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Yoga to Stay Young: Simple Poses to Keep You Flexible, Strong, and Pain-Free
Stay Flexible and Fit for Life—Practical Yoga for Any Age
Now, you don't have to take a yoga class to learn how to relieve pain, improve posture, and feel healthy. Yoga to Stay Young is the perfect, practical guide for active seniors who want to start from square one to build strength and gain flexibility for a lifetime.
From simple neck stretches to more advanced moves like the downward-facing dog and the tree pose, you'll explore beginner-friendly poses guided by clear, color illustrations. You'll perfect your form, find balance, get stronger, and manage pain. Yoga to Stay Young can help you get the most out of your new yoga journey. Yoga is a practice that can be tailored to everybody—all ages and physical ability levels. It's never too late to learn these helpful poses and embrace a healthier lifestyle.
This essential yoga book
Balance your way to healing and body bliss with this complete yoga guide for seniors.
Now, you don't have to take a yoga class to learn how to relieve pain, improve posture, and feel healthy. Yoga to Stay Young is the perfect, practical guide for active seniors who want to start from square one to build strength and gain flexibility for a lifetime.
From simple neck stretches to more advanced moves like the downward-facing dog and the tree pose, you'll explore beginner-friendly poses guided by clear, color illustrations. You'll perfect your form, find balance, get stronger, and manage pain. Yoga to Stay Young can help you get the most out of your new yoga journey. Yoga is a practice that can be tailored to everybody—all ages and physical ability levels. It's never too late to learn these helpful poses and embrace a healthier lifestyle.
This essential yoga book
Balance your way to healing and body bliss with this complete yoga guide for seniors.
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210 pages, Paperback
Published March 10, 2020
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March 21, 2020
Yoga to Stay Young: Simple Poses to Keep You Flexible, Strong, and Pain-Free by Rachel Scott
I love this book. The information is laid out in an easy-to-use format and has lots of yoga poses and information to explain meditation, breathing, creating a yoga space. Seriously, there is yoga for reading, knitting, playing games or cards, and so much more. The one I loved was the yoga for bedtime, the chair yoga sequence, and the hands-free yoga. I was drawn to this book because I’m getting older and I need to do strength exercises. I have tried yoga in the past (no formal lessons or class), and this book seemed quite accessible and easy to use. Plus, my anxiety has been on the high side lately and this book offered a good routine to reduce stress and anxiety.
The author stated in the introduction she believes yoga is a tool “that can help anyone cultivate strength, flexibility, and mindfulness,” and that is what I was looking for in Yoga to Stay Young. The author also mentioned that simple yoga poses could deliver great results, and the poses don’t have to be “fancy.”
For example, the downward facing dog pose actively works to lengthen the spine and create healthy traction (low back and joint pain and rounding of the low back).
I liked the suggestion about trying to create a special place to practice yoga, clear any clutter, put out a plant or candle, and make the space feel special and peaceful.
Yoga to Stay Young has each yoga pose with a description, step-by-step instructions, modifications and variations, and tips for practice. The author says you can do the poses on their own or create a routine for yourself through one of their suggested sequences.
This would be great as an audiobook so you can listen while attempting the poses rather than trying to read the pose and have to swipe to see the rest of the instructions.
The author, Rachel Scott, has a YouTube channel, website, and free online classes at doyogawithme.com. Nice.
A good resource to have on hand to practice yoga and stay grounded and flexible!
#YogatoStayYoung #NetGalley
I love this book. The information is laid out in an easy-to-use format and has lots of yoga poses and information to explain meditation, breathing, creating a yoga space. Seriously, there is yoga for reading, knitting, playing games or cards, and so much more. The one I loved was the yoga for bedtime, the chair yoga sequence, and the hands-free yoga. I was drawn to this book because I’m getting older and I need to do strength exercises. I have tried yoga in the past (no formal lessons or class), and this book seemed quite accessible and easy to use. Plus, my anxiety has been on the high side lately and this book offered a good routine to reduce stress and anxiety.
The author stated in the introduction she believes yoga is a tool “that can help anyone cultivate strength, flexibility, and mindfulness,” and that is what I was looking for in Yoga to Stay Young. The author also mentioned that simple yoga poses could deliver great results, and the poses don’t have to be “fancy.”
For example, the downward facing dog pose actively works to lengthen the spine and create healthy traction (low back and joint pain and rounding of the low back).
I liked the suggestion about trying to create a special place to practice yoga, clear any clutter, put out a plant or candle, and make the space feel special and peaceful.
Yoga to Stay Young has each yoga pose with a description, step-by-step instructions, modifications and variations, and tips for practice. The author says you can do the poses on their own or create a routine for yourself through one of their suggested sequences.
This would be great as an audiobook so you can listen while attempting the poses rather than trying to read the pose and have to swipe to see the rest of the instructions.
The author, Rachel Scott, has a YouTube channel, website, and free online classes at doyogawithme.com. Nice.
A good resource to have on hand to practice yoga and stay grounded and flexible!
