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The Woman's Book of Yoga and Health is the first comprehensive
book about women's health issues and how to treat them with yoga. The
authors offer a complete yoga program for general health as well as pose
sequences that address specific health problems—all in the Iyengar
tradition, which targets health needs more than other forms of yoga. For
example, in the first part of the book, Patricia Walden has organized
three chapters showing yoga poses with clear instructions that tell how
to get into each pose and describe its benefits: chapter 1 is the
Essential Sequence for all women, and includes modifications for people
who cannot or should not do all the poses; chapter 2 is the Restorative
Sequence for stress relief and relaxation; chapter 3 contains advanced
poses that energize and tone.
The second part is presented in
four sections that broadly represent the stages of a woman's life: teen
years and early twenties, later twenties and thirties, midlife, and
wisdom years. Each section contains chapters offering specific
information about a particular health issue from author Linda Sparrowe,
as well as sequences of yoga poses from Patricia Walden that address the
problem. For example, the back care chapter includes information about
common back problems and their causes (scoliosis, arthritis, lordosis,
sciatica, kyphosis, among others) with an emphasis on emotional and
psychological roots of some back problems; physiological information
about the spine and back muscles; general information about how yoga
addresses different areas of the back; and finally, Patricia Walden's
sequences of poses that target different back problems with the goal of
not only relieving back pain but of strengthening, and healing old
injuries and misalignments.
Sections of the book include: Teens and Early 20s: Eating disorders, menstrual health, immune support 20s and 30s: Back care, pregnancy, headaches Midlife: Depression, menopause, digestion Wisdom Years: Osteoporosis, postmenopause, the heart
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final section of the book includes listings of yoga centers,
instructional videos, yoga equipment, and where to go for more
information about yoga.
363 pages. Paperback.
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Product Code: S-1638
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