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Yoga XXL : a journey to health for bigger people / Ingrid Kollak, RN, PhD.

Yoga seventy (other title)
Yoga 70 (other title)

Kollak, Ingrid. (Author).

Summary:

Provides a guide to yoga for people of any size, including information about equipment, postures, and daily routines.

Record details

ISBN: 9781936303489
ISBN: 1936303485
Physical Description: xvii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher: New York : Demos Health, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I How to use this Book -- Chapter 1 Yoga Is For Everybody 3 -- Chapter 2 Getting Started 7 -- Part II Yoga for People with Bigger Bodies -- Chapter 3 Postures Lying on the Back (Supine) 19 -- Chapter 4 Postures Lying on the Side 47 -- Chapter 5 Postures Lying on the Stomach (Prone) 53 -- Chapter 6 Seated Postures and Bows 63 -- Chapter 7 Seated Postures and Rotations 79 -- Chapter 8 Kneeling Postures 91 -- Chapter 9 Standing Postures and Bows 107 -- Chapter 10 Standing Postures with Rotations 123 -- Chapter 11 Balancing Postures 133 -- Chapter 12 Inversions 141 -- Chapter 13 Eye Exercises 147 -- Chapter 14 Pranayama 155 -- Chapter 15 Relaxing Postures 165 -- Chapter 16 Awareness and Meditation 171 -- Part III Postures in Flowing Motion -- Chapter 17 Swinging Arms 181 -- Chapter 18 Fancy Leg and Footwork 189 -- Chapter 19 Arm and Leg Coordination 195 -- Part IV Routines to help you Develop a Daily Yoga Practice -- Chapter 20 To Wake Up 207 -- Chapter 21 To Relieve Tension 217 -- Chapter 22 To Recharge 229 -- Chapter 23 To Sleep Well 235.