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This book offers a scientific approach to understanding the practice of hatha yoga. Through four-color, three-dimensional illustrations of major muscles, tendons, and ligaments, Ray Long describes the practice and benefits of hatha yoga. Specific anatomical and physiological descriptions highlight the agonist, antagonist, and synergist muscles that come into play with each pose. Volume II of the series illustrates the correct muscle use during key poses of hatha yoga. From beginners to experts, this book will become a constant companion…. More >>
The Key Poses of Yoga: Scientific Keys, Volume II
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Experience the physical benefits and body awareness from hatha yoga—the most popular form of yoga today. Hatha Yoga Illustrated presents nearly 650 full-color photos to visually demonstrate 77 standard poses from hatha yoga that apply to all major hatha styles including Iyengar, Astanga, Anusara, and Bikram.
Individual poses are presented from start to finish, showing you how to achieve proper alignment and breathing to ensure challenging yet safe execution. The result is an increase in the effectiveness, both physically and mentally, you’ll experience with each pose. Several pose variations based on your personal preference, ability, and fitness level are also included.
Eleven sample yoga routines show how to assemble the poses into workouts that meet your specific time, difficulty, and intensity parameters. Colorful and comprehensive, Hatha Yoga Illustrated is organized for your ultimate convenience and use. Use it to guide yo… More >>
Hatha Yoga Illustrated
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From a 2-time Olympic Coach and author, Dr. Nicholas Romanov, comes the much anticipated Pose Method of Triathlon Techniques. This book introduces a uniform approach to three different sports and shows you how to seamlessly blend them into triathlon. 2 Olympic games and 4 National Teams later, Dr. Romanov offers you his insight and experience of over 35 years of working with athletes of all levels. In this book, Dr. Romanov, the developer of the Pose Method, who gained international acclaim through his revolutionary Pose Running technique, the only running technique in the world scientifically proven to reduce impact on knees by 50%, introduces everyone to the Pose Method of Cycling and the Pose Method of Swimming. N. Romanov, Ph.D., offers clear, concise and pragmatic instruction on swimming, cycling and running techniques. Following the principles of the Pose Method, the Swimming and Cycling techniques are also built around the work of gravity and… More >>
Pose Method of Triathlon Techniques
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A relaxing yoga sequence for toddlers
Here is a soothing sequence of nine simple yoga poses perfect for helping young children to wind down before nap or bedtime. Toddlers will love moving along with Yoga Baby in poses that mimic nighttime animals?from bats and owls to tired bunnies and sleepy bees. This interactive picture book also includes useful information for parents and educators, and photographic demonstrations of each pose.
Bright, colorful, and accessible, Sleepy Little Yoga is a great way for little ones to enjoy the benefits of yoga…. More >>
Sleepy Little Yoga: A Toddler’s Sleepy Book of Yoga
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This book offers a scientific approach to understanding the practice of hatha yoga. Through four-color, three-dimensional illustrations of major muscles, tendons, and ligaments, Ray Long describes the practice and benefits of hatha yoga. Specific anatomical and physiological descriptions highlight the agonist, antagonist, and synergist muscles that come into play with each pose. Volume I of the series describes the key muscles of hatha yoga and how they are utilized. From beginners to experts, this book will become a constant companion…. More >>
The Key Muscles of Yoga: Scientific Keys, Volume I
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Internationally renowned yoga instructor Rodney Yee is the instructor of more than 26 best-selling yoga videos. In Moving toward Balance, he outlines an eight-week program of yoga postures, meditation, and breath awareness designed to lead us toward the emotional and physical balance we all crave in life. Each week introduces a new category of poses–forward bends, twists, backbends, inversions shown with variations to accommodate different levels of strength and flexibility. Along with the instruction, the text explains the significance of each pose and how it contributes on physiological and psychological levels to a complete sense of balance.
At the core of Moving toward Balance is its emphasis on a home practice, enabling you to focus on what works best for your own body. Suitable for yoga students of any level, each lesson is illustrated with full-color photography and is laid out in sequential order, so there is no need to flip back and forth… More >>
Moving Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee
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Dr. Romanov’s Pose Method Of Running brings his revolutionary ideas that changed the world of running to the professional athlete and amateur alike. In a very succinct and enjoyable manner, it teaches one to perform to the very best of his ability, using the Pose running technique. In ballet, or martial arts, one requires practice of technique. The same is true of running. Unless you are one of the lucky ones, like Haile Gebrselassie, Steve Prefontaine, or Michael Johnson, who were born with the perfect technique, you have to learn it. Until Dr Romanov’s discovery there was no coherent theory on the subject. Running was practiced, but not taught as a skill. The Pose Method proposes to teach running as a skill with its own theory, concepts, and exercises. Like any brilliant idea, the idea behind the Pose Method is simple. Every movement is built on an infinite number of poses, or positions, through which the body goes in space and time. In running, Dr. R… More >>
Dr. Nicholas Romanov’s Pose Method of Running
