"No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how resilient your genes are, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Science journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure...

"Heartfulness is an ideal, a spiritual way of living by and from the heart that is inclusive of all ideologies, beliefs, and religions. In this heart-centered book, a student in conversation with his teacher, Kamlesh D. Patel--affectionately known as Daaji, the fourth and current spiritual guide of the century-old Heartfulness tradition--present a unique method of meditation with the power to facilitate an immediate, tangible spiritual experience,...

From an acclaimed master yoga teacher and creator of one of the most popular yoga blogs on the Internet comes a contemporary guide to the full mind-body practice, combining intention and enlightenment with athleticism and physicality. While the practice of yoga encourages fitness, its benefits extend far beyond the physical. In order to have a beautiful, fit body, a yoga practitioner must understand and respect its inextricable link to mind and spirit....

A guide to the most sophisticated teachings of the yoga wisdom tradition that explains how the yoga sages have explored the essential questions of human existence and helped people live an optimal life.

Discover the basics of practicing yoga by tracing the story of its beginnings in India, showing how its earliest practitioners observed things in nature, such as trees, cats, snakes, and lions, and then imitated their poses. They realized that the most simple and natural thing to do is breathe; the practice of yoga starts with becoming mindful of one's own breath and then learning how to breathe and do nothing more. This book includes a reading guide...

"Con su sencilla introducción a las principales posturas de yoga, Miho Takao, doctora en medicina, especialista en obstetricia y ginecóloga y médica deportiva, nos ayuda a reconducir nuestra postura, tonificar los músculos y recuperar la salud y energía juveniles" -- "By introducing main yoga postures in a simple way, Miho Takao, who is a professor at the Jikei University College of Medicine in Tokyo, allows us to redirect our posture, tone...

A fully illustrated, step-by-step program that improves the mobility of seniors and promotes long-term health. Flexibility is vital for staying active and healthy at any age. For aging adults, good mobility drastically improves quality of life and the ability to live independently. Featuring 200 step-by-step photos and a lay-flat binding, Restoring Flexibility offers a safe, age-appropriate, and individually customizable program to help restore joint...

Learn the safe and easy way to benefit from the practice of yoga. Payne ande Feuerstein help you design and follow your own personal program in order to achieve your fittest, healthiest, happiest self.

This illustrated book provides step-by-step instructions for sixteen yoga poses. "Las posturas y prácticas de este libro están destinadas a aquellos niños y niñas que, desde el momento en que se despiertan, no pueden contener su inagotable energía. Escrito en colaboración con la asociación AIYB, Yoga de buena mañana propone un ritual diario para ayudar a los niños y las niñas a despertarse y prepararse para el nuevo día. Los ejercicios...