This is a straight-talking, woman-to-woman postnatal recovery guide with a difference. These tailored Pilates exercises are safe and effective to build strong foundations, whatever your exercise goals.

Clear step-by-step exercises are suitable for the fourth trimester, caesarean recovery and year one and beyond. Take control of your postnatal recovery and feel empowered with this toolkit of resources.

Health, fitness and wellbeing advice will help replenish and renew your energy in mind, body and spirit.

Learn how to check for abdominal separation and recognise the signs of pelvic floor weakness - what it means and what you can do about it.

Posture tips, easily incorporated into your day-to-day life - while breastfeeding, pushing your buggy, at your desk, picking up your toddler.

Routines are realistic and manageable as they are broken down into bite-sized 10/20/30-minute blocks.

The body is the focus of the book. This is something of a new departure in meditation as the body is often given a degree of attention but not the degree and depth that Paramananda offers. Body work: focussing, body therapies, yoga etc are growing fields which often have a cross over interest in meditation. This book would be particularly suitable for these markets. Paramananda is an experienced, accessible and popular teacher (and has sold over 55,000 copies of "Practical Guide"). It will appeal to broader yoga, relaxation and stress reduction fields in addition to the more traditionally Buddhist and spiritual markets.

An easy-to-follow guide to a hot new form of yoga

Yoga with Weights is the latest breakthrough in mind-body exercise, integrating the mindfulness of yoga with the physical culture of body-building. Building on the strengths of both disciplines, this friendly guide shows readers how to safely combine yoga postures while simultaneously working out with lightweight hand-held free weights. It features customizable exercises that target specific areas of the body, each illustrated with multiple photos, and provides guidelines for combining healthy eating with workouts.

Sherri Baptiste (Marin County, CA) is the founder of Baptiste Power of Yoga, a nationally recognized method of yoga offered throughout the United States. She teaches yoga classes throughout the United States and hosts retreats around the world.

The 4-week formula to elite physical fitness - are you ready to Be Para Fit? Revolutionise your lifestyle and transform your fitness with the powerful new programme from Major Sam McGrath, former commander of the legendary Para's `P' Company selection process. Whatever your fitness level, this four-week formula will teach you how to realise your full potential, to master your goals and achieve transformational results. CHALLENGE yourself and your body as you discover the difference between exercise and effective training, taking on a programme of purposeful drills based around functional movement patterns, supported by cardio challenges, as you push your way through the programme all the way to paratrooper level. CONQUER your fears and unlock the true `Paratrooper Mindset', allowing you to believe in your ability to push yourself to new heights. Learn how to create stretch goals to motivate you on your fitness journey and embrace the fundamentals of progression, not perfection. EMPOWER your life as Major McGrath shows you how to embed elite physical fitness into your everyday life, teaching you how to integrate the essential foundations of good sleep, healthy nutrition, and purposeful activity.

The Science of Yoga draws on a hidden wealth of science, history, and surprising facts to cut through the fog that surrounds contemporary yoga and to show - for the first time - what is uplifting and beneficial and what is delusional, flaky, and dangerous. At heart, it illuminates the risks and rewards. The book takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of undiscovered yoga that goes from old libraries in Calcutta to the world capitals of medical research, from little-known archives to spotless laboratories, from sweaty yoga classes with master teachers to the cosy offices of yoga healers. In the process, it shatters myths, lays out unexpected benefits, and offers a compelling vision of how to improve the discipline.

The first book to comprehensively discuss the function of the psoas in posture, movement, and exercise, The Psoas Solution identifies the functional anatomy, biomechanics, and motor control of the psoas and its role in core and hip stabilization. Abundantly illustrated with full-colour images throughout, this book also provides most complete review on the relevant research on the psoas available. Integrating this research with clinical experience, Evan Osar identifies the psoas's role on the hip, pelvis, and low back and demonstrates how to incorporate the psoas into functional movement patterns including squatting, lunging, and bending. The Psoas Solution includes corrective and functional exercise progressions for integrating the psoas into daily activities such as standing and sitting. Health and fitness professionals will find this a valuable resource full of applicable strategies and exercises to incorporate into their current rehabilitation and training programs.

Call it power walking, fitness walking, or just plain walking. Indoors or out, walking is one of the healthiest and most rewarding forms of exercise available to all sorts of people, young and old. In fact, walking burns about the same number of calories per mile as running (and it's a lot easier on your knees). Walking is one of the most adaptable workout activities around – you can walk for an hour straight to make your walking program effective and to achieve your goals, or you can accumulate this hour over the course of a day.

