Yoga Medicine

Author : Yoga Journal,Timothy McCall
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-31
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780553384062

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Yoga as Medicine by Yoga Journal,Timothy McCall Pdf

The definitive book of yoga therapy, this groundbreaking work comes to you from the medical editor of the country’s premier yoga magazine, who is both a practicing yogi and a Western-trained physician. Beginning with an overview of the history and science of yoga, Dr. McCall describes the many different techniques in the yoga tool kit; explains what yoga does and who can benefit from it (virtually everyone!); and provides lavishly illustrated and minutely detailed instructions on starting a yoga practice geared to your fitness level and your health status. Yoga as Medicine offers a wealth of practical information, including how to: •Utilize yogic tools, including postures, breathing techniques, and meditation, for both prevention and healing of illness •Master the art of becoming more in tune with your body •Communicate more effectively with your doctor •Adopt therapeutic yoga practices as either an alternative or a complement to surgery and to expensive, sometimes dangerous medications •Practice safely Find an instructor and a style of yoga that are right for you. With twenty chapters devoted to the work of individual master teachers, including such well-known figures as Patricia Walden, John Friend, and Rodney Yee, Yoga as Medicine shows how these experts have applied the wisdom of this ancient holistic practice to twenty different conditions, ranging from arthritis to chronic fatigue, depression, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, infertility, insomnia, multiple sclerosis, and obesity. Defining yoga as “a systematic technology to improve the body, understand the mind, and free the spirit,” Dr. McCall shows the way to a path that can truly alter your life. An indispensable guide for the millions who now practice yoga or would like to begin, as well as for yoga teachers, body workers, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals.

Author : Lauren Walker
Publisher : Sounds True
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10
Category : Energy medicine
ISBN : 162203354X

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Energy Medicine Yoga by Lauren Walker Pdf

"Harness your energy to heal your body; strengthen and balance your immune system; boost your vitality and stamina; includes a supercharged 20-minute practice"--Cover.

Author : Tiffany Cruikshank
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781781807965

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Meditate Your Weight by Tiffany Cruikshank Pdf

Hundreds of medical studies have shown the spectacular health benefits of meditation. Now Tiffany Cruikshank, founder of Yoga Medicine, puts that scientific research to good, practical use by incorporating easy-to-use, targeted meditations into a unique weight-loss programme. This 21-day plan optimizes health as well as body image by tapping the hidden strength of the mind. We learn a whole new way to lose weight and it takes just a few relaxing and energizing minutes a day. Learn: • How to get started: advice for new meditators (no weird positions or chants required) • 3, 5, 7 and 10 minute meditations that bust cravings, break self-defeating habits, stress-proof the body and reboot the brain • What to eat - and the top 5 foods to consider avoiding • How to continue your success after your 21-day retreat • Bonus: 10 stress-relieving, cardio-revving yoga exercises to complement the plan Each day of the plan in Meditate Your Weight helps you explore and release what's weighing you down physically, emotionally and mentally – the mental blocks, thoughts, habits and behaviours that stand in your way – to make it easier to think more clearly, make better choices and maximize metabolism. As you lighten up on the inside, you'll lighten up on the outside!

Author : Tiffany Cruikshank L Ac
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Mind and body
ISBN : 1505524970

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Optimal Health for a Vibrant Life by Tiffany Cruikshank L Ac Pdf

Optimal Health for a Vibrant Life is a 30-day guide to optimizing your health with nutrition, herbs, myofascial release, yoga and simple home remedies. This book will lead you through a step-by-step program to cleanse your body of impurities and toxins and to crete simple, long-term changes that will produce results for years to come.

