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Most people think of yoga as a solitary activity that is inherently therapeutic. While that is generally true, yoga poses and breathing practices can also be prescribed for specific health problems—often in combination with dietary advice taken from Ayurveda, traditional Indian medicine. Yoga Therapy is an essential guide for yoga teachers, advanced practitioners, and anyone who wants to make therapeutic use of yoga. A. G. and Indra Mohan prescribe postures, breathing techniques, and basic Ayurvedic principles for a variety of common health problems, including asthma, back pain, constipation, hip pain, knee pain, menstrual problems, and scoliosis.
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.
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.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book in India after a course at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, interested by its logical presentation of the techniques of observation for the physical assessment phase of a Yoga Therapy consultation. For this alone, the book is worth its price.
However this only makes up a small part of the consultation process, and about half of this book, so the absence of a full exposition of the system of Yoga Therapy is deeply disappointing. It reads as if the author was very enthusiastic and focused for the first half of the book, then realised how big a job it would be to do this topic justice and simply filled out the rest with surface thoughts and musings.
Buy this if you're happy enough without a complete and detailed insight to the process of Yoga Therapy in the Krishnamacharya tradition.
However this only makes up a small part of the consultation process, and about half of this book, so the absence of a full exposition of the system of Yoga Therapy is deeply disappointing. It reads as if the author was very enthusiastic and focused for the first half of the book, then realised how big a job it would be to do this topic justice and simply filled out the rest with surface thoughts and musings.
Buy this if you're happy enough without a complete and detailed insight to the process of Yoga Therapy in the Krishnamacharya tradition.
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30 Oct 2007
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The more I teach,the more I am interested in the therapeutic aspects of asana and how it links to our lifestyle that can be understood through the knowledge of Ayurveda. Nice explaination in the principles of movement and breathing section on gravity and strength. The section on observation and assessment is useful because it can help the teacher empower the student with greater self-awareness. The asanas illustrated from a chair aswell as from the floor makes the pranayama section meaningful for the student who may well have a bias in the body or be confined to a wheelchair. If you already have a basic understanding of prakruti and vikruti, the ayurvedic/yoga therapy section can be useful. The favorable vs unfavorable choice of asanas can help one understand the groups of asanas that may prove effective in a therapeutic scenario. Whilst I have yet to find a completely effective way to erradicate painful menses periodically, at least I feel more inspiration to continue
trying to find the route cause of the imbalance within me. Camella Nair - author of "Aqua Kriya Yoga"
trying to find the route cause of the imbalance within me. Camella Nair - author of "Aqua Kriya Yoga"
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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27 April 2009
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I found the Yoga Therapy book to be a great reference tool to building specific sequences tailored to an individuals needs. For the person who needs to concentrate more on low back strength, for example, it is well written and illustrated. I'm glad I purchased it!
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Yoga Therapy
4 Oct 2011
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A. G. Mohan and his wife Indra give both theoretical and practical explanation of Yoga application as taught by Shri T. Krishnamacharya. This easy to follow comprehensive book is a must for both teachers and practitioners of yoga. Mohan and his wife are amongst the best teachers in the world with a special ability to simplify the intricacies of Yoga practice for the individual with precision and user friendly manner.
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