Fitness Walking For Dummies is for anyone who wants to start an exercise program but may not have the knowledge or motivation to do it. If you're already a walking fanatic, you'll find out how to become a better fitness walker. This easy-to-understand guide is also for those who are on track to

• Lose weight
• Decrease blood pressure
• Control cholesterol
• Relieve stress
• Prevent heart disease
• Deal with depression

Explore what it takes to begin an exercise program by setting goals, choosing shoes, and considering nutrition to optimize your workout. Fitness Walking For Dummies also covers the following topics and more:

• Warm-up and cool-down routines
• Strength training
• The four levels of walking: Lifestyle, Fitness, High-Energy, Walk-Run
• Weight-training routines and stretches that add variety
• Buying and using a treadmill
• Age, pregnancy, and walking with your dog
• Dealing with pain and injuries

Like 67 million other people in the United States who log over 201 million miles a year, you want to take advantage of all of the great things a regular walking program can do for you. Whether your goal is to improve your health or your appearance, lose weight, get stronger, feel good about yourself, or all of the above, walking can help you get to where you want to go. This book can help you do that by showing you everything you need to know about starting and maintaining a walking program.

A brief introduction to yoga and the eight limbs will be followed by alignment, breathing and then postures specifically for outdoor activities. Activities covered will include hiking, cycling, climbing, and paddling. Specific poses and practice flows will be outlined as well as meditations, breath work and syncing with nature's rhythms. Leave no trace principles will be tied in with the foundational yoga philosophy as well as observance of our place in nature. Readers will be inspired to incorporate yoga practices into their lives on and off the trail, bike, wall, or water.

A SIMPLE LYING DOWN ROUTINE FOR EVERYONE Each morning before getting out of bed, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming practices a series of movements he has combined based on decades of experience. In Meridian Qigong Exercises, Dr. Yang teaches you his special daily exercise routine. Follow along and learn how a unique combination of simple yoga stretches, qigong movements, and acupressure techniques can relieve energy stagnation and rejuvenate your entire body. All the exercises can be performed lying down or sitting, if preferred. Meridian qigong will quickly improve your general health, helping you to heal and preventing injuries. With regular practice you will notice your entire body feels loose and comfortable. You will react to stress with a greater sense of calm, and your circulation will increase. With this book you will *Understand the link between yoga and qigong*Learn basic acupressure with traditional tui na (pushing and grabbing) and dian xue (cavity pressing) techniques*Supplement your qigong practice with yoga stretches*Know which acupoints and meridians to stimulate*Relieve many common ailments, including insomnia "In this book, I have compiled this qigong practice from my more than fifty years of practicing and teaching experience," Dr. Yang writes. "I sincerely hope that Meridian Qigong Exercises are able to inspire you and make your life healthier." Dr. Yang is among the world's most respected instructors of martial arts, tai chi, and qigong. Meridian Qigong Exercises is a profound addition to his incredible body of work.

This is a comprehensive guide to 'could hands', a foundational exercise found in all styles of the popular martial art t'ai chi ch'uan. The book exphasizes the healing aspects of t'ai chi, making it equally useful for practitioners of qi gong and other healing modalities.

Here is the ultimate guide to power yoga -- one of the fastest growing mind-body fitness trends in the U.S -- by the world's foremost instructors of Ashtanga.Power Yoga For Dummies demystifies the secrets of Ashtanga, revealing how various yoga exercises promote flexibility and mental focus while a rapid pace adds aerobic benefit to the total power yoga workout. Explore the many ways yoga affects the mind and the body. This friendly guide provides power yoga workouts customized for adults, teens, children and seniors!

This informative and fun coloring book with 32 flash cards teaches anatomy through classic yoga poses.

With a primary focus on the bones, joints, and muscles involved in yoga, this unique adult coloring book presents a wealth of information in an accessible manner—making it the perfect gift for medical students and yoga enthusiasts alike!

Features:

• Helpfully organized, starting with an introduction to essential anatomical terms and overview of the systems of the body, followed by the skeletal system, joints, and connective tissue, and the muscular system with its structure and function.
• Each anatomical feature is beautifully illustrated with a black-and-white drawing depicting a yoga posture (asana); coloring each in will foster a deeper understanding of the bones and muscles involved and a better recall of their names.
• Contains 60 original illustrations to color, along with fun facts about anatomy, practice tips for yogis, pose names in both English and Sanskrit, and a detailed glossary.
• Sewn layflat binding makes for an easier coloring and learning experience.
• 32 press-out flashcards in the back of the book enable readers to quiz themselves and study yoga anatomy on the go.

Immerse yourself in this captivating blend of education and creativity, as you unlock the secrets of anatomy for yoga practitioners and instructors alike. Let seasoned yoga instructor, licensed massage therapist, and anatomy teacher Kelly Solloway be your guide as you embark on an illuminating journey through the human body, demystifying yoga's connection to anatomy in an engaging and memorable way.