#YogatoStayYoung #NetGalley
September 16, 2020
I hit yoga hard once the March COVID lockdown began. Every day I used this fantastic app and truly felt the benefits of yoga during the most stressful and sad times worldwide ever (in my lifetime so far). I'm definitely not a spring chicken, nor am I near the senior citizen mark, however once I did yoga every day for a month, I did feel younger, more spry, flexible, and most importantly, a larger sense of ease. Unfortunately, I'm on week six of having had three herniated discs in my lower back, and my doctor immediately said 'no more yoga'. Luckily, in reading Yoga to Stay Young (at such a great time), I was immediately excited to get back into it the minute I am cleared to do so. Rachel Scott provides a lot of simple information that I could easily digest. I"m not focused on the breathing part normally, but with it being described in this book as 'another powerful tool...engaging in a powerful healing process...' I"m all for it now. I was also incredibly happy to see 'Yoga for Spinal Issues' with moves that I have tried. I think this book came at exactly the moment I needed it to. The illustrations are well done, easy to follow, and not impossible in the least. #YogatoStayYoung #NetGalley
March 14, 2020
Although this book is title Yoga to stay Young, I think that it will be welcomed by anyone who is new to yoga and wondering about giving it a try. The author is a highly experienced yoga teacher. She is a gentle and reliable guide to all of the poses that are included in the text.
The book begins with some basics including a brief history of yoga, a section on why yoga works and another on making yoga a personal practice. This is followed by poses in sections that focus on different body parts such as the neck and shoulders, the hips, buttocks and hamstrings, the knees and more. The book next includes yoga sequences that are related to different kinds of activities; included, for instance, are poses for waking up, walking or lifting heavy things, followed by yoga for activities such as running, swimming or biking. There is even a section on yoga for exercise recovery and one for aches and pains.
I highly recommend this title for readers who are looking for a helpful introduction to yoga. Order your mat and begin!
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title in exchange for an honest review.
The book begins with some basics including a brief history of yoga, a section on why yoga works and another on making yoga a personal practice. This is followed by poses in sections that focus on different body parts such as the neck and shoulders, the hips, buttocks and hamstrings, the knees and more. The book next includes yoga sequences that are related to different kinds of activities; included, for instance, are poses for waking up, walking or lifting heavy things, followed by yoga for activities such as running, swimming or biking. There is even a section on yoga for exercise recovery and one for aches and pains.
I highly recommend this title for readers who are looking for a helpful introduction to yoga. Order your mat and begin!
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title in exchange for an honest review.
March 4, 2020
I chose to read this book after receiving a free copy from the publisher. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.
After having neck surgery last summer, I wasn’t able to do much of anything for a few weeks until my bone was fused with the hardware that was placed in my neck. Since then, I’ve had trouble getting back my pre-surgery strength. Yoga to Stay Young is helping me do that! I’ve started with some of the beginning poses and plan on working my way up.
The instructions are simple enough for me to understand and at the beginning it explains the importance of the correct posture for the poses. Each pose tells what area(s) it is good for and reminders about the pose.
I like the last part, the sequences, the most. It lists suggested sequences of poses for everyday activities like waking up or playing cards or playing golf. It also has sequences for aches and pains which is helpful to overcome pain.
Yoga to Stay Young is a great book to get if you want to learn yoga, get moving, or stay moving.
After having neck surgery last summer, I wasn’t able to do much of anything for a few weeks until my bone was fused with the hardware that was placed in my neck. Since then, I’ve had trouble getting back my pre-surgery strength. Yoga to Stay Young is helping me do that! I’ve started with some of the beginning poses and plan on working my way up.
The instructions are simple enough for me to understand and at the beginning it explains the importance of the correct posture for the poses. Each pose tells what area(s) it is good for and reminders about the pose.
I like the last part, the sequences, the most. It lists suggested sequences of poses for everyday activities like waking up or playing cards or playing golf. It also has sequences for aches and pains which is helpful to overcome pain.
Yoga to Stay Young is a great book to get if you want to learn yoga, get moving, or stay moving.
March 2, 2020
Easy to read. Page layouts are clean, simple & visibly pleasing. Basic explanations of poses are easy to understand and I really like that options/alternatives are explained too. I like how the poses are divided by areas of body and then have chapters on sequence suggestions. My favorite chapter was chapter 13-sequences for aches and pains! What a great idea!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I will be buying the kindle version so I have it with me when traveling!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I will be buying the kindle version so I have it with me when traveling!
October 29, 2020
A very informative book for those who are beginners to advanced in their yoga practice. I highly recommend this book for teacher training. Includes:
name of pose with sanscript, benefit for areas of the body, detailed instructions for sequence of body positioning for pose,
nice illustrations for pose, number of breaths for each pose and additional reference books recommended by the author who has extensive teacher training. I definitely give this book 5 STARS.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book.
name of pose with sanscript, benefit for areas of the body, detailed instructions for sequence of body positioning for pose,
nice illustrations for pose, number of breaths for each pose and additional reference books recommended by the author who has extensive teacher training. I definitely give this book 5 STARS.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book.
March 10, 2020
I read this quickly since I've practiced yoga for many years, and the content is pretty concise. It will be excellent for those new to yoga. The author obviously knows her stuff, and has very good suggestions on proper poses and breathing and more. The sequence topics (e.g. for card players) are rather unique but probably a good idea. The sequences are also very reasonable. Recommended for those starting out.
Thanks very much for the ARC for review!!
Thanks very much for the ARC for review!!
May 10, 2024
A good book
A good book for people who are not disabled but not so good for those who are. Such a shame as the disabled community knows we need to be as agile as possible
A good book for people who are not disabled but not so good for those who are. Such a shame as the disabled community knows we need to be as agile as possible
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