Deepen your practice and discover the myths, gods, sacred animals and imagery that lie hidden in your favourite yoga postures Meet the monks and maharajas, gods and gymnasts who shaped yoga as we know it. Have you ever wondered why yoga postures look the way they do, or how they got their names? From Lotus to Warrior, Cobra to Happy Baby, this book takes a fresh look at the stories behind 30 familiar poses. By drawing in on Hindu scripture, mythology and the animals, birds and flowers the original Indian yogis saw around them, Curious Poses explores the symbolism of yoga postures many of us practise every week and offers inspiration to regular practitioners and yoga teachers alike. Let this book take you on a journey into a treasure trove of yoga history, mythology, philosophy and pop culture that enlightens and entertains by turns. Featuring full-colour illustrations, Curious Poses is an ideal mat companion for the curious yoga enthusiast.

Many of us are guilty of choosing to binge-watch TV after a stressful day at work rather than hitting the gym to exercise - but what if you could do both at the same time? Self-help expert and stretching guru Susan Clark has devised over 40 simple exercises you can sneakily squeeze in while in bed, at your desk, commuting, watching TV, in the bath and more. Stretching is the ultimate low-intensity exercise, with science-backed benefits including improved flexibility, toned muscles and a stronger core - and it might even increase your life expectancy. You don't need any special equipment, and just 10 minutes of 'flexercise' each day will benefit your health. Featuring charming illustrations of each stretch, as well as a bonus chapter on how to meditate to stretch your mind, this book is the perfect way to get back into fitness without even leaving your house.

Biller integrates research about exercise, nutrition, and health within an applied developmental psychological framework. Readers are presented with ways of making fitness an enjoyable and positive force in their daily lives. Although a major focus is on how to get in shape, Biller's primary mission is to encourage a healthy lifestyle that enriches self-awareness and personal growth. The goal is not just to facilitate physical fitness, but to enhance overall life satisfaction. The book's uniqueness, accordingly, lies in its ability to help individuals develop a creative, playful approach to fitness in all spheres of their lives. While some readers are just beginning to think about fitness because of a desire to lose weight and improve their appearance, others are more interested in refining their athletic skills or achieving a greater balance in their daily activities. Dedicated exercisers often are striving for new routines and ways to prevent "burnout." Many parents, moreover, are searching for activities to help their children, as well as themselves, become more fit. Older individuals are especially likely to be concerned about staying healthy and avoiding physical dependence as they age. Biller speaks to all these concerns--and all these groups--by providing an approach to getting in shape that enriches self-understanding and mental vitality.

A practical, easy-to-follow manual, Gardener's Fitness includes conditioning exercises, postural guidance for moving correctly and safely, therapeutic stretches to relieve discomfort, and a variety of gentle exercises designed to relax tired muscles and restore energy after laboring in the garden. Pearlman explains each exercise through simple directions and photographs. She also provides solid information on precautions to take in the gardening environment, where both major and minor dangers lurk: the sun, insect bites and bee stings, inclement weather, and many others.

In THE GENIUS OF FLEXIBILITY, author Bob Cooley presents a compelling sixteen-stretch regimen that far surpasses the results of conventional stretching. This breakthrough system features Bob's signature resistance stretching and shows readers how to tap into the energy pathways within the body while strengthening and elongating the muscles. Resistance stretching is achieved by contracting a muscle while stretching it, enhancing the stretch and resulting in a greater range of motion. Bob Cooley's system is made up of sixty-four stretch movements presented in four distinct levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced and assisted advanced. These stretches help you connect with your higher psychological self. Best of all, these stretches can vastly improve any physical fitness training, anywhere, anytime, and his no-pain method prevents over-stretching.

This book has been a favourite for spiritual seekers in India for several centuries. Vasistha Muni demands direct observation of the mind, its motion, its notions, and reasoning.

Say goodbye to unsightly and dangerous belly fat in just three weeks with this easy-to-follow diet and exercise program-includes 65 recipes. Muffin tops, love handles and pot bellies have finally met their match with The Belly Burn Plan, an easy-to-follow diet and exercise program that yields measurable results in just six weeks. Developed for the millions of men and women with too much belly fat, The Belly Burn Plan will help you shed belly fat fast and for good in just three steps: Eat Right for Your Body Type: Discover the best foods for your metabolism to lose weight naturally. Get Moving: Shorter, targeted, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts tailored to your fitness level help improve glucose metabolism and fat burning. Stress Less, Sleep More: Make the lifestyle changes that will have a lasting impression on your body and overall health. Linked to heart disease, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome, belly fat isn't just unsightly, it can be dangerous to your health. You have the power to not only change the way you look, but also how you feel. The Belly Burn Plan kicks off with an effective 3-Day Cleanse and includes 65 quick and easy recipes that will blow your taste buds away while shrinking your waistline. Prepare to say goodbye to belly fat and hello to a lean, healthy body.

The world is filled with stress, pains, miseries, sickness, and death. The hustle and bustle of modern life does not bring peace. But practicing yogic meditation has the ability to bring silence and peace of mind into your life. In Your Window to Silence and Peace, author Dr. S. K. Babooa provides a guide to yogic mediation to help you achieve harmonious equilibrium in life's physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual spheres.

Your Window to Silence and Peace contains gems of knowledge for attaining peace. It provides an in-depth analysis of the mind, discusses how everything of the body originates from the mind, and focuses on the correlation between the mind and thought. Babooa presents the basics of the charkas-smuladhara, swadhistan, manipura, anahat, vishuddha, ajna, and sahasrara-and offers a detailed, practical journey of yogic meditation.

