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Learn basic yoga postures and series in a day? Easy. Want to start enjoying the benefits of yoga today? The secret's out-you can quickly get up-to-speed on the basics of yoga and begin your workout with the help of this fun guide. Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies gives you an easy-to-follow introduction on the essential beginning elements of yoga. It's packed with tips and advice for staying balanced while maintaining proper posture (when sitting or standing) and step-by-step instructions for basic yoga sequences.* An overview on the basic philosophy and benefits of Yoga* Essential keys to posture, sitting, and standing* The mechanics and practice of breathing during Yoga practice* A recommended routine for beginners* Online component takes you beyond the book with bonus content and features Get ready to start reaping the many benefits of this ancient practice with Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 What You Can Do In A Day 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Chapter 1: The Ins and Outs of Yoga and Breathing 3 A Brief Introduction to Yoga 4 Breathing Your Way to Good Health 5 Taking high-quality breaths 6 Relaxing with a couple of deep breaths 7 Practicing safe yogic breathing 7 Reaping the benefits of yogic breathing 8 Breathing through your nose (most of the time) 9 What if I can't breathe through my nose? 9 How about breathing through my nose all the time? 9 The Mechanics of Yogic Breathing 10 Appreciating the complete yogic breath 11 Belly breathing 11 Belly-to-chest breathing 12 Chest-to-belly breathing 13 Starting out with focus breathing 15 Realizing the power of a pause 16 Partners in Yoga: Breath and Postural Movement 16 Chapter 2: Please, Be Seated 19 Understanding the Philosophy of Yoga Postures 20 Looking at the Many Variations of Sitting 21 Chair-sitting posture 21 The easy posture: Sukhasana 23 The thunderbolt posture: Vajrasana 24 Chapter 3: Standing Tall 27 Standing Strong 27 Exercising Your Options 28 Mountain posture: Tadasana 29 Standing forward bend: Uttanasana 30 Triangle posture: Utthita trikonasana 32 Warrior I: Vira Bhadrasana I 33 Warrior II: Vira Bhadrasana II 34 Standing spread-legged forward bend: Prasarita pada uttanasana 36 Downward-facing dog: Adhomukha shvanasana 37 Chapter 4: Steady as a Tree: Mastering Balance 39 Getting to the Roots of the Postures 39 Balancing Postures for Graceful Strength 40 Warrior at the wall: Vira Bhadrasana III variation 41 Balancing cat 42 The tree posture: Vrikshasana 43 The karate kid 44 Standing heel-to-buttock 45 Chapter 5: Dynamic Posture: The Sun Salutation 47 Gliding Through the 7-Step Kneeling Salutation 48 Advancing to the 12-Step Sun Salutation 50 Chapter 6: A Recommended Beginners' Routine 53 Starting Off Slowly and Wisely 53 Trying Out a Fun Beginners' Routine 54 Corpse posture 54 Lying arm raise 55 Knee-to-chest posture 56 Downward-facing dog 56 Child's posture 57 Warrior I 58 Standing forward bend 59 Standing spread-legged forward bend 60 The karate kid 61 Corpse posture redux 62 Chapter 7: Where to Go from Here 63 Taking Your First Steps 63 Visiting dummiescom 64

About the Author :
Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D. (Saskatchewan, Canada) has written more than 30 books on such topics as yoga, tantra, and spiritual transcendence.

Larry Payne, Ph.D. (Los Angeles, CA) is an internationally respected Yoga teacher and workshop leader.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781118376829
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 46 In A Day For Dummies
  • ISBN-10: 111837682X
  • Publisher Date: 05 Sep 2012
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 72


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