetan medicine and yoga and how special body movements for each engage the five chakras in our body.

Vinyasa, or "flow yoga", is traditional yoga energized with movement and the breath. At studios and workshops across the country, flow yoga classes are in demand - and growing more popular every day. Now, with The Heart of Yoga, acclaimed instructor Shiva Rea offers two of her most popular flow yoga classes, bringing these exhilarating alternatives to yoga students everywhere.

Dynamic Flow Session 1 is a 55-minute flowing yoga class for those familiar with basic yoga postures and the concept of Vinyasa Flow. The class has been devised to physically challenge the body by lengthening and strengthening all the major muscle groups as it takes the body through its complete range of movement. The class includes postures that fold, rotate and elongate the body. It will also help to clear and focus the mind, whilst the final relaxation will leave you feeling deeply relaxed, re-stored and invigorated.

This wonderfully fresh and revelatory book invites you to create a personal yoga practice that seamlessly melds health and well-being with spiritual insight, Earth stewardship, and cultural transformation. Wilderness guide and yoga instructor Rebecca Wildbear came to yoga after a life-threatening encounter with cancer in her twenties. Over years of teaching and healing, she devised the unique and user-friendly practice she presents in Wild Yoga. In this book, she guides you in connecting to the natural world and living from your soul while also addressing environmental activism.

There's a lot you probably don't know about the Buddha. For one, the real Buddha was thin. And before he became the "Enlightened One", he was a pampered prince named Siddhartha. He tried starving himself in his quest for inner peace, but found that extremes brought him no closer to enlightenment. Instead, he sought a "middle way" between unhealthy overindulgence and unrealistic abstinence. The instructions he gave his monks about eating, more than 2,500 years ago, were surprisingly simple.

Achieving inner peace doesn't require intense physical exertion or complex meditation practices. Yoga Nidra is a state of deep consciousness that promotes intense relaxation and self-discovery. Yoga Nidra can foster tranquility and calm amidst the everyday chaos of the modern world.

Meta Modern Era is a compelling and powerful book that introduces a tangible spiritual breakthrough for the twenty-first century—spontaneous self-realization through meditation—which opens a new dimension in human awareness. A Nobel Peace Prize nominee and one of the greatest voices on spirituality, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi offers deep insights into the crises of our modern times and the solutions to their root problems.

Everything in nature is comprised of at least one of the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether. This series seeks to synthesize the multiple facets of our bodies and souls, unlocking energy and emotions, calming and focusing our minds, and healing our bodies.

In this moment of your busy day, you're invited to experience deep rest and relaxation. Yoga Nidra, or "yoga of sleep", bridges the conscious and unconscious, allowing you to reconnect to your true inner self. The 10-step course in Practical Yoga Nidra teaches everything you need to know to start experiencing the proven benefits of Yoga Nidra meditation: clearer focus, better sleep, decreased anxiety, and more.

These five guided meditation yoga flows will help you to get your practice on anytime at a location of your choosing. Roll out your mat, grab your headphones, take a deep breath in, and press play.

The term vinyasa is given to flowing yoga sequences. Each movement made by the body is synchronized to a rhythmic flow of breath. Moving in such a way will lengthen and strengthen all of the major muscle groups of the body, improve circulation, and increase vitality.

Pranayamas are breathing techniques taught in yoga to increase and expand the vital life force (prana or qi) within the body. Regular breathing exercises can help reduce stress and tension, clear and focus the mind, and increase overall health and vitality. Pranayamas are easy to do and can be performed at a time and place that is most convenient for you.

This Hatha yoga class has been devised for surfers, kite surfers, windsurfers, wake boarders, knee boarders and water-skiers with little or no previous experience of yoga. Leading yoga professional Sue Fuller, who has many years experience teaching yoga to surfers, kite surfers, etc., created this class, which will improve flexibility, strength, co-ordination, balance and mental focus, helping you to take your sport to the next level.