A time-tested system for achieving health and happiness while balancing the demands of the modern woman's lifestyle. • A perfect handbook for any woman for whom quality of life is a central issue. • By one of the leading advocates of Ayurveda in the United States and the author of Ayurveda: Life, Health and Longevity.
Fibromyalgia, which affects more women than men, is characterized by widespread pain in muscles, ligaments and tendons, as well as fatigue and multiple tender points--- places on the body where slight pressure causes pain. Although mainstream medicine has yet to devise a successful plan for treating fibromyalgia, yoga offers sensible strategies for managing, and sometimes overcoming, the pain. Written by a yoga teacher and suitable for both yoga novices and veterans, this book is grounded in simple movements, breathing techniques, and guided visualization and relaxation sessions. Readers learn to reduce stress and manage fibromyalgia through eight sequences: four for pain relief, one to diminish fatigue and improve sleep, and three for maintaining body awareness and general flexibility. The author's simple, supportive language and mixture of theory, practice, and the latest scientific data offer hope for one of the most challenging health conditions. Paperback: 128 pages.
Yoga and Scoliosis by Marcia Monroe : A Journey to Health and Healing offers a deeply soothing form of moving meditation and physical activity, and a safe way to rebuild strength, stamina, and flexibility helping to address the spinal curvature of scoliosis without surgery. The book presents an evidence-based look at how this approach works. Dr. Fishman has been treating individuals with scoliosis using yoga for many years and has collected x-rays of his work, before and after, demonstrating actual lessening of the degree of curvature from the practice of Iyengar yoga. Yoga and Scoliosis: A Journey to Health and Healing is a source of encouragement, knowledge, and healing for those who have scoliosis and need to treat it, but want to avoid braces and/or surgery. It briefly covers the history and treatment modalities of scoliosis and discusses the development of the spine in the embryo. Yoga and Scoliosis explores the complexities of the concept of alignment in the body, with the main part of the book showing how to address scoliosis using Iyengar yoga. Four chapters give instruction in yoga asanas for scoliosis, and another chapter discusses yoga practice in daily living. Finally there is a Foreword by B. K. S. Iyengar, the founder of Iyengar Yoga.
by John Welshons. This inspirational guide for coping with life's darkest moments addresses how to find comfort and understanding when God's power seems withheld or otherwise insufficient in the face of great suffering. This book is a resource that draws from the traditions of major religions to counsel readers on how to accept difficult times with love and honesty. The author shows how to use one's pain as fuel for a spiritual journey. Hardcover, 269 pages, 9" x 6".
