Yoga Nidra
The benefits of Yoga Nidra, or 'yogic sleep' are numerous, it brings you to a state of relaxation that surpasses the average sleep cycle and in one hour allows you the rest of several hours of sleep. You are taken through several stages of a guided meditation while lying in savasana, and finally reach a point of deep awareness and calm.
Benefits:
Aside from bringing you to a relaxed state of mind, a regular practice of Yoga Nidra helps you to achieve all the things you were meant to achieve in your life. You are able to access the creative potential of your mind, and you are able to act upon it, as well.
The definitive guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga--the ancient healing discipline for body and mind--by its greatest living teacher. Light on Yoga provides complete descriptions and illustrations of all the positions and breathing exercises. Features a foreword by Yehudi Menuhin. Illustrations throughout.
There's more to yoga than stretching and bending and twisting. In Yoga for Wellness, one of America's top yoga teachers gives a clinic on the holistic nature of yoga practice, especially in regard to healing and well-being. With over a thousand photographs, Gary Kraftsow covers the basic postures, the specific movements of each posture, and how to sequence postures in a routine. More importantly, he moves from form to function, showing how sequences of postures can alleviate ailments in each sys…
Asana Prana Yama Mudra bandha is recognised internationally as one of the most systematic yoga manuals today. Since it's first publication by the Bihar School of yoga in 1969 it has been reprinted thirteen times and translated into many languages. It is the main reference text used by Yoga teachers and students of Bihar Yoga/Satyananda Yoga within the International Yoga Movenet, and many other traditions as well. This comprehensive text provides clear illustrations. step by step directions and d…