Om Yoga Magazine — February 2018

books

Yoga Therapy Foundations, Methods

And Practices For Common Ailments

Mark Stephens, North Atlantic Books, £20

Best-selling author Mark Stephens gives yoga

teachers and students practical yoga-based tools

for working with a wide array of common injuries

and ailments, from ankle sprains to vertigo. Here,

he integrates the wisdom of ancient and modern

yoga with contemporary scientific medicine to offer

evidence-based techniques for a therapeutic yoga

covering musculoskeletal conditions, mental and

emotional behaviour and reproductive system health.

Comprehensive, accessible and informed by Stephens’

decades of deep study, practice and teaching, this is

a practical textbook for yoga therapists, teachers

and students.

Yoga For Healthy Ageing

A Guide To Lifelong Wellbeing

Baxter Bell & Nina Zolotow

Shambala Publications, $24.95

A definitive resource on how to use yoga to
foster your physical, mental and emotional
health for a lifetime. The authors, both
respected yoga teachers in the USA, explain
how yoga can address key concerns related
to ageing: including strength, flexibility,
balance, agility, cardiovascular health, brain
health and stress management, among
other issues. They offer a safe, real world
programme that includes poses, breathing
practices, meditation and yoga philosophy.
This book is a yoga toolbox that will set
you up for a lifetime of emotional and
spiritual wellbeing.

This guidebook offers help and advice on

the day-to-day practicalities of teaching

and running a yoga business. Featured

topics include working with common injuries

and conditions, the breath, sequencing,

incorporating philosophy and myth into class,

and the links between yoga, qigong and

ayurveda. It also offers information on how

to get the most out of a yoga business, with

advice on setting up and running a studio,

and planning and leading retreats. Includes

insights from leading yoga teachers including

Liz Lark, Lizzie Lasater, Katy Appleton and

Andrew McGonigle.

Yoga Teaching Handbook

A Practical Guide For Yoga

Teachers And Trainees

Edited By Sian O’Neill

Singing Dragon, £18.99

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