Learn the simple techniques that have transformed the lives of millions of practitioners worldwide. Body & Brain Yoga is a mind-body training system originating in Korea. Through consistent study of Body & Brain Yoga’s principles of energy (chi, ki), practitioners cultivate greater personal power while developing genuine connection of body and mind. There are currently over 600 Body & Brain Yoga centers around the world, with active participants in eight countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Belgium, Poland, and Russia. Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi offers an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to the meridian stretching, breathing exercises, energy work, and meditation techniques of Body & Brain Yoga. It also provides an introduction to the essential energy principles that underlie the practice. Whether you are completely new to Body & Brain Yoga or an advanced practitioner, Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi helps you: > Develop a fit and flexible body > Boost your energy and vitality > Quiet your mind and improve concentration > Cultivate a feeling of well-being

A longtime teacher and Harvard researcher presents the latest science on the benefits of T’ai Chi as well as a practical daily program for practitioners of all ages Conventional medical science on the Chinese art of T’ai Chi now shows what T’ai Chi masters have known for centuries: regular practice leads to more vigor and flexibility, better balance and mobility, and a sense of well-being. Cutting-edge research from Harvard Medical School also supports the long-standing claims that T’ai Chi also has a beneficial impact on the health of the heart, bones, nerves and muscles, immune system, and the mind. This research provides fascinating insight into the underlying physiological mechanisms that explain how T’ai Chi actually works. Dr. Peter M. Wayne, a longtime T’ai Chi teacher and a researcher at Harvard Medical School, developed and tested protocols similar to the simplified program he includes in this book, which is suited to people of all ages, and can be done in just a few minutes a day. This book includes: • The basic program, illustrated by more than 50 photographs • Practical tips for integrating T’ai Chi into everyday activities • An introduction to the traditional principles of T’ai Chi • Up-to-date summaries of the research on the health benefits of T’ai Chi • How T’ai Chi can enhance work productivity, creativity, and sports performance • And much more

Bowing is the most beautiful of human activities, representing all of life in its most poetic form. It is also one of the best exercises. The simple, repetitive motion uses every major joint and muscle in your body, pumps your heart, and makes you sweat. Used by Asian cultures for centuries, this moving meditation strengthens your body, mind, and spirit. Bowing: A Moving Meditation for Personal Transformation brings this ancient meditative practice into modern times with step-by-step instructions and illustrations. Let this inspiring book show you how to build strength, cultivate humility, and embrace oneness through the simple act of bowing. After only a few weeks of practice, you will enjoy greater vitality, profound centeredness, and an uplifted spirit. Like other forms of meditation, bowing helps you develop discipline and a focused, centered mind. It is more grounding than traditional forms of sitting meditation, because it also requires flowing movement and physical strength. This movement gets the body's energy flowing and naturally brings up joy and gratitude for your physical being. Bowing is also a great way to start and end your day, because it helps you more easily process your goals and tasks, as well as the daily events you encounter. This guide takes you through the entire process of bowing, step-by-step, with many illustrations. It will help you understand this ancient discipline and how practicing it can have profound impacts on your life. Whether you are looking for an integrated body mind spirit workout or a deep spiritual discipline, this book is all that you need to start bowing today.

Yoga has evolved into a popular fitness practice across the globe. With the various schools of practice, it is imperative for practitioners to study both traditional texts and emerging scientific research in this area. Research-Based Perspectives on the Psychophysiology of Yoga is a unique reference source for the latest academic material on the physiological effects of yoga and cultivating a deeper understanding of yoga practice through the intersection of traditional texts and contemporary research. Including a range of topics such as occupational health, neurobiology, and women’s health, this book is ideally designed for professionals, practitioners, students, educators, and academics interested in the effects, challenges, and benefits of yoga practice.

The solution to your problems starts with connecting to yourself. An inspirational guide to a powerful meditation method for greater clarity, consciousness, and spiritual growth by New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned meditation teacher Ilchi Lee. Are you feeling stuck in your current situation or your life in general? Are you having trouble managing stress? Have you sought answers at spiritual retreats without getting the clarity you need? Relief can be closer than you think if you reframe how you look at your problems. New York Times bestselling author Ilchi Lee proposes there is one root cause to all the troubles plaguing us—separation. We put up walls in every aspect of our lives, isolating ourselves. Those walls keep us from forming healthy relationships with others, with nature, and even with ourselves. But separation has a simple cure—finding a way to connect. In Connect: How to Find Clarity and Expand Your Consciousness with Pineal Gland Meditation, Lee shows how to connect to your authentic self through the pineal gland in your brain. Activate your pineal gland through the meditations rooted in an ancient Korean tradition that Ilchi Lee describes in this book. You’ll experience clarity instead of emotion, compassion rather than judgment, and wholeness in place of separation. This book will help you find the solutions you seek by opening the inner eye that leads to greater clarity regarding the health of your body, the dreams of your soul, and the wisdom of your spirit. WINNER OF A 2019 LIVING NOW BOOK AWARD

