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Title

Yoga XXL : a journey to health for bigger people / Ingrid Kollak, RN, PhD.

Author

Kollak, Ingrid.

Publication

New York : Demos Health, [2013]

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Holdings

Details

Description

xvii, 254 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

Provides a guide to yoga for people of any size, including information about equipment, postures, and daily routines.

Alternative Title

• Yoga seventy
• Yoga 70
• Yoga extra extra large

Subject

• Weight loss
• Yoga
• Reducing exercises
• Exercise
• Weight Loss

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• How to use this Book -- Yoga Is For Everybody -- Healthy Yogis Come in All Sizes -- How Yoga Works -- Body Awareness -- Self-Awareness and Self-Reliance -- Getting Started -- General Notes of Caution -- Breathing and Moving -- Clothing and Equipment -- Finding the Right Yoga Class -- Develop Your Own Yoga Practice -- Keeping a Personal Journal -- The Structure of This Book -- Yoga is Joy -- Yoga for People with Bigger Bodies -- Postures Lying on the Back (Supine) -- Supine Starting Posture -- Shanti Asana -- Lying Palm Tree Posture -- Lying Tree Posture -- Modified Crocodile Posture -- Hip Joint Rotation -- Supine Knee Rotation -- Knees to Chest -- Supine Arms and Legs Stretch -- Spider Posture -- Shoulder Bridge -- Postures Lying on the Side -- Leg Lift Sideways -- Head Lift Sideways -- Postures Lying on the Stomach (Prone) -- Prone Arms and Legs Stretch -- Prone Shanti Asana -- Sphinx Posture -- Cobra Posture -- Lying Bow Posture -- Seated Postures and Bows -- Staff Posture -- Seated Posture on a Chair -- Head to Knee -- Modified Turtle Posture -- Head Bow Sideways -- Fish Posture -- Modified Table Posture -- Seated Postures and Rotations -- Head Rotation -- Head and Arm Coordination -- Arm Rotation with Outstretched Arms -- Arm Rotation with Bent Arms -- Hand Lotus Posture -- Kneeling Postures -- Sitting on the Heels -- Cow Posture -- Tiger Posture -- Threading the Needle Posture -- Torso Rotation -- Child Posture -- Child and Tiger Posture -- Modified Folded Leaf Posture -- Modified Side Rest -- Standing Postures and Bows -- Upright Standing Posture -- Hero 2 Posture -- Modified Mountain Posture -- Triangle in Motion -- Half Moon Posture -- Hero 1 Posture -- Stargazer -- Standing Bow Posture -- Standing Postures with Rotations -- Torso Rotation -- Hip Rotation -- Knee Rotation -- Twisted Triangle Posture -- Balancing Postures -- Palm Tree Posture -- Tree Posture -- Modified Hero 3 Posture -- Inversions -- Modified Shoulder Stand -- Legs Up the Wall -- Eye Exercises -- Focus Near and Far -- The Lying Eight -- Cupping and Blinking -- Pranayama -- Alternate Nostril Breathing -- Tiger Breathing -- Camel Posture -- Great Gesture -- Relaxing Postures -- Kaya Kriya -- Yoga Nidra -- Awareness and Meditation -- Walking Meditation -- Meditation on Your Body -- Mantra Meditation -- Sound Meditation -- Visual Meditation -- Silence in the Stream of Your Thoughts -- Postures in Flowing Motion -- Swinging Arms -- Triangle in Motion -- Arm Lift -- Arm Rotation -- Repeat Posture 2, Arm Lift -- Folded Hands -- Fancy Leg and Footwork -- Chair Posture with Folded Hands -- Chair Posture with Splayed Fingers -- Chair Posture with Outstretched Arms -- Forward Bow with Stretched Knees -- Arm and Leg Coordination -- Hero 2 -- Folded Arms in Standing Position -- Crossed Legs and Folded Hands -- Routines to help you Develop a Daily Yoga Practice -- Enjoy Yoga Every Day -- Notes of Caution -- Remember -- Have a Quick Look -- To Wake Up -- Knees to Chest -- Dorsal Knee Rotation -- Torso Rotation -- Palm Tree Posture -- To Relieve Tension -- Head Rotation -- Arm Rotation with Bent Arms -- Hand Lotus -- Hip Rotation -- Knee Rotation -- To Recharge -- Alternate Nostril Breathing -- Hero 2 Posture -- Hero 1 Posture -- To \Sleep Well -- Legs Up the Wall -- Crocodile Posture -- Yoga Nidra.
• How to use this book. Yoga is for everybody ; Getting started -- Yoga for people with bigger bodies -- Postures in flowing motion -- Routines to help you develop a daily yoga practice.

ISBN

• 9781936303489
• 1936303485
• 9781617051685 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013014560

OCLC

829754863

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library