Black and White format: Unique and essential for yoga teachers and students. Comprehensive text explores fundamentals of yoga alignment and body mechanics. Provides use-friendly system that applies to every pose. Learn move correctly, integrate posture, align to deepen and advance without injury. Learn to use yoga as powerful, effective therapy.

Black and White format: This text is a unique and an essential guide for bringing refinement to your asana practice using clear and concise principles for how the body correctly moves and aligns. It is a comprehensive exploration of anatomy, postural mechanics and the basic principles of yoga as therapy. This book is appropriate for all styles of yoga. It is perfect for yoga teacher training courses and for earnest students at all levels of experience. It provides insightful tips and answers to many questions that arise for both teachers and students alike. Its concepts are user-friendly and always presented from yoga's point of view.

Color format: Unique and essential for yoga teachers and students. Comprehensive text explores fundamentals of yoga alignment and body mechanics. Provides use-friendly system that applies to every pose. Learn move correctly, integrate posture, align to deepen and advance without injury. Learn to use yoga as powerful, effective therapy.

A textbook designed for yoga teacher trainings and all yoga teachers and practitioners wanting to bring anatomy and postural mechanics into a precise aligned practice. Bring grace and refinement to every asana. Allow every practice to advance skillfully. Learn the best methods to make yoga asana a sophisticated form of physical therapy.

The quintessential guide to yoga assisting and hands-on teaching, Yoga Adjustments introduces the art and practice of providing yoga assists to yoga students. Addressing one of the most important topics in the yoga field, expert yoga instructor and best-selling author Mark Stephens covers the philosophy of yoga practice, the sensibilities of touch in teaching yoga and improving alignment, the seven principles of hands-on yoga teaching, and the twenty-five most effective methods of tactile cueing. An invaluable resource for all yoga teachers, teacher trainers, and serious yoga students, this book includes a foreword by yoga star Shiva Rea as well as over 850 unique instructional photos and explanatory captions demonstrating precise ways of guiding a variety of flowing sequences. Opening with an in-depth discussion of the philosophy of yoga assisting, Part I--Foundations describes the methods and techniques of giving yoga assistance, with detailed discussions of all of the elements of yoga assisting including communicating with students, qualities of touch, the five basic steps of providing hands-on cues, hands-on positioning and stance. Part II--Applications demonstrates how to assist students in each of over 100 postures in the seven families of asanas (poses). Each chapter begins with background on an asana family and close consideration of its foundation asana. Each asana is presented in a two-page spread with photos that show how to give students effective guidance and support. Part III--Evolution offers thoughts on the further development of yoga in the twenty-first century.

This book offers an accessible and lively look at yoga philosophy and psychology. Following the model of the eight limbs of yoga the authors engage the tradition from its foundational ethics to the highest states of consciousness. Based on 30 years of research and practice, it connects the insights of this ancient tradition to our lives and the challenges facing us today. This work will appeal to a broad audience including scholars, yoga teachers and practitioners. and general readers who have an interest in philosophy, meditation and psychology.

A comprehensive guide to anatomy and alignment and the ideal resource fora ll styles and traditions of yoga practice. It is also an excellent anatomy textbook for yoga teacher trainings. Additional to the anatomy and alignment principles, many yoga therapy applications are provided to address common injuries.

Learn alignment cues that are skillful, safe, and best suited to you.

The yoga teacher’s guide to planning and sequencing yoga classes—with over 2,000 instructional photos and 67 yoga pose sequences for students of all skill levels. Also features additional resources, including yoga class planning worksheets, comprehensive glossaries, and much more! Addressing one of the most popular topics in the yoga profession, this book offers 67 model sequences of yoga poses (asanas) that cover the broad range of yoga student experience. Inside, established and aspiring yoga teachers will find: • Over 2,000 instructional photos and guide to over 150 yoga asanas • Multiple sequences for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students • Yoga sequences for kids, teens, seniors, and women across their life cycle • Yoga classes designed for relieving depression and anxiety • Sequences for each of the major chakras and ayurvedic constitutions • Guidance for teaching breathing (pranayama) and meditation techniques • Glossary of terms and alphabetical asana index with thumbnail photographs • Yoga class planning worksheets • Representative sequences from several popular styles of hatha yoga • And many more resources for further reading! Drawing on ancient yoga philosophy and contemporary insights into functional anatomy, biomechanics, and kinesiology, Yoga Sequencing is the ultimate guide teachers looking to bring the transformative power of yoga into their practice and classes.

Yoga is much more than a trendy way to exercise, which is mostly what it's known as in the west. And despite the yoga images on Instagram that make it seem intimidatingly tough, you don't need a specific body type or level of flexibility to practice it. In reality, there are many misconceptions about yoga, and knowing the facts before unfurling your mat for the first time can help you appropriately honor its origins and make the most of your experience. This book will give you things to Know Before Taking Your First yoga and basic practice philosophy and specific principles of alignment for you to start yoga. This book will teach you: -History and philosophy of yoga -General practice guidelines -Pranayama: breath control -Meditation and mental focus -Asanas: 30 fundamental yoga postures -Anatomical alignment principles -Eight yoga posture sequences -Options to go further and deepen your practice