For years, yoga has been prized for its benefits to the body, providing healing, rejuvenation, overall toning and solutions to a host of other physical problems. Recently, however, author Bija Bennett has sought to bring yoga back to basics, inspiring instructors and practitioners alike to rediscover the emotional and spiritual wellness that yoga can bring. Drawing on her training in yoga therapy, dance and meditation, Bija Bennett has created a yoga programme that takes full advantage of the mind-body connection. Based on the classical eight-fold path of yoga, her system offers a broad range of simple mind-body techniques that can positively affect our emotional well-being, including the dynamic interplay of movements, breathing exercises, meditations, lifestyle skills, rituals, gestures and healing sounds. Each technique is presented in a way that is true to Bennett's background in the tradition of Viniyoga, which allows the reader to adapt the programme to his or her specific needs. More than 70 photographs clearly demonstrate a variety of movements and poses to make this book easy to use for any age or level of experience.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd
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978-0-553-81486-6 (9780553814866)
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Bija Bennett is an internationally renowned yoga teacher with extensive training in yoga therapy, meditation, fitness, and dance. For more than ten years she has lead seminars with Deepak Chopra, M.D. and treated thousands of patients at his Ayurvedic medical centre. The author of Breathing Into Life, she is a charismatic workshop leader, is recognized in the US as one of the top inspirational speakers on health and The Young Presidents Organisation consistently rank her among the top presenters in the world. She holds certificates in meditation, and has an M.A. in dance. She lives in Denver, Colorado.
