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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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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
  • Hatha yoga
  • Yoga
  • Mind and body
  • HEALTH & FITNESS / Yoga
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