Author : Steven F. Brena
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Hatha yoga
ISBN : UOM:39015004404821

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Yoga & Medicine by Steven F. Brena Pdf

Author : Larry Payne, Ph.D., E-RYT500, YTRX,Terra Gold, M.A., L.Ac., E-RYT500, YTRX,Eden Goldman, D.C., E-RYT500, YTRX
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781591207238

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Yoga Therapy & Integrative Medicine by Larry Payne, Ph.D., E-RYT500, YTRX,Terra Gold, M.A., L.Ac., E-RYT500, YTRX,Eden Goldman, D.C., E-RYT500, YTRX Pdf

Use friendly reference guide detailing a wide range of approaches, the book is designed to educate medical professionals, students, yoga teachers, academia, and the general public on alternative treatment methodss and the game-changing therapeutic framework for Yoga Therapy's application as a complementary treatment approach.

Author : Ana T. Forrest
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780062091734

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Fierce Medicine by Ana T. Forrest Pdf

In Fierce Medicine, Ana Forrest, charismatic teacher and founder of Forrest Yoga, combines physical practice, eastern wisdom, and profound Native American ceremony to help heal everything from addictive behaviors and eating disorders to chronic pain and injury. Fierce Medicine is also part memoir, detailing Ana Forrest's journey to move beyond her past as she helps others to do the same. Filled with helpful yoga exercises, Fierce Medicine teaches us to reconnect with our bodies, cultivate balance, and start living in harmony with our Spirits.

Author : Neil Pearson,Shelly Prosko,Marlysa Sullivan
Publisher : Singing Dragon
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780857013545

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Yoga and Science in Pain Care by Neil Pearson,Shelly Prosko,Marlysa Sullivan Pdf

The book takes an integrated approach to pain rehabilitation and combines pain science, rehabilitation and yoga with evidence-based approaches from respected contributors. They demonstrate how to integrate the concepts, philosophies and practices of yoga and pain science in working with people in pain. An essential and often overlooked part of pain rehabilitation is listening to, working with, learning from, and validating the person in pain's lived experience. The book expounds on the movement to a more patient-valued, partnership-based biopsychosocial-spiritual model of healthcare where the patient is an active and empowered participant, as opposed to a model where the healthcare provider is 'fixing' the passive patient. It also explains how practitioners can address the entire human being in pain, and how to include the person as an expert for more effective and self-empowered care.

Author : Yoga Journal,Timothy McCall
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-31
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780553903942

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Yoga as Medicine by Yoga Journal,Timothy McCall Pdf

The definitive book of yoga therapy, this groundbreaking work comes to you from the medical editor of the country’s premier yoga magazine, who is both a practicing yogi and a Western-trained physician. Beginning with an overview of the history and science of yoga, Dr. McCall describes the many different techniques in the yoga tool kit; explains what yoga does and who can benefit from it (virtually everyone!); and provides lavishly illustrated and minutely detailed instructions on starting a yoga practice geared to your fitness level and your health status. Yoga as Medicine offers a wealth of practical information, including how to: •Utilize yogic tools, including postures, breathing techniques, and meditation, for both prevention and healing of illness •Master the art of becoming more in tune with your body •Communicate more effectively with your doctor •Adopt therapeutic yoga practices as either an alternative or a complement to surgery and to expensive, sometimes dangerous medications •Practice safely Find an instructor and a style of yoga that are right for you. With twenty chapters devoted to the work of individual master teachers, including such well-known figures as Patricia Walden, John Friend, and Rodney Yee, Yoga as Medicine shows how these experts have applied the wisdom of this ancient holistic practice to twenty different conditions, ranging from arthritis to chronic fatigue, depression, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, infertility, insomnia, multiple sclerosis, and obesity. Defining yoga as “a systematic technology to improve the body, understand the mind, and free the spirit,” Dr. McCall shows the way to a path that can truly alter your life. An indispensable guide for the millions who now practice yoga or would like to begin, as well as for yoga teachers, body workers, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals.

