Practical Encyclopedia of Yoga & Pilates
Author(s): Judy & Gibbs Emily & Smith Doriel & Kelly Hall
This title features simple Pilates and yoga-Pilates exercises to safely streamline, tone and strengthen your body. Combine the controlled power of Pilates with the stretches of yoga to create a holistic bodywork plan, shown in over 1800 step-by-step photographs. This title offers the ultimate fusion of exercise for health and fitness: learn to tap right into your body's core strength by using the muscle control of Pilates alongside the harmonising and balancing poses of classic Iyengar yoga. There are sequences for toning and stretching the body suitable for all the family, including 50 safe and enjoyable exercises for children. Expert tuition from highly regarded practitioners and instructors guides you through suitable routines, whatever your level, with special at-a-glance sequences to suit different times and situations. Yoga and Pilates are two of the most versatile and popular forms of bodywork, offering physical fitness, improved physique and spiritual well-being to individuals of every age and level of ability.
This comprehensive guide combines expert tuition with step-by-step photography to offer a highly effective and enjoyable series of exercises for both the body and mind. The book begins with the classic asanas of Iyengar yoga. The second section on Pilates shows how to align the muscles and support the internal organs. The third section is a unique synergy of the two systems to promote stamina, suppleness and balance.
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Francoise Barbira Freedman is a mother of four and considers this to be her finest accomplishment, despite a distinguished career encompassing teaching, developing revolutionary educational programmes for maternal and child health and writing many books and articles. She is a yoga teacher, a medical anthropologist at the University of Cambridge and founder of the charitable trust, Birthlight. In addition, Dr Freedman lectures in midwifery and women’s health within the National Health Service. Through her books, videos and television appearances, Francoise's pioneering work on pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond is recognised around the world. Dr Freedman also teaches and promotes aqua yoga for pregnant women and young children.
Emily Kelly is a fitness trainer and Pilates crusader with a wide following and the highest reputation.
Bel studied for the highly credited British Wheel of Yoga Teacher Training Diploma and has been teaching yoga for a number of years. She runs a range of adult yoga classes and teaches yoga to children in schools and yoga centres.
Jonathan Monks teaches his own brand of yoga and Pilates called YogaMonks at the Danceworks studio in London. He is also a regular teacher at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was invited to teach physical therapy at the Integrated Medical Centre in 2000.
Doriel Hall was initiated in India and is known as Swami Dayamurti Saraswati in yogic circles. A highly experienced yoga practitioner, she trained in the Satyananda tradition. For the past 20 years Doriel has been training yoga teachers for the British Wheel of Yoga, widely recognised as Great Britain's governing body for yoga, and has been involved in their verification and assessment procedures for the training courses. As well as running workshops and courses, Doriel speaks regularly at international conferences on different aspects of yoga practice and philosophy.
Judy Smith began practising yoga in the early 1970s to correct her posture and, after having children, trained as a teacher at the prestigious Iyengar Yoga Institute in Maida Vale, London, qualifying in 1989.
General Fields
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- : Anness Publishing
- : Anness Publishing
- : 1.247
- : 01 June 2011
- : 168mm x 220mm
- : 01 August 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Judy & Gibbs Emily & Smith Doriel & Kelly Hall
- : Paperback
- : 613.7046
- : VFM
- : over 1800 photographs
