Title: Yoga therapy : a guide to the therapeutic use of yoga and ayurveda for health and fitness /
Authors: Mohan, A. G. 1945-; Mohan, Indra
Publisher: Shambhala Publications,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Hatha yoga Health aspects.; Medicine, Ayurvedic; Yoga; Medicine, Ayurvedic
Abstract: Yoga Therapy is one of the few books that shows yoga teachers how to put together appropriate yoga sequences and breathing techniques for their students. Mohan details how to correctly move into, hold, and move out of poses, how to breathe during practice to achieve specific results, and how to customize a yoga practice by creating sequences of yoga poses for a particular person.
Contents: Yoga for fitness. An Introduction to yoga and ayurveda -- Principles of movement and breathing -- Designing an asana and pranayama practice. Observation and assessment -- Sequencing : progression with balance -- Personalizing the practice of asanas -- Pranayama -- Yoga and ayurveda as therapy. The practice of yoga and ayurveda therapy -- Case studies for the yoga therapist.