Author : Loren Fishman,Carol Ardman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-14
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780393343311

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Yoga for Back Pain by Loren Fishman,Carol Ardman Pdf

"To many of his patients [Dr. Fishman] is a miracle worker." —Jane E. Brody, New York Times “Stunningly innovative. . . . This is the first book in which the different causes of back pain are identified and assigned appropriate yoga poses. Individuals of any age, even those unfamiliar with yoga, will be able to follow Dr. Fishman’s simple instructions.” —Joan White, Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States Let internationally renowned rehabilitation specialist Loren Fishman, MD, be your personal instructor for a healthier back! With down-to-earth techniques and instruction for all levels, Cure Back Pain with Yoga helps you: • distinguish between the nine major causes of backache; • target your source of pain through diagnosis-specific yoga poses; • manage, reduce, and ultimately end your pain. Depending on the severity and chronicity of your pain, the postures in this guide, described in detail and illustrated by photographs, will help you determine how to start your own yoga practice or alter your existing practice in order to achieve lasting comfort and strength.

Author : Ingrid Yang,Kyle Fahey
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781492596653

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Adaptive Yoga by Ingrid Yang,Kyle Fahey Pdf

The massive growth in the popularity of yoga as a form of exercise and as a method of maintaining whole-body wellness has led to thousands of published research studies confirming what yoga practitioners already know: Yoga relieves stress, improves mental and emotional health, enhances sleep, relieves low back pain and neck pain, promotes weight loss, and even enables smoking cessation. Further study has proven that yoga helps individuals with disabilities improve their functional activities of daily living, recover from injuries, gain mobility, experience less pain, and manage anxiety and depressive symptoms. Adaptive Yoga takes these studies out of the research labs and onto the yoga mat to empower individuals with disabilities or chronic health conditions to create an effective and safe yoga practice. If you work with these special populations as a yoga teacher or rehabilitative therapist, you will find guidance and recommended poses for some of the most common conditions and disabilities, including these: Low back pain Hip, knee, and rheumatoid arthritis Spinal cord injury Stroke Cerebral palsy Lower limb amputation Parkinson’s disease Multiple sclerosis Each pose is presented in detail so you fully understand how it helps the student improve functionality. The text instructs the reader on how to enter, hold, and exit the pose safely, as well as why the pose is beneficial for that condition. When appropriate, contraindications are presented so the yoga practice can be tailored to address any additional conditions or limitations. Challenge variations and restorative modifications for many poses make further individualization possible. In Adaptive Yoga, authors Ingrid Yang, MD, and Kyle Fahey, DPT, have combined their extensive backgrounds in yoga, medicine, and physical therapy with their unique insights and passion for movement and rehabilitation to present an essential guide for helping those with chronic conditions experience the countless physical and mental benefits of yoga practice.

Author : Sarah Powers
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780834822429

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Insight Yoga by Sarah Powers Pdf

Acclaimed yoga and meditation teacher Sarah Powers is known and loved for her unique approach—Insight Yoga—which combines traditional yoga with the meridians of Chinese medicine, as well as Buddhist meditation. Using Yin (passive) and Yang (dynamic) poses, she demonstrates a series of different yoga sequences that bring benefit to organs, muscles, joints, and tendons—as well as the mind. She also provides a foundational explanation of traditional Chinese medicine theory and mindfulness meditation instruction. Sarah Powers brings us on an inspiring journey inward, and shows the path for cultivating a lasting relationship with yoga that cultivates and strengthens our physical well-being and our mental and emotional clarity.

Author : Bhushan Patwardhan,Gururaj Mutalik,Girish Tillu
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128014349

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Integrative Approaches for Health by Bhushan Patwardhan,Gururaj Mutalik,Girish Tillu Pdf

