Yoga for Movement Disorders: Rebuilding Strength, Balance, and Flexibility for Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia
I have arthritis and found Renee's instructional guide to be perfect for me. I have really benefitted from both the sitting and standing poses. The text lifts my spirits on each reading. I sent this book to a friend who has a very aggressive form of PD. Here is what she had to say about Renee's guide:I am finally getting around to thanking you for the great yoga book you sent. I waited intentionally to contact you to see if Yoga works for me , IT DOES!!! After stiff, slow extensor muscles, balance is my major problem. Yoga has affected both symptoms positively. The change in slow and gradual but quite clear.The book itself is wonderful in that it doesn't ask you to do anything you can't do and the illustrations are superb. Even I can Figure out the various poses.So I've become a real convert I've even bought a classic yoga leotard. Interestingly, I think yoga does more for my problems than the standard exercise regimien offered by our local Parkinson's support group.Sooooo..... I thank you sincerely for the gift of the book and the gift of yoga as a way of treating Parkinson's symptoms. Yoga has clearly improved the quality of my life and for this I am eternally grateful.--Amazon reviewI am not a Yoga fan, and always considered contorting the body into impossible positions to be a sure ticket to torn muscles. But, I found Renee Le Verrier's book, Yoga for Movement Disorders fascinating, and it has gone a long way toward changing my mind. A talented writer, and a Yoga instructor, Le Verrier tells the personal story of having a stroke when she was a preteen and losing mobility on one side. Now, in later life, Parkinson's disease has affected her other side. A cruel blow, the ultimate double whammy, you might think. No! She plans to fight Parkinson's until she draws her last breath, not in quite the same way she that she fought and won the battle with the stroke, but through Yoga. Yoga MD is much more than a collection and description of exercises. The delicate touches in book, the details connecting body with mind and spirit, like wrinkling one's nose during a session, and gazing upward and casting one's mind to the stars, are priceless. If you ever had any doubts that Yoga can heal the mind and the spirit as well as the body, Yoga MD is the book for you. If you never had doubts, you will find much to reassure you. --Amazon reviewI am using your yoga book with two of my clients and they love it. I am so happy to have this as a good resource. --Suzanne Uschold, LPTI am not a Yoga fan, and always considered contorting the body into impossible positions to be a sure ticket to torn muscles. But, I found Renee Le Verrier's book, Yoga for Movement Disorders fascinating, and it has gone a long way toward changing my mind. A talented writer, and a Yoga instructor, Le Verrier tells the personal story of having a stroke when she was a preteen and losing mobility on one side. Now, in later life, Parkinson's disease has affected her other side. A cruel blow, the ultimate double whammy, you might think. No! She plans to fight Parkinson's until she draws her last breath, not in quite the same way she that she fought and won the battle with the stroke, but through Yoga. Yoga MD is much more than a collection and description of exercises. The delicate touches in book, the details connecting body with mind and spirit, like wrinkling one's nose during a session, and gazing upward and casting one's mind to the stars, are priceless. If you ever had any doubts that Yoga can heal the mind and the spirit as well as the body, Yoga MD is the book for you. If you never had doubts, you will find much to reassure you. --Amazon reviewI am using your yoga book with two of my clients and they love it. I am so happy to have this as a good resource. --Suzanne Uschold, LPT