Cool Yoga Tricks
by Miriam Austin
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Author: Miriam AustinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-12-30
ISBN: 0345465415
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: Making yoga easier for everyone!
Summary: 5 Stars
Do you consider yourself "flexibly challenged"? Are you a yoga instructor who needs ideas on how to modify poses for your students? If you fall into either category, this is THE book for you. Miriam Austin, author of "Yoga For Wimps" and "Meditation For Wimps", has put together a brilliant book that can assist even the stiffest person achieve postures that they never thought possible.
Using props that you can find around your own home (chairs, blankets, etc.), Austin demonstrates many different ways to employ these 'tricks' to enhance your practice and master classic yoga postures. There are over 200 different methods revealed in this book - with precise directions and clear pictures. It is obvious that Austin is inspired by the yoga master, BKS Iyengar, who originated the use of props. Many of these ideas may not be 'new' - but they really do work!
This book is extremely valuable for yoga instructors - in classes, you will come across many people with many different limitations. It can be frustrating for a student if they think that they can't do a pose. With these 'cool yoga tricks' at your disposal, you can help them assume the pose in a way that is not only best for their body type but safe as well. It will truly enhance your skills and your students will appreciate you for it!
Summary of Cool Yoga Tricks
Craving yoga?s benefits but unable to perform even the simplest postures? Think yoga is only for rubber-limbed supermodels?If your yoga practice is giving you more stress than stress relief, Cool Yoga Tricks is the answer to your prayers.
Although it seems like everyone from Madonna to your eighty-three-year-old Uncle Teddy is practicing yoga, most of us are unable to do even the simplest classic yoga poses without undue stress and strain. Now in this clear, understandable, easy-to-follow book, Miriam Austin offers alternative yoga routines that help you reap the greatest rewards from your yoga practice, and she reveals shortcuts to help you perform yoga like a pro.
Using everyday items, such as chairs, walls, and blankets, Miriam Austin shows how those of us with normal flexibility limitations can experience the very real benefits of yoga?without dislocating our joints, overstretching our muscles, or giving up in frustration. She makes the basics simple, doable, and down-to-earth.
Dog Tricks?lengthen your spine more fully with these Downward Facing Dog tricks, designed to relax your neck, shoulders, and back?and make your Dog Pose much more lovable.
Befriending Backbends?increase your preztebility with a little help from your friends?and from some garden-variety folding chairs.
Tweaking Your Twists?learn the techniques that will stretch your spine and give you more life energy.
Super Stretches?feel as limber as your average bowling ball? Gently coax your muscles to new lengths by practicing the routines in this chapter.
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