Despite spectacular advances, modern medicine faces formidable global challenges in several key areas—notably the persistence of major killer diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy, and newer threats including HIV/AIDS, resistant infections, and Ebola. As such, modern medicine has not led to a significant decrease in chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, and other degenerative and autoimmune diseases. The authors believe that modern medicine needs to experience a paradigm shift, an integration of traditions—in particular from the ancient systems like Ayurveda and Yoga. Integrative Approaches for Health: Biomedical Research, Ayurveda and Yoga brings together the basic principles of interdisciplinary systems approach for an evolving construct of future medicine. Such an approach is already emerging at the cutting edge of current research in omics, bioinformatics, computational and systems biology. Several leading institutions of medicine have adopted Yoga and complementary medicine to widen their reach, and deepen effectiveness in therapeutic practices. The amalgam of modern medicine, with its strengths in scientific rigor, blended with the basic principles of life drawn from Ayurveda and Yoga might evolve into a medicine of tomorrow. Integrative approaches are no longer alternative, perhaps taking these approaches is the only possible way to heal our sick planet. This book introduces important trends and tools for biomedical researchers and physicians alike, to innovate the practice of medicine for the better. Contains a harmonious confluence of ancient and modern concepts, historical perspectives, philosophical underpinnings, and a relevant review of literature supported by worldwide case studies. Provides a critical analysis of ancient wisdom, pointing to potential areas for future research, which provide food for thought for public debate on integrative health care for the twenty-first century. Explains Ayurveda knowledge, and its relevance to drug discovery, nutrition, genomics, epigenetics, regenerative biology, longevity and personalized medicine. Shares Yoga knowledge insights, and explains its relevance to body–mind complex relationships, psychology, neurobiology, immunoendocrinology, bioenergetics, consciousness, and cognitive sciences. Offers illustrations and logic diagrams for enhanced understanding of the concepts presented.

Author : Telles, Shirley,Gupta, Ram Kumar
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781799832553

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Handbook of Research on Evidence-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga and Its Applications by Telles, Shirley,Gupta, Ram Kumar Pdf

While yoga was originally intended to be practiced for spiritual growth, there is an increasing interest in applying yoga in all areas of life. It is important to understand this ancient science and way of life through as many perspectives as possible (e.g., based on biomedical engineering). As its popularity and interest grows, more practitioners want to know about the proven physiological effects and uses in healthcare. The Handbook of Research on Evidence-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga and Its Applications provides research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of yoga therapy and its physiological effects from diverse, evidence-based viewpoints. The book adds in-depth information regarding the (1) physiological effects of yoga; (2) neurobiological effects of yoga meditation; (3) psychological benefits related to yoga, such as mental wellbeing; (4) molecular changes associated with yoga practice; and (5) therapeutic applications (for lymphedema, mental health disorders, non-communicable diseases, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and trauma, among other conditions). Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as pain management, psychotherapy, and trauma treatment, this book is ideally designed for yoga practitioners, physicians, medical professionals, health experts, mental health professionals, therapists, counselors, psychologists, spiritual leaders, academicians, researchers, and students.

Author : David Emerson,Elizabeth Hopper, Ph.D.
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781583945339

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Overcoming Trauma through Yoga by David Emerson,Elizabeth Hopper, Ph.D. Pdf

Survivors of trauma—whether abuse, accidents, or war—can end up profoundly wounded, betrayed by their bodies that failed to get them to safety and that are a source of pain. In order to fully heal from trauma, a connection must be made with oneself, including one’s body. The trauma-sensitive yoga described in this book moves beyond traditional talk therapies that focus on the mind, by bringing the body actively into the healing process. This allows trauma survivors to cultivate a more positive relationship to their body through gentle breath, mindfulness, and movement practices. Overcoming Trauma through Yoga is a book for survivors, clinicians, and yoga instructors who are interested in mind/body healing. It introduces trauma-sensitive yoga, a modified approach to yoga developed in collaboration between yoga teachers and clinicians at the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, led by yoga teacher David Emerson, along with medical doctor Bessel van der Kolk. The book begins with an in-depth description of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including a description of how trauma is held in the body and the need for body-based treatment. It offers a brief history of yoga, describes various styles of yoga commonly found in Western practice, and identifies four key themes of trauma-sensitive yoga. Chair-based exercises are described that can be incorporated into individual or group therapy, targeting specific treatment goals, and modifications are offered for mat-based yoga classes. Each exercise includes trauma-sensitive language to introduce the practice, as well as photographs to illustrate the poses. The practices have been offered to a wide range of individuals and groups, including men and women, teens, returning veterans, and others. Rounded out by valuable quotes and case stories, the book presents mindfulness, breathing, and yoga exercises that can be used by home practitioners, yoga teachers, and therapists as a way to cultivate awareness, tolerance, and an increased acceptance of the self.