Yoga For Low Back And Hip Health

With 210 pages and over 300 photos, Yoga For Low Back and Hip Health is a step-by-step, visual guide of proven and easy to follow gentle yoga instruction. Relieve pain in the back and hips without drugs or surgery! "Low back and neck pain is an increasingly widespread and expensive condition worldwide, costing the US alone $88bn a year-the third highest bill for any health condition-despite evidence most treatments do not work." - The Guardian So many people that carry the burden of life on their shoulders-literally. Add to that how much time we spend sitting at computers and the poor posture developed from prolonged smartphone use, and it's no wonder everyone's in pain! Written by private yoga instructor Cyndi Roberts, Yoga For Low Back and Hip Health teaches you how to safely practice restorative and gentle yoga poses at home to relieve pain in the following areas: Upper back Mid back Low back Sciatic nerve Piriformis syndrome Hips Inner thigh/groin Pelvis Yoga For Low Back and Hip Health provides in-depth and appropriate instruction for 43 restorative and gentle yoga poses specifically and thoughtfully put together. 15 practical and unique sequences are included for you to practice at home at your convenience, including over 300 high-resolution images to help you along. Cyndi provides the option of working with mantras and deep breathing exercises paired specifically to each pose for the most benefit. *As a bonus, readers will receive information about each of the 7 chakra energies and how specific poses help to awaken these often blocked or unbalanced energy spaces. Even if you don't suffer from back or hip pain, these poses and sequences help gently and effectively stretch the back body and hips to: Increase flexibility Realign the pelvis Strengthen weak muscles Provide relief from common aches and pains Maintain or improve the health of the joints Maintain or improve range of motion and circulation Increase energy levels Elevate mood and relieve sadness and depression Reduce anxiety Lower stress levels Release negative or stagnant energy and emotions Clear and balance chakra energies Millions of students around the world have benefited from the ancient practices of yoga, pranayama and relaxation. Now you can too!

The sacrum, or lower back, is an incredibly powerful part of the human anatomy. It’s what enables you to stand upright and tall, it unites your upper and lower body, it roots you to the earth—and it is one of the most common areas where people experience chronic pain and discomfort. Yoga practice can have a transformative effect on lower back problems: it allows the body to gain the range of movement and flexibility that short-circuits the mind’s perception of limitation and pain. Yoga for a Healthy Lower Back will help you understand lower back pain and heal it through gentle exercises that can be done even by those with no previous yoga experience. Liz Owen describes the anatomy of the sacrum and the region around it, including the hips and lumbar spine, and illuminates both the Western and Eastern approaches to understanding back pain. She then provides simple, easy-to-learn sequences of yoga poses for general sacrum health and then for specific issues or conditions such as pregnancy, fibromyalgia, and arthritis, among others.

"To many of his patients [Dr. Fishman] is a miracle worker." —Jane E. Brody, New York Times “Stunningly innovative. . . . This is the first book in which the different causes of back pain are identified and assigned appropriate yoga poses. Individuals of any age, even those unfamiliar with yoga, will be able to follow Dr. Fishman’s simple instructions.” —Joan White, Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States Let internationally renowned rehabilitation specialist Loren Fishman, MD, be your personal instructor for a healthier back! With down-to-earth techniques and instruction for all levels, Cure Back Pain with Yoga helps you: • distinguish between the nine major causes of backache; • target your source of pain through diagnosis-specific yoga poses; • manage, reduce, and ultimately end your pain. Depending on the severity and chronicity of your pain, the postures in this guide, described in detail and illustrated by photographs, will help you determine how to start your own yoga practice or alter your existing practice in order to achieve lasting comfort and strength.

This unique book offers a framework for using yoga therapeutically to heal back and spinal problems. Combining detailed instruction on evaluation and treatment techniques with personal narrative and case studies, Yoga for a Happy Back bridges the gap between practicing yoga for better physical health and understanding the role of the mind-body connection in back pain. Utilising her vast experience as a physical therapist and yoga therapist, and the latest advances in the field, Krentzman advises on how to design therapeutic yoga classes for individuals with back pain. She includes information on creating class themes, and never before published sequences from the Purna yoga tradition for alignment based treatment of specific spinal conditions. With over 300 photos and illustrations, this book enables practitioners to access the benefits of yoga therapy for the treatment of orthopaedic dysfunctions and to promote general spinal health.

The yoga practitioner's essential guide to understanding, preventing, and relieving hip pain in asana practice. The mind-body benefits of daily yoga practice are unquestionably positive, but as yoga has become more popular, an increasing number of yoga practitioners of all ages are suffering from hip and lower back pain and intense sacroiliac joint (SI) discomfort. The urge to push yourself too far, too fast can result in hip pain or injury. The key in protecting your joints and maintaining healthy hips for the long-term is to cultivate strength and stability rather than focusing primarily on flexibility. Hip-Healthy Asana is the yoga practitioner’s essential guide to fully understanding, preventing, and relieving hip pain in asana practice, along with practice tips, modifications, and sequences that enhance hip strength and stability for a sustainable practice that can last through every age and stage of life.

"Adapts the practice of yoga by focusing on the poses that offer the greatest benefits to runners. The poses and sequences in this book are intended to enhance strength, stability, and mobility in order to reduce incidents of running injury and add longevity to your sport as you become a healthier and stronger runner"--

Return to balance with this calming, healing approach. Yin yoga offer remedies to the stresses of your busy yang life. Each restorative pose targets your deeper fascia and connective tissues, helping you experience increased flexibility and improved joint health. Yin yoga also focuses on deep breathing and longer hold times, allowing you the time and space to clear your mind and enhance your mental acuity. These meditative poses will help you attain a renewed sense of mindfulness and physical well-being, making them the perfect complement to an active yang lifestyle and helping bring you back into balance. Yin Yoga includes these features: • More than 50 step-by-step poses that focus on specific areas of the body • 20 sequences linking the poses, designed to help you reach specific physical, mental, or emotional goals • Expert information on techniques and philosophies, including correct breathing techniques, chakras and meridians, and how best to practice yin yoga If you’ve been looking for something to settle your mind and body, look no further than yin yoga the practice and Yin Yoga the book.