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Yoga and Body Image: 25 Personal Stories About Beauty, Bravery & Loving Your Body

In this remarkable, first-of-its-kind book, twenty-five contributors—including musician Alanis Morissette, celebrity yoga instructor Seane Corn, and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Sara Gottfried—discuss how yoga and body image intersect. Through inspiring personal stories you’ll discover how yoga not only affects your physical health, but also how you feel about your body.

Offering unique perspectives on yoga and how it has shaped their lives, the writers provide tips for using yoga to find self-empowerment and improved body image. This anthology unites a diverse collection of voices that address topics across the spectrum of human experience, from culture and media to gender and sexuality. Yoga and Body Image will help you learn to connect with and love your beautiful body.

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Sayings of Swami Kripalu: Inspiring Quotes from a Contemporary Yoga Master

Swami Kripalu was a remarkable man, a bridge between the traditions of ancient India and contemporary Western society. A yoga master renowned for the intensity of his spiritual practice and the depth of his compassion, Swami Kripalu came to the United States in 1977 where he spent the last four years of his life in residence at the original Kripalu Center founded by Yogi Amrit Desai in Sumneytown, Pennsylvania.

Primarily a compilation of quotes from Swami Kripalu’s four years in the West, this book also draws on translations of earlier talks and written works that remain unpublished in English. The introduction and commentary by Richard Faulds is provided to set a broad context in which the meaning of the quotes can be understood and applied to yoga practice.

Swami Kripalu was the inspiration behind Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts, the largest yoga, health, and program center in North America.

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Yoga for Birth: Yoga Postures, Meditations, Affirmations, and More for Childbirth

Ease your way into birth using yoga. Whether you plan to labor alone or with a birth partner, this book offers practical yoga and philosophy for pregnancy, labor, and beyond. Yoga for Birth contains fully-photographed yoga poses with step-by-step instructions, journal exercises for self-discovery, meditation and breathing techniques, affirmations, true birth stories, yoga practice routines, and more. Learn yoga positions (with or without a birth partner) Unlock the power of meditation and breathing techniques Create your own custom affirmations Improve your self-knowledge with journal exercises Read inspiring birth stories from other mothers Make life easier with tear-out birth planners Prepare for labor with thirty- and sixty-five minute practice routines

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Gentle Yoga Kit: Nurturing the Body, Soothing the Soul, a Kripalu Program with CD (Audio) and Flash Cards

Gentle Yoga Kit offers the perfect contrast to the sweat till you nearly drop yoga thing. Stephen cope, a renowned Kripalu yoga master who teaches at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health–the largest residential yoga center in America–has assembled the basics to teach would-be yogis from beginning to more advanced poses.

Stop what you’re doing, strike a pose, breathe in and out, and pay attention to the feelings evoked. By doing this, we notice “how it really is in our bodies. How it really is in our minds. Suddenly, we’re present. Just here. Just now. With nothing to do and nowhere to go.”

Familiarize yourself with each pose and breathing method, then start with the gentle rocking warm-up and move into downward-facing dog. Try the corpse pose for even deeper relaxation. With two CDs, a book, and flashcards, Gentle Yoga Kit is the perfect yoga retreat in a box. It’s convenient, on-the-go format means it can be used in a variety of ways. Try it at home or take it along with you when you travel. It will give you the flexibility to retian peace of mind whenever and wherever you need it most.

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Meditation and Yoga Nidra (Relaxation and Stress Reduction, Healing and Rejuvenation)

The rest gained from 30 minutes of Yoga Nidra is deeper and more recuperative than several hours of normal sleep. The gentle healing process releases long term tensions, anxiety and exhaustion from the body-mind. Yoga Nidra improves the quality of sleep and promotes calm, grounded and positive feelings.

This CD combines powerful western methods of psychology with classical Yoga Nidra to aid greater relaxation and healing. Dr Swami Shankardev is a direct disciple of Swami Satyananda Saraswati, the originator of Yoga Nidra.

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Theme Weaver: Connect the Power of Inspiration to Teaching Yoga

Finally there is a book for yoga teachers who want to inspire students and motivate them to find more on the mat. Michelle Berman Marchildon, internationally-known as the Yogi Muse, shows you with wit and wisdom how to connect on an authentic level and create a unique experience for your students. Discover the secrets of The Other Eight Limbed Path, a method Michelle developed to create and weave a theme through a typical class sequence. Theme Weaver is a must-have for teachers who want to blend inspiration with perspiration to motivate their students, but not become a distraction to the practice of yoga. Whether you have been teaching for 20 years, or 20 minutes, this book is a must have for your library. It is also an excellent choice for Yoga Teacher Training. There is simply nothing else like it on the market today.