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Yoga RX: A Step-by-Step Program to Promote Health, Wellness, and Healing for Common Ailments
East meets West as an assistant dean at the UCLA School of Medecine and a celebrity Yoga instructor show how to use ancient Yoga postures for treating dozens of common ailments.
Yoga has never been hotter in America, and now its benefits are being recognized far beyond the arenas of enlightenment and body sculpting. Yoga RX distills an array of postures into an easy-to-use regimen for anyone seeking relief for anything from back pain to the common cold.
Written by a highly respected professor of medecine and a renowned Yoga teacher and Yoga therapist whose clients include Warren Beatty, Ted Danson, and Dolly Parton, Yoga RX offers a holistic program based on the authors' research into the science of Yoga. Helping readers enhance their chances of disease prevention through increased circulation, strength, flexibility, and concentration, this accessible handbook also covers specific Yoga therapies for treating illnesses such
• Arthritis
• Headaches
• PMS
• Insomnia
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
In the tradition of The Pilates Body , this step-by-step, illustrated handbook is the ultimate prescription for healing body, mind, and soul.
Yoga has never been hotter in America, and now its benefits are being recognized far beyond the arenas of enlightenment and body sculpting. Yoga RX distills an array of postures into an easy-to-use regimen for anyone seeking relief for anything from back pain to the common cold.
Written by a highly respected professor of medecine and a renowned Yoga teacher and Yoga therapist whose clients include Warren Beatty, Ted Danson, and Dolly Parton, Yoga RX offers a holistic program based on the authors' research into the science of Yoga. Helping readers enhance their chances of disease prevention through increased circulation, strength, flexibility, and concentration, this accessible handbook also covers specific Yoga therapies for treating illnesses such
• Arthritis
• Headaches
• PMS
• Insomnia
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
In the tradition of The Pilates Body , this step-by-step, illustrated handbook is the ultimate prescription for healing body, mind, and soul.
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320 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2002
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May 16, 2018
I liked that each chapter has a thorough explanation of each ailment's difficulties, how to overcome them, success stories of others who have been healed using yoga, and a list of things to do to improve health, nutrition, and general well-being in addition to yoga.
But the yoga poses themselves were not what I expected. They had different names than traditional yoga poses. Many of the poses included actions did not seem to flow well through each posture when I tried them.
And the poses did not appear to help my ailments. Other yoga poses that I've tried with a yoga therapist or in yoga classes have helped me much better than the ones described in this book.
For instance, the chapter on menstruation doesn't even mention half-moon pose or pigeon pose, both of which are known to aid in relieving menstrual cramps.
I wish there were more poses recommended in each chapter, instead of just the 3-5 poses for each ailment. There's not a lot of poses to choose from, and the most of the same ones are repeated in various chapters again and again.
I was disappointed in this book. I suppose I just expected more from it. But it's still a good guide to understanding how some yoga poses will help the body to heal.
But the yoga poses themselves were not what I expected. They had different names than traditional yoga poses. Many of the poses included actions did not seem to flow well through each posture when I tried them.
And the poses did not appear to help my ailments. Other yoga poses that I've tried with a yoga therapist or in yoga classes have helped me much better than the ones described in this book.
For instance, the chapter on menstruation doesn't even mention half-moon pose or pigeon pose, both of which are known to aid in relieving menstrual cramps.
I wish there were more poses recommended in each chapter, instead of just the 3-5 poses for each ailment. There's not a lot of poses to choose from, and the most of the same ones are repeated in various chapters again and again.
I was disappointed in this book. I suppose I just expected more from it. But it's still a good guide to understanding how some yoga poses will help the body to heal.
November 20, 2019
Some basic, easy yoga routines to help promote healing.
March 24, 2014
This is an excellent resource that addresses several ailments, particularly those faced in our Western culture. There are yogic prescriptions for back and knee ailments, as well as migraines and gastro-intestinal issues, to name a few. The prescriptions are basic and accessible, even to those who are not seasoned yogis.
May 31, 2012
Great resource
September 4, 2013
So sorry this one isn't still in print. Lots of great practices for a variety of ailments. Very accessible to the Western Yogi.
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