
The Healing Power of Movement
A Beginner's Guide to Using Your Body
Hannah Glancy(Author)
David & Charles (Publisher)
Published on 23. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-4463-1317-6 (ISBN)
Description
In?The Healing Power of Movement, Hannah Glancy explores the joy of being physically active and reveals how exercise can?boost physical, mental, and spiritual health.?Glancy, an experienced yoga teacher, hill runner, and fell walker, emphasizes the ways in which getting our bodies moving can make us feel closer to nature and the world around us, demystifying the often-intimidating world of physical activity.
Glancy's energizing book is split into three parts:
* Move with Your Body: practical exercises for readers to connect with their body
* Move with Your Breath: the healing power of deep yogic breathing and alternate nostril breathing (as made famous by Hilary Clinton)
* Move with Your Mind: resilience, acceptance, and the barriers to getting active
It also includes:
* Tips for running, walking, and cold-water swimming
* Instructions for two full yoga sequences
* A quiz for readers to identify their movement mindsets and guidance for how to modulate their approach for the better
The Healing Power of Movement?is the perfect introduction to understanding exercise for people who want to live a fulfilling, active life that puts healing and nature at its heart.
Glancy's energizing book is split into three parts:
* Move with Your Body: practical exercises for readers to connect with their body
* Move with Your Breath: the healing power of deep yogic breathing and alternate nostril breathing (as made famous by Hilary Clinton)
* Move with Your Mind: resilience, acceptance, and the barriers to getting active
It also includes:
* Tips for running, walking, and cold-water swimming
* Instructions for two full yoga sequences
* A quiz for readers to identify their movement mindsets and guidance for how to modulate their approach for the better
The Healing Power of Movement?is the perfect introduction to understanding exercise for people who want to live a fulfilling, active life that puts healing and nature at its heart.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Newton Abbot
United Kingdom
Illustrations
324 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
338 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4463-1317-6 (9781446313176)
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E-Book
07/2024
LAPA Publishers
€17.49
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Person
Hannah Glancy is a writer, hiker, fell runner, wild swimmer and yoga teacher based in the Lake District in the UK. She began her movement journey following an unexpected diagnosis in her early twenties and has spent years developing an approach to physical activity that centers on being in tune with the body and finding the joy in being active. She is the founder of Proper Northern Yoga.