Yoga All-in-One For Dummies

Everything you need to make yoga an integral part of your healthand well-beingIf you want to incorporate yoga into your daily routine or rampup what you're already doing, Yoga All-In-One For Dummies isthe perfect resource! This complete compendium of six separatetitles features everything you need to improve your health andpeace of mind with yoga, and includes additional information on,stretching, meditation, adding weights to your yoga workouts, andpower yoga moves.Yoga has been shown to have numerous health benefits, rangingfrom better flexibility and athletic performance to lowered bloodpressure and weight loss. For those who want to take control oftheir health and overall fitness, yoga is the perfect practice.With Yoga All-In-One For Dummies, you'll have everything youneed to get started and become a master of even the toughest yogaposes and techniques.* Find out how to incorporate yoga to foster health, happiness,and peace of mind* Get a complete resource, featuring information from six titlesthat are packed with tips* Use companion workout videos to help you master various yogaposes and techniques that are covered in the book* Utilize tips in the book to increase balance, range of motion,flexibility, strength, and overall fitnessTake a deep breath and dive into Yoga All-In-One ForDummies to find out how you can improve your health and yourhappiness by incorporating yoga into your daily routine.

Introduction 1Book I: Getting Started with Yoga Principles 5Chapter 1: Yoga 101: Building a Foundation 7Chapter 2: Yoga and the Mind-Body Connection 19Chapter 3: Preparing for a Fruitful Yoga Practice 27Book II: Basic Yoga Techniques and Postures 41Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Yogic Breathing 43Chapter 2: Please Be Seated 57Chapter 3: Standing Tall 67Chapter 4: Steady as a Tree: Mastering Balance 83Chapter 5: Absolutely Abs 91Chapter 6: Looking at the World Upside-Down: Safe Inversion Postures 101Chapter 7: Classic Bending Floor Postures 113Chapter 8: Several Twists on the Yoga Twist 133Chapter 9: Dynamic Postures: The Rejuvenation Sequence and Sun Salutation 143Chapter 10: Basic Preparation, Compensation, and Rest Poses 151Book III: Yoga for Life 169Chapter 1: A Recommended Beginners' Routine for Men and Women 171Chapter 2: Yoga for Kids and Teens 181Chapter 3: It's Never Too Late: Yoga for Midlifers and Older Adults 199Book IV: Powering Your Way to Fitness: Power Yoga 215Chapter 1: Key Principles of Power Yoga 217Chapter 2: Preparing with Powerful Warm-Ups 227Chapter 3: Taking a Walk in the Park: A Minimum Power Routine 243Chapter 4: Following Buddha's Way: A Moderate Power Routine 265Chapter 5: Staying Young: Power Yoga for Seniors 285Book V: Yoga-ing Your Way to a Toned Body: Yoga with Weights 301Chapter 1: Introducing Yoga with Weights 303Chapter 2: Warming Up for Your Yoga with Weights Workout 319Chapter 3: From Head to Toe: The Balanced Workout 341Chapter 4: Waking Up Your Mind and Body: The Energy Workout 361Chapter 5: Exercises for Seniors 375Book VI: Ancient Practices in the Modern World: Hot Trends in Yoga 395Chapter 1: Partnering Up for Yoga 397Chapter 2: Yoga against the Wall 413Chapter 3: Yoga off the Mat, in the Heat, and outside the Box 427Book VII: Meditation, Mindfulness, and Letting Go of Stress 435Chapter 1: How Your Mind Stresses You Out and What You Can Do about It 437Chapter 2: Relaxed Like a Noodle: The Fine Art of Letting Go of Stress 457Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted with Meditation 471Chapter 4: Mindfulness Meditation: Awareness of the Here and Now 491Chapter 5: Meditating with Challenging Emotions 505Chapter 6: Cultivating Spirituality 517Index 533