Pilates and Conditioning for Athletes is a science-based, multi-discipline approach to athletic conditioning. It helps you build a strong and flexible foundation by infusing Pilates into complete training programmes. The text features proven assessment protocols that have helped elite athletes reach and stay at the pinnacle of their careers. These can be used to evaluate your movement patterns, ranges of motion, strength bases, flexibility and core strength. This comprehensive guide includes detailed instructions for over 120 Pilates mat and traditional conditioning exercises. These help you strengthen your core, improve your posture and increase your flexibility. It also features other tips such as breathing exercises and resistance training for strength and power. Pilates and Conditioning for Athletes also includes 19 foundational, intermediate and sport-specific workouts to help you achieve your performance goals. Whether you're a weekend warrior or a professional athlete you'll learn how to become stronger, faster and healthier with Pilates.

Many work hard on good posture and better walking and running alignment, but it's critical to understand how what you put on your feet each day can play a bigger role in the function of your feet, ankles, knees, hips, and spine than you might realize. "By applying the principles in this book, you will be able to restore your foundation and prevent dysfunction." Ray McClanahan, DPM Biomechanist and author of Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief, Katy Bowman offers walkers, runners, and health professionals alike clear, accessible lessons on how the shape of shoes can play a role in painful feet, knees, and hips and what to do about it. When we have painful feet and weak ankles it seems like stiff, supportive shoes are the answer, but this solution can be temporary, especially if our issues stem from foot and leg weakness. In short, humans come with great "foot technology," we just need to learn how to use it. Minimal footwear shoes that protect your feet while still letting them move freely is gaining traction (get it?). Being barefoot is a natural human movement, but research shows simply kicking off our shoe-shackles and releasing our feet into the wild can result in injury. Whole Body Barefoot will help you safely and effectively transition to minimal footwear, reaping the enormous benefits of freeing your feet without injuring yourself along the way. Whole Body Barefoot presents: 25 exercises to create strong, supple, feel-better feet The mechanics of bunions and pronation How to strengthen weak ankles and arches How to figure out your true shoe-size The importance of walking on natural surfaces "Vitamin Texture!" With clear, science-based explanations, Bowman lays out how conventional shoes and artificial environments leave us with sedentary feet as well as the steps necessary to restore lost foot function, and improve health...naturally!

Stretch the mindful way with this all-encompassing guide to Yin Yoga. In today's fast-paced world it's easy to lose the balance in our lives and the connection with our bodies. DK believes it's time to change that! Yin Yoga offers a remedy to the stress and hustle of everyday life. Heard of the term but don't know where to begin? No worries, we've got you covered! The same way that Yin balances Yang in ancient philosophies, the slower yin-style yoga featured in this yoga book offers an alternative to the faster more active forms of yoga. Instead, Yin yoga concentrates on holding and breathing through floor-based poses, awarding you with the time and space to clear both your mind and body. Dive straight in to discover: -Over 50 poses focusing on specific areas of the body -Each yoga pose is demonstrated with photographic step-by-step detail -20 sequences linking the poses, tailored to your physical and emotional targets -Introductory spreads covering the basic techniques behind Yin Yoga The first full-coloured step-by-step Yin yoga book on the market, this all-encompassing yoga guide is a must-have volume for individuals seeking a mindful and meditative approach to their yoga practice, as well as beginners and older yoga practitioners who are looking to adopt a slower-paced approach to yoga. You can explore gentle variations to much-loved yoga poses, from the comfort of your own home. Every exercise utilises the essential elements of Yin yoga to ensure you can gain all the physical and mental benefits, and will also allow you to perform all 20 sequences, which combine over 50 different poses into one singular experience and focus on specific health benefits each pose has on your body. For years, books on yoga have asked readers to bend over backwards (literally!) to conform to their physical demands. At DK, we believe it's time to change that! Why not allow for readers to demand that yoga conform to their individual needs instead? This is gentle yoga for the mind, body and soul. A must-have volume for those who want to take up Yoga but don't know where to begin, or simply those seeking to start a gentle low-impact exercise whilst encouraging mindfulness, Yin Yoga can be tailored to your individual fitness needs, so you make the most out of your poses! Why not stretch yourself, literally, this New Year and try something new? Perhaps your mind, body and soul will thank you!

Climb to Fitness shows anyone who visits the climbing gym, from beginners to veteran climbers, how best to use the various parts of the gym for their own customized workout. It explores all the features modern climbing gyms offer-bouldering walls, toprope areas, lead climbing, hangboards, weight rooms, and more-and how to use these not only to enhance your climbing ability, but also to build overall fitness and strength. Whether you want a step-by-step workout or a buffet of workouts to create your own unique training regime, Climb to Fitness will get you there.