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Book cover image of Hot Yoga: Energizing, Rejuvenating, Healing by Marilyn Barnett

Authors: Marilyn Barnett
ISBN-13: 9780764125287, ISBN-10: 0764125281
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Date Published: February 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Marilyn Barnett


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.

Book Synopsis


Back cover

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.

Front flap

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.

  • Full color illustrations

  • Step-by-step instructions

  • Variations on hot yoga’s traditional postures for those who have less flexibility or strength

    Back flap

    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.

  • Table of Contents

    Introduction6
    Why Hot Yoga?8
    What is yoga?10
    What is hot yoga?12
    The body and heat14
    Developing in mind and body16
    How the body works18
    Moving with understanding20
    Key movements22
    Hot yoga at home30
    Preparing for practice33
    Relaxation in Savasana36
    The Poses38
    Standing poses40
    Floor poses92
    The cool-down150
    Resources and Glossary156
    Index158

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