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In THE THERAPEUTIC YOGA KIT, Cheri Clampett and Biff Mithoefer combine the gentle healing of Therapeutic Yoga and the quiet awareness of a yin practice to present 16 gentle postures that relieve stress and fatigue and promote recovery from injury and illness. Therapeutic Yoga is a blend of Restorative Yoga, gentle yoga, breathwork and meditation that releases the body from the fight-or-flight response caused by traumatic events and life's everyday stresses. A yin practice encourages the attitude of acceptance and helps us leave behind our yang need for constant striving and action.
Each pose represents a gentle, adapted posture that is held for 10 minutes or more in a fully supported state. The authors, also, include transitional yoga movements and stretches to perform during the routine to release stiffness, rejuvenate the muscles and lubricate the joints. The 16 posture cards and 75-minute audio CD of guided routines and meditations that accompany the text facilitate the creation of a personalised practice. The authors emphasise achieving total relaxation in the specific postures to activate the body's self-healing abilities. It is in this place of comfort and stillness where true healing begins.
· Presents gentle, adapted postures to promote recovery from injury and illness and relief from stress and fatigue
· Includes transitional yoga movements and stretches to perform between the postures to release stiffness and lubricate the muscles
· Contains a deck of 16 posture cards and a 75-minute audio CD of guided practice
Contents
Foreword by Fred Kass, M.D.
INTRODUCTION
Part 1 The Principles of Therapeutic Yoga
THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF SELF-CARE
THE STRESS RESPONSE AND ITS ANTIDOTE--RELAXATION
How Chronic Stress Affects Your Health
Relaxation: The Antidote to Stress
THE BENEFITS OF THERAPEUTIC YOGA
Stretching
Structure and Function
Emotional Structure
Energy
THERAPEUTIC YOGA AND MEDITATION
How to Meditate
Thanh Thuy's Apple Juice
THE PRACTICE OF ACCEPTANCE
Part 2 The Practice of Therapeutic Yoga
PRACTICING THERAPEUTIC YOGA
Creating a Healing Environment
Comfort and Surrender
Restorative Yoga
The Use of Props
Gentle Yoga
DESIGNING YOUR PERSONAL PRACTICE
How to Use the Therapeutic Yoga CD
How to Use the Therapeutic Yoga Cards
THE THERAPEUTIC YOGA POSTURES
Sequencing Postures in Your Practice
Mountain Brook
Supported Reclining Pose
Supported Bridge
Resting Butterfly
Resting Saddle
Supported Child's Pose
Resting Dragonfly
Forward Resting Butterfly
Resting Swan
Supported Spinal Twist
Elevated Twist
Resting Half Moon
Waterfall
Supported Final Relaxation Pose
Relaxation Pose with Legs Elevated
Side-Lying Resting Pose
Part 3 Yoga as a Healing Practice
WHAT IS HEALING AND WHO IS THE HEALER?
BREATH WORK
Breath Awareness
The Mechanics of Breathing
SELF-MASSAGE AND HANDS ON SELF-HEALING
Gentle Yoga Movements for Self-Massage
Ayurvedic Self-Massage
Healing and Balancing Massage
Massage Techniques
GUIDED MEDITATION
Your Body as a Healing Garden
Relax and Let Go
The Meridian/Chakra Meditation
ADDRESSING INJURY AND ILLNESS
The Spine
Gentle Yoga for the Spine
The Neck
Gentle Yoga for the Neck
The Joints
Gentle Yoga for the Hips
Cancer
Scar Tissue and Adhesions
Appendix 1. Some Sample Practices
Appendix 2. Therapeutic Yoga and Yin Yoga
Appendix 3. Energy Flow in the
Meridians and Chakras
Appendix 4. Therapeutic Yoga and Pregnancy
A Short Glossary of Muscles, Bones, and Medical Conditions
Resources
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
