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Yoga : the guide to poses, practices and more

Lucas, Lucy2021
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A comprehensive guide to yoga, its history, philosophy and how to incorporate the practice into your everyday life. Expert yoga practitioner Lucy Lucas offers fresh insight into the history, philosophy and science of yoga, helping you to truly understand its ancient wisdom. Sections include: What is Yoga? - Including Ashtanga, Vinyasa, hot yoga, Hatha/Iyengar and yin/restorative yoga History of Yoga - The ancients to the future Philosophy - Including awareness, aversion, discipline, discernment and letting be How Yoga works - From movement (including anatomy, dynamic poses, yin poses and restorative poses); to breath (including prana, the physical body and the nervous system; to energy (including chakras, pranayama and meditation) How to live with your Yoga - Including practices for purposes including joy, self-awareness, resilience, relaxation and pain management
Author:
Lucas, Lucy, author
Imprint:
London : Godsfield, 2021.©2021
Collation:
303 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
97818418149339781841814933 (paperback)
Dewey class:
613.7046
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
714466
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