Authors: Marilyn Barnett
ISBN-13: 9780764125287, ISBN-10: 0764125281
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Date Published: February 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Marilyn Barnett is a certified Bikram Yoga instructor and co-owner of Yoga Connection Tribeca in New York City. A former nurse and mother of two children, she combines a passion for yoga and wellness with a meticulous and nurturing style of teaching yoga.
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It’s the latest and most powerful exercise routine to take America by storm. Bring the transformative effects of hot yoga into your life to re-energize and revitalize your body. You practice hot yoga in rooms heated up to 100 degrees, the high temperature enhancing muscle suppleness and releasing your body’s toxins. Practice hot yoga regularly, and you’ll discover that it is an effective treatment for complaints that include back pain, sports injuries, insomnia, and stress.
Hot yoga will improve your muscle tone and help you enjoy vibrant good health and well-being.
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Drawing on many years’ experience and working with different schools of yoga,
Marilyn Barnett shares health secrets that can transform your life. Explore
ways in which your mind and body work together, and learn the meanings that underlie
hot yoga’s body positions and movements. This instructive volume will help you
discover the 26 postures that are key to hot yoga success.
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Marilyn Barnett is a certified Bikram Yoga instructor and co-owner of Yoga Connection Tribeca in New York City. A former nurse and mother of two wonderful children, she combines a passion for yoga and wellness with a meticulous and nurturing style of teaching yoga.
Introduction | 6 | |
Why Hot Yoga? | 8 | |
What is yoga? | 10 | |
What is hot yoga? | 12 | |
The body and heat | 14 | |
Developing in mind and body | 16 | |
How the body works | 18 | |
Moving with understanding | 20 | |
Key movements | 22 | |
Hot yoga at home | 30 | |
Preparing for practice | 33 | |
Relaxation in Savasana | 36 | |
The Poses | 38 | |
Standing poses | 40 | |
Floor poses | 92 | |
The cool-down | 150 | |
Resources and Glossary | 156 | |
Index | 158 |