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Yoga, critical alignment : building a strong, flexible practice through intelligent sequencing and mindful movement / Gert van Leeuwen.
- Title
- Yoga, critical alignment : building a strong, flexible practice through intelligent sequencing and mindful movement / Gert van Leeuwen.
- Author
- Leeuwen, Gert van.
- Publication
- Boston : Shambhala, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | RA781.7 .L447 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 413 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- A guide to yoga practices that release the tension held in the body to create a balanced alignment covers such topics as the role of the skeleton in movement chains, enhancing the body's mobility, and deepening body awareness.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE CRITICAL ALIGNMENT AND THE TRADITION -- 1.Critical Alignment in the Modern Yoga Tradition -- pt. TWO THE FOUNDATIONS OF CRITICAL ALIGNMENT -- 2.Introduction to Movement Chains -- 3.Embracing the Total Experience of Movement -- 4.Malformations -- 5.Meditation, Pranayama, and Asanas -- pt. THREE BUILDING BLOCKS OF MOVEMENT CHAINS -- 6.Understanding Connections and Movement Chains -- pt. FOUR LEARNING THE EXERCISES -- 7.Meditation and Pranayama Exercises -- 8.Inversions -- 9.Standing Poses -- 10.Forward Bends -- 11.Backbends -- 12.Twists -- 13.Seated Poses, Shoulder and Abdominal Exercises, and Relaxation Practices -- pt. FIVE TEACHING YOGA AND BUILDING LESSON PLANS -- 14.Planning the Lessons.
- ISBN
- 9781611800630 (pbk.)
- 1611800633 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2012047852
- OCLC
- 824119536
- SCSB-12297460
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library