Relax and Renew - Restful Yoga for Stressful Times

A longtime yoga instructor reveals how to manage pain, relieve stress, and promote relaxation through the gentle and meditative practices of restorative yoga

Whether you have five minutes or an hour, taking time out of each day to relax and renew is essential to living well. This book presents nurturing physical postures and breathing techniques called restorative yoga. When practiced regularly, they will help you heal the effects of chronic stress, recover from illness or injury, balance energy, and quiet the mind.

With clear instructions and photographs, Relax and Renew gently guides the experienced practitioner and enthusiastic beginner regardless of age, flexibility, or strength in techniques that will ease your way through this hectic world. Judith Lasater draws from decades of experience to provide readers with:

A general restorative sequence
Programs for back pain, headaches, insomnia, jet lag, and breathing problems
Guidance for women dur ing menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause
Routines for when time is limited, including one for the office
Practical suggestions that help you prevent stress and live more fully in the present moment

And much more!

Rezension:

I welcome this fine book to our anxious and weary world. We all need the wisdom it contains. . . . Restorative yoga has been helpful for my patients with such diverse conditions as back pain, neck pain, high blood pressure, asthma, migraine and tension headaches, stress-related diseases, chronic fatigue, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer. Mary Pullig Schatz, M.D., Author of Back Care Basics and Relaxation Basics

In Relax and Renew, Judith Lasater writes with insight and clarity about a subject she loves: restorative yoga. These techniques will help you ease stress and live well. Dean Ornish, M.D., Author of Dr. Dean Ornish s Program for Reversing Heart Disease; Eat More, Weigh Less; and Stress, Diet, and Your Heart

Judith Lasater brings wisdom and experience to this remarkable book. Her suggestions for menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause are invaluable for women today. Sadja Greenwood, M.D., Author of Menopause, Naturally

This book can help anyone develop and deepen the practice of yoga, and use it in the work of healing not only one s body, but one s life. The detailed recommendations for practicing the various postures are extremely valuable. Restorative yoga can be a gateway to deep relaxation and the cultivation of mindfulness. Enter, enter! Jon Kabat-Zinn, UMMC Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, Author of Wherever You Go, There You Are and Full Catastrophe Living

Relax and Renew is a major contribution to the study of relaxation. It offers you skillful ways to mind the body and mend the mind. Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., Author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind and The Power of the Mind to Heal

If what you want is simply a way to destress and relax, you ll love this book deeply. Lasater focuses on supported poses that allow you to sink, settle, and completely bliss out. There are sequences in here for short practices, for yoga at your desk, and more. Book Riot