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How to energise and rejuvenate with simple every day yoga techniques
Fully illustrated with 100 black and white photographs, this book will be a comprehensive guide to simple 15 minute yoga routines which can be done at any time of the day – essential for busy people with little time to exercise.
As well as introducing the principles of yoga, its benefits and how it works, it will also include:
• Energising Postures
• Grounding Postures
• Opening Postures
• Rejuvenating Postures
• Meditation
These postures will be combined into easy 15 minute practices.
The book will also look at the emotional and physical factors of the practice of yoga – relaxation, sex, pregnancy, diet, fitness, sleep, breath awareness.
From the Back Cover
Yoga is for everyone. A perfect form of exercise, it brings mind and body together to benefit every aspect of your life and health. Practising for just 15 minutes a day will:
• work every muscle in the body
• calm the nerves and relax the mind
• massage the brain
• realign bones and improve posture
• enhance skin quality
• focus attention and improve concentration
• generate energy and create vitality
Now there is no need to compromise your schedule to practice yoga. This book contains six different 15 minute yoga routines that are as simple and easy to learn as they are effective and safe. They are for everyone: no matter what your fitness level, or your experience of yoga. Detailed instruction in the form, movement, breathing, and concentration methods are given for each posture, and the six sequences offer a balanced range of effects that will satisfy all the changing demands of even the busiest lifestyle.
These routines have been developed by Godfrey Devereux, creator of the Dynamic Yoga method. Formerly Director of Yoga at the Life Centre in London, he now runs a Yoga Training Centre in Ibiza, Spain.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
best description I have come across of the essence of yoga,
By A Customer
This review is from: 15 Minute Yoga: Yoga for a busy world (Paperback)
As someone who has practised yoga for over 20 years and taught for 7 years I find the theoretical section of this book the best and most accessable description I have come across of the essence and purpose of yoga - what it is and how it works - read and find out.
10 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not for beginners!,
By A Customer
This review is from: 15 Minute Yoga: Yoga for a busy world (Paperback)
If you already have some knowledge of yoga, then this book may be of use, but I would not recommend it for a beginner. There is far too much reading to be done in order to master the postures. Indeed you will face the additional challenge of holding this book whilst you try to work out what you are meant to be doing! This of course is true of all yoga books. I think that books can only supplement classes and not replace them.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this book!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 15 Minute Yoga: Yoga for a busy world (Paperback)
Although I usually practice ashtanga yoga, I find this book perfect for the occasions when I'm pushed for time or too tired to face sun salutations, but don't want to miss out on at least some practice. I find the sequence of small pictures to illustrate each routine, similar to those in David Swenson's book, particularly convenient. It might not be ideal for a beginner, but I would definitely recommend it for someone already familiar with yoga who is looking for some short practices.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thorough, Not Easy,
By "saxblower" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 15 Minute Yoga: Yoga for a busy world (Paperback)
This book is a good read for those interested in yoga and its practices and postures are intelligently organised and described in excellent detail. It beats the majority of yoga books out there as it as been "dumbed down" less than most.There is a good section on meditation, breaking the process down into eight simple steps for entering and coming out of meditation. It breaks down postures into a number of practices, including the "energising practice", the "grounding practice", the "opening practice", the "rejuvenating practice". Devereux indicates when each might be an appropriate practice (e.g. the energising or grounding practice first thing in the morning). Unfortunately, of these practices I find I can only really do the "energising" and "grounding" practices. The others include postures I can not nearly achieve, judging by the photographs. That said the author recommends the reader to gradually create practices from based on intuition, rather than follow the practices religiously. In summary this book is perhaps suitable for those who have some prior experience of yoga and are looking for some short practices. But some of the postures do require a high level of flexibility. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good supplement to your yoga practice,
By Erica L. Andersen "melvin990" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 15 Minute Yoga: Yoga for a busy world (Paperback)
As a beginner at yoga, and a person who has a long way to go on her flexibility, I can say that I have found this book to be helpful. I have used it in addition to a class I'm taking. I think that the first section of the book, an overview of yoga, is extremely informative and fun to read. Also, it's an attractive book, with glossy pages and a bold font. I do not think it is suitable for a beginner as the ONLY book. A video, or ideally, a teacher, is necessary to benifit from this book. I only gave this book 4 stars because I thought that the written descriptions of the postures could be more clear and less abstract. I also felt that the author should have included more modifications of poses for us less-flexible folks. |
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