Experience a powerful, natural way to vibrant health that has transformed millions of people worldwide! A bestselling author and the founder of mind-body practices with phenomenal success, Ilchi Lee now presents the secret to maintaining your natural healing power at an optimal level. The secret is hot, because it’s about raising your body temperature and keeping its perfect energetic balance. In this condition, you let your body’s systems work at their best. With the simple visualization, movements, breathing, and observation of the mind that make up Ilchi Lee’s Solar Body Method, anyone can enjoy the vibrant health that we all deserve. Like the sun that generates life-giving heat without fail, you can craft your body into a Solar Body that self-charges with limitless energy. Tap into the hot secret to becoming a Solar Body. Get renewed passion and zest for life, and a glowing vitality that reaches beyond your physical health. As Internal Medicine physician Beauty M. Swe, MD attests, "I am seeing great improvement in my patients' issues with overweight, blood pressure, arthritis, spinal problems, muscle spasms, insomnia, stress, and, last but not least, anxiety and depression."

Body & Brain Yoga is a brain-based approach to comprehensive wellness. Overall health starts with a healthy brain, since it regulates all bodily functions, emotions, and thoughts. It uses the 5-step approach of Brain Education to activate the brain through a deep mind-body connection. This approach makes this connection through the subtle energy talked about in Asian medicine. Ilchi Lee developed this dynamic mind-body training system by combining the 5000-year-old wisdom of Korea with modern scientific understanding of the brain. With a Body & Brain Yoga practice you can: -develop a strong and flexible body. -boost your energy and vitality. -bring balance back into your life. To help you develop your practice, the Body & Brain Yoga Essentials DVD provides a complete 90-minute guided training session demonstrating the key practices of Body & Brain Yoga, including deep stretching exercises, meditative breathing techniques, and energy awareness practices. This session features a special 15-minute Brain Wave Vibration training, a simple and effective stress relief technique. In addition, the DVD contains a 10-minute bonus segment of Body & Brain Yoga Energy Breathing, a set of five breathing postures to restore vitality. The training sessions on this DVD are taught by top Body & Brain Yoga instructor, Dawn Quaresima. Dawn is the regional director of Body & Brain Yoga centers in the Eastern Region of New York and has been a Body & Brain Yoga instructor since 2005. She has taught many advanced energy workshops both locally and nationally. Note: Not all exercise is suitable for everyone. Consult your doctor before beginning this or any exercise program. The instruction presented is in no way intended as a substitute for medical counseling.

Reduce stress, release pain, and create bodily harmony with this introduction to qigong and tai chi. Includes practical information, insights, and widely practiced sequences and forms that lead to improved health.

Ilchi Lee's new book, Earth Citizen, is humanity's passport to a whole new world. In the book, Lee asks us to shed old identities that are illusionary and divisive, and to take on a new identity--Earth Citizen. It is through this simple shift in self-identification, he argues, that the world can find the answers to its many complex problems. Lee contends that while the cultures of the world may remain diverse, we are all united by our dependence on a single planet--the Earth. For this reason, he says we must all find a way to place the Earth at the center of our personal value systems. It is only by realizing our common humanity through the Earth that we may come together as one to create a peaceful and sustainable way of life on the planet.

Yoga for people with multiple sclerosis? Absolutely! Today, people with a wide range of medical problems use yoga successfully. Because of its emphasis on relaxation, breathing, and deliberate movement, it can be especially beneficial for individuals dealing with a neurologic disease like multiple sclerosis. Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis, coauthored by Dr. Loren Martin Fishman and Eric Small, a yoga teacher who first embraced these techniques as a way to manage his own symptoms of multiple sclerosis, is a comprehensive guide to applying the principles of yoga to the management of MS. The first section is a straightforward but gentle introduction to yoga - a therapeutic approach to the practice itself. The second part is functionally oriented. Different yoga poses that work toward a common goal, such as combating fatigue, reducing spasticity, and increasing range of motion, are included and illustrated. This user-friendly guide Describes how yoga works Includes photographs and descriptions of each pose Explains effects, advantages, and contraindications Contains starter poses that will help the uninitiated or physically challenged to gently achieve a posture Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healing is an excellent guidebook and tool for people with MS, people who undertake yoga on their own, and for all members of the medical and yoga communities.