Babooa demonstrates the ways in which yogic meditation can unravel the treasure house that is the human mind. He stresses the importance and power of silence and communicates that you can open the window of silence through yogic meditation and attain everlasting peace in this modern world.

Tai chi ball qigong training is an important component of proper tai chi chuan practice Once kept secret in martial arts societies, Tai Chi Ball training has the potential to help develop internal strength, whole body connections, yielding and neutralizing skills, and promotes abundant qi flow. For decades, this training was widely unknown. Dr. Yang has taken the original 24 patterns and extended them to 48 patterns in order to expand the health benefits and to target the needs of martial artists. For martial artists, tai chi ball qigong training can strengthen the torso, condition the muscles, and increase physical power by using the mind to lead the qi. It can be a major training tool to enhance pushing hands ability. As a health exercise, tai chi ball qigong training will improve movement of the spine, increase energy through various breathing techniques, and aid in moving many joints of your body properly, and at different angles. "In all my years of teaching, I believe that Tai Chi Ball Qigong is one of the most powerful exercises I have ever seen to rebuild the entire body's health."-Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming This book includes History of tai chi ball Theory of tai chi ball qigong Tai chi ball warm-ups Tai chi ball fundamentals Tai chi ball breathing Tai chi ball exercises Tai chi ball partner exercises Tai chi ball advanced practice

DISCOVER THE MARTIAL ESSENCE OF TAI CHI CHUAN Here's your chance to take the next step in your tai chi journey. Martial applications found within tai chi chuan are a direct link to your tai chi as a form of self-defense. When you study the martial side of tai chi, you can become proficient in a variety of high-level skills, including sensing, neutralizing, yielding, striking, chin na, and even throwing. If you know a tai chi form, you are going to discover the essence of your movements by becoming aware of their martial applications. If you are practicing tai chi pushing hands, you will greatly improve your skills with this understanding of martial applications. If you are ready, you are going to love the amazing tai chi fighting set. This fully choreographed set (requires a partner) will combine all your tai chi skills into one 5-minute routine. It's like having three books in one. Includes: Martial applications for the Yang-style long form Martial applications for Yang-style tai chi pushing hands The complete Yang-style tai chi fighting set For any style of tai chi chuan, this book will be important for practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding and advanced skills. Learn how to analyze the forms and defense applications in your tai chi, gaining higher-level knowledge of your style. Discover the martial applications of Yang style. These insights will give you greater understanding of your own art. Find inspiration. Master Yang's writing will inspire you to investigate the martial applications of your tai chi style. This edition includes an easy-to-follow layout. Each technique is presented in four to six large photographs with detailed instructions on how to perform the movements. Motion arrows are used on the photographs to help you execute the movements correctly.

Becoming increasingly popular as a self-defence method and fitness programme, Krav Maga is the Israeli military's renowned method for fending off attackers of all kinds. Based on the principles of doing minimal harm and enhancing our natural instincts for self-protection, anyone can master its moves - regardless of strength, size, age, or gender. Profiled in USA Today, The New Yorker, and New York Magazine, David Kahn is the top Krav Maga expert and instructor in the U.S. He presents the basic techniques and principles in this excellent beginner's guide. Topics include: Anticipating an attack; Understanding the body's vulnerable targets; Mastering essential defence techniques, and more. With illustrations and photographs, plus training drills and workouts, and a few advanced moves, this is an essential guide to an empowering and life-changing skill, as well as an amazing conditioning programme.

The eXercise Factor shows you how to ease into the best shape of your life, regardless of your age, weight, or current fitness level. Learn how to increase your life expectancy and significantly improve the quality of your life by the actions you take. This is not about a quick fix; it is about a long-term, sustained lifestyle. There are four key success drivers-knowledge, nutrition, exercise, and the X Factor-which work together holistically to turbo-charge your ability to live a long, high-quality life. While exercise is the secret sauce, the X Factor is probably the most important ingredient, and no book addresses the critical importance of these two ingredients like The eXercise Factor.

Since its development over a decade ago, Suspension Training (R) has remained a popular choice for developing strength, stability, core power, flexibility, and balance because it delivers results. Used by the best of the best, from personal trainers to the elite athletes they work with, Suspension Training (R) is a respected and essential component of conditioning programs worldwide. Approved and endorsed by TRX (R), the global leader in functional training products, programming, and education, the Complete Guide to TRX (R)Suspension Training (R), Second Edition, is the authoritative resource on safe, effective, and optimal use of Suspension Training (R) and programming. Written by renowned strength and conditioning expert Dr. Jay Dawes, the book offers 100 exercises, 40 variations, and 24 ready-to-use programs designed to take your workouts to unprecedented levels. The second edition is packed with full-color photos, demonstrating how to perform each exercise, as well as 14 assessments to help determine fitness level and gauge training progress. Complete Guide to TRX (R)Suspension Training (R) also shows you how to incorporate Suspension Training (R) into circuit training and injury prevention programs as well as programs for improving strength and power, speed and agility, balance and stability, and flexibility. If you are tired of repetitive workout routines, sick of waiting for equipment at a crowded gym, or simply looking to enhance your current regimen, look no further than Complete Guide to TRX (R)Suspension Training (R). Note: Fitness Anywhere LLC has granted Human Kinetics Inc. permission to use TRX (R) trademarks in accordance with TRX Trademark Usage Guidelines for the purposes of publishing Complete Guide to TRX (R)Suspension Training (R).