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- Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
- Kategorie: Ratgeber
- Serie: In A Day For Dummies
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012
Learn basic yoga postures and series in a day? Easy. Want to start enjoying the benefits of yoga today? The secret's out--you can quickly get up-to-speed on the basics of yoga and begin your workout with the help of this fun guide. Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies gives you an easy-to-follow introduction on the essential beginning elements of yoga. It's packed with tips and advice for staying balanced while maintaining proper posture (when sitting or standing) and step-by-step instructions for basic yoga sequences. * An overview on the basic philosophy and benefits of Yoga * Essential keys to posture, sitting, and standing * The mechanics and practice of breathing during Yoga practice * A recommended routine for beginners * Online component takes you beyond the book with bonus content and features Get ready to start reaping the many benefits of this ancient practice with Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies.
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Basic Yoga Postures and Series In A Day For Dummies®
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Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies®
by Georg Feuerstein, PhD and Larry Payne, PhD
Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies®
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Published simultaneously in Canada
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Introduction
More than 15 million Americans practice Yoga of one kind or another, and many more millions of Yoga practitioners live in other parts of the world. Yoga isn’t a fad. It has been around in the West for well over a hundred years and has a history of approximately five millennia. It’s clearly here to stay.
Yoga has brought health and peace of mind to millions of people, and it can do the same for you. We encourage you to get to know Yoga with Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies as your guide.
What You Can Do In A Day
The goal of Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies is to introduce you to the basic postures, series, and breathing techniques of Yoga. If you know anything about Yoga, you probably know that it encompasses all aspects of life: mind, body, and spirit. Here, we focus exclusively on the fitness aspects and do so in small chunks. We give you sitting and standing postures, balance postures, the common sun salutation, and a routine for beginners. The beauty of this setup is that you can spend a few minutes focusing on breathing techniques or take more time to practice the postures.
To help you work your way through this book, we’ve set up a few conventions:
In English, you customarily write yoga in lowercase letters. However, throughout this book, we write the word with an initial capital letter — Yoga — to emphasize that Yoga is a self-contained system or tradition, like Zen, Hinduism, or Buddhism. The adjective of Yoga is yogic.
Yoga is made up of many branches. The focus of this book is on Hatha (pronounced haht-ha) Yoga, which works primarily with the body through postures, breathing exercises, and other similar techniques.
We use the words pose and posture interchangeably, although we use posture in the names of specific postures.
A final note: For your safety, be sure to read all the instructions when getting ready to practice the exercises. Don’t just glance at the illustrations and think you can leap right in. Although the illustrations are very helpful tools, they don’t give you the whole story needed to practice safe and effective Yoga.
Foolish Assumptions
We’ve made some general assumptions about you, the reader. First, we assume that you’re interested in reaping some benefits from practicing Yoga. Second, we assume that you don’t have much (if any) experience with Yoga. Finally, we assume that you’re curious and willing to find out more. If you fall into any of these categories, Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies is for you!
Icons Used in This Book
Throughout this book, you may notice little pictures in the margins. You can use these icons ashelpful pointers to information you don’t want to miss. Following is a list of icons used in this book:
This icon points you toward helpful information that can make your yogic journey a little smoother.
Be sure to check out the information marked by this icon; it points out potential dangers you want to avoid.
The paragraphs sitting next to this baby are pretty note- worthy. You may want to jot them down somewhere or highlight them for later reference.
