Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana PracticeYoga For Your Type This is the first book that details how to choose Yoga asanas (Yoga poses) most appropriate for your unique body type according to the five thousand year old system of Ayurvedic medicine. These two systems of healing and energy management have long been regarded as effective methods of relieving stress, creating personal balance, eliminating ailments, and relieving chronic pain. Yoga for Your Type presents a fundamental understanding of both Yoga and Ayurveda and provides the information needed for you to balance your energy and feel healthy. |
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Contents
Asana Sequences for Your Type | |
Instant Change Programs for Each Doshic Type | |
Long Term Dosha Reducing Programs for Each Doshic Type | |
PARTV Appendices | |
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms | |
About the Authors | |
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Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice David Frawley,Sandra Summerfield Kozak No preview available - 2001 |
Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice David Frawley,Sandra Summerfield Kozak No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
Adho Mukha Adho Mukha Svanasana arms asana practice Ayurveda B.K.S. Iyengar Backbends balance body buttocks chest open Child’s Pose COMPLETING THE POSE Dandasana David Frawley doshas easy breath Eka Pada energy Exhale feet floor Forward Bend Halasana hands head Headstand heels hips HOLDING THE POSE holds and repetitions holds BREATH holds with repetitions IMPORTANT ACTIONS Inhale Janu Sirsasana KAPHA TIME Long Keep knees LEARNING AT HOME lengthen Level light Ujjayi Long holds Lotus Marichyasana minute Savasana Moderate holds move movement muscles Namaskar neck open chest Padangusthasana Parivrtta Parsva Paschimottanasana POSE VATA PITTA postures Prana pranayama pratyahara PRECAUTIONS reduce relaxed repetitions BREATH Salabhasana Sarvangasana sattva seconds to begin Short holds shoulders Shoulderstand Siddhasana sitting bones spine straight straighten strengthen Stretch Supta Surya Surya Namaskar Tadasana tailbone torso Trikonasana udana Ujjayi FOCUS Upavistha Konasana upward Urdhva Dhanurasana Urdhva Prasarita Uttanasana VATA PITTA KAPHA Vedic Vedic Astrology Virabhadrasana Virasana vyana wall Yoga practice
Bibliographic information
| Title | Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Your Asana Practice |
| Authors | David Frawley, Sandra Summerfield Kozak |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Lotus Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 091026130X, 9780910261302 |
| Length | 275 pages |
| Subjects | › Health & Fitness / Yoga |
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