Yoga XXL shows you how to create a safe, enjoyable, and effective yoga practice no matter what your age, size, shape, or physical fitness level. Yoga is not just for the lean and limber. With modified postures and props, everyone can experience yoga’s many health benefits including increased flexibility, strength, stamina, balance, energy, and calm.
For the person who has never done yoga before or the regular practitioner looking to refine their practice at home, Yoga XXL includes:
- Practical information about clothing, mats, and equipment
- Over 50 postures in a variety of positions including seated, lying down, and standing, chosen specifically for people with larger bodies and those with limited mobility
- Variations to accommodate every body shape, size, and fitness level to ensure comfort and safety
- Postures to ease back aches, tight muscles, and joint stiffness
- Quick daily routines to help recharge and relieve stress throughout the day
- Detailed instructions and photos illustrating each pose, and much more.
With Yoga XXL you’ll have everything you need to bring yoga – and more health and wellness – into your daily life immediately.
Tabella dei contenuti
Foreword
Part I: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
Chapter 1. Yoga is for everybody
Chapter 2. Getting started
Part II: YOGA FOR PEOPLE WITH BIGGER BODIES
Chapter 3. Postures lying on the back (supine)
Chapter 4. Postures lying on the side
Chapter 5. Postures lying on the stomach (prone)
Chapter 6. Seated postures and bows
Chapter 7. Seated postures and rotations
Chapter 8. Kneeling postures
Chapter 9. Standing postures and bows
Chapter 10. Standing postures with rotations
Chapter 11. Balancing postures
Chapter 12. Inversions
Chapter 13. Eye exercises
Chapter 14. Pranayama
Chapter 15. Relaxing postures
Chapter 16. Awareness and meditation
Part III: POSTURES IN FLOWING MOTION
Chapter 17. Swinging arms
Chapter 18. Fancy leg and footwork
Chapter 19. Arm and leg coordination
Part IV: ROUTINES TO HELP YOU DEVELOP A DAILY YOGA PRACTICE
Chapter 20. To wake up
Chapter 21. To re-align and relieve tensions
Chapter 22. To recharge
Chapter 23. To sleep well
Resources and recommended reading
Notes
Index
Circa l’autore
Ingrid Kollak, RN, Ph D, is a licensed yoga teacher accredited by the German and European professioanl boards of yoga teachers and has taught yoga in settings as varied as tranquil Indian retreats and international conferences. She has been a professor at Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences (ASH) in Berlin since 1995.
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