Yoga for Wellness
Healing with the Timeless Teachings of Viniyoga
$63.04
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 October 1999
Summary
Yoga offers a great, low-impact way to increase flexibility and reduce stress. It also provides an alternative or augmentation to mainstream medicine. This classic fully illustrated and easy-to-follow guide draws on both the physical and spiritual components of Yoga therapy to show how you can use Yoga to heal any number of afflictions.
Some of the areas covered include:
- Common Aches and Pains: neck and shoulders, upper and lower back, hips and knees
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140195699 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140195696 |
| Author: | Gary Kraftsow |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Arkana |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1999 |
| Weight: | 941g |
| Dimensions: | 277mm x 218mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Compass |
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Critics Review
“the seminal Viniyoga book” – Yoga Journal “This book is a definitive bookshelf must-have for the yoga teacher or serious student practitioner…” – Yogachicago.com
“the seminal Viniyoga book” – Yoga Journal
“This book is a definitive bookshelf must-have for the yoga teacher or serious student practitioner…” – Yogachicago.com
About The Author
Gary Kraftsow
Gary Kraftsow is the Founder and Director of the American Viniyoga Institute (AVI). He has been an innovator in the transmission of yoga for health, healing, and personal transformation for over 40 years.
Gary began his study of yoga in India with T.K.V. Desikacar in 1974 and received a Viniyoga Special Diploma from Viniyoga International in Paris, France in 1988. He graduated from Colgate University in 1976 and received his Masters Degree in Psychology and Religion from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Around that time, he opened Maui School of Yoga Therapy. In 1999, he founded the American Viniyoga Institute, LLC. Since then, he has become a renowned speaker and teacher of the Viniyoga methodology at many conferences and schools nationally and internationally.
Gary has successfully developed protocols for two National Institutes of Health studies: “Evaluating Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain” and “Yoga Therapy for Generalized Anxiety,” as well as for the “Mind-Body Stress Reduction in the Workplace” clinical trial for Aetna Insurance Company.
He is the author of two books published by Penguin: Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation. He is also the author of four educational DVDs: Viniyoga Therapy for Low Back, Sacrum and Hips, Viniyoga Therapy for Upper Back, Neck and Shoulders, Viniyoga Therapy for Depression, and Viniyoga Therapy for Anxiety. He has also produced multiple online workshops: Āsana Unlocked, Pranayama Unlocked, Meditation Unlocked, Yoga Therapy for Depression, Yoga Therapy for Better Sleep, and Yoga Therapy for Anxiety.
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