Descriere: The remarkable benefits of yoga, which include improved flexibility, balance, muscle tone, endurance, and vitality, only hint at the extraordinary power of this deeply spiritual practice. When adhered to and practiced mindfully, yoga can unlock readers' full creative potential, their capacity for love and compassion, and ability to find success in all areas of their lives. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga brings spirituality back to yoga. It shows how the Seven Spiritual Laws play a crucial role in yoga's path to enlightenment while providing readers with a wealth of meditation techniques, mantras, breathing exercises, and yoga poses. Whether a newcomer to yoga or an experienced practitioner, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga is a portal to yoga's deeper spiritual dimension and a beautiful step to a happier, more harmonious, and more abundant life.
Autori: David Simon, Deepak Chopra | Editura: John Wiley & Sons | Anul aparitiei: 2005 | ISBN: 9780471736271 | Numar de pagini: 207 | Categorie: Consumer
Beryl Bender Birch
Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout
The official yoga program of the New York Road Runners club, Power Yoga is a unique combination of dynamic breathing and strong, flowing movement, which creates a high-heat, high-energy workout. Unlike any other yoga program, Power Yoga is a choreographed sequence of postures that flow into one another, building strength, unwinding tight joints, and loosening muscles. Beautiful photographs and clear instructions guide you through this effective and popular routine. Based on the classical and original yoga system called astanga, Power Yoga is a complete mind and body workout that develops concentration and reduces stress. With its focus on mindful breathing and body heat, Power Yoga goes beyond the relaxation benefits of traditional yoga to offer a route to health and fitness that athletes of all levels will embrace.
Monona Rossol
Pick Your Poison: How Our Mad Dash to Chemical Utopia Is Making Lab Rats of Us All
How the chemicals in everyday products are killing us--and what the government is not doing about itDid you know that ""nontoxic"" usually means ""never tested""? Or that many green cleaners are good for the environment but terrible for you? Chemist and activist Monona Rossol goes from under your sink to the halls of the powerful, tracing America's love affair with chemicals that kill, explaining how much worse the problem has gotten in the last decade. Shocking and appalling and completely reckless--that's how she describes the current prevalence of harmful chemicals in our everyday lives. Scientists have started linking our increased rates of cancer, autism, obesity, and asthma (among others) to chemical exposure and Rossol points the finger directly at the companies and executives making millions of dollars by polluting our environment and introducing toxic chemicals into our bodies. She chronicles how everyday toxins get into our bodies and accumulate over time and provides us with inspiration to make changes at the checkout lines. She also explains that Americans are not nearly as well protected by our government as we might think we are. Unlike the European Union, the United ...
Bill Phillips
The principles of the Body For Life Program are surprisingly simple but remarkably powerful. Imagine, just 12 weeks from now, having the lean healthy body you've always wanted and not having to turn your life upside down to get it. Imagine having the energy to be at your peak from dawn to dusk, having the confidence to do all the things you've been putting off, and knowing that you really do have the power to change--not just your body but anything you set your mind to.In Body For Life Bill Phillips guides you, step by step, through the integrated Body-for-LIFE Program, which reveals: - How to lose fat and increase your strength by exercising less, not more;- How to tap into an endless source of energy by living with the Power MindsetTM;- How to create more time for everything meaningful in your life;- How to trade hours of aerobics for minutes of weight training with dramatic results;- How to make continual progress by using the High-Point Technique(TM);- How to feed your muscles while starving fat with the Nutrition-for-LIFE Method(TM);- How thousands of ordinary people have now become extraordinary and how you can, too.- How to gain control of your body and life, once and for ...