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Yoga Journal introduces the groundbreaking Yoga for Stress. This unique, medically-informed approach guides you through practices for immediate relief and teaches you to build "stress hardiness": a healthier long-term response to life's pressures.
In two complementary practices you'll learn to recognize and modify your body's fight or flight response to stress, and the benefits of yoga in addressing the root causes of stress-related problems like muscular tension, headaches, insomnia, depression, and panic attacks. Baxter Bell, MD, brings decades of medical expertise to the practice of yoga, along with a deep, personal understanding of how it can neutralize stress's impact on body and mind. Throughout, he and two assistants make yoga accessible and enjoyable for beginners and more advanced practitioners by demonstrating the use of props and pose modifications.
Whether you're a beginner looking to decompress or are familiar with the practice of yoga, Yoga for Stress will change your relationship to stress and help you maintain a healthier balance, on and off the mat.
PRACTICE 1: Yoga for Stress Prevention (35 minutes)
Flow through an energizing, linked sequence of poses that will increase strength and flexibility, teach you to regulate your heart rate, and condition your immune system.
PRACTICE 2: Yoga for Stress Relief (35. minutes)
A restorative series of poses to quiet your mind, calm your nervous system and open and release your body in places where stress is commonly held: neck, shoulders, lower back, hips and legs.
Exclusively on DVD:
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Three Bonus Practices reconnect body and mind for a healthier response to stress:
Breathing (Pranayama)
Deep Relaxation
Guided Meditation
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Alternate Practice Mode: Once you've mastered the basics, this feature extends your use of the DVD by allowing you to practice with less verbal instruction.
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Built-in Timer: Practice at your own pace by pausing the DVD for specified intervals either during or between poses.
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Bonus DVD-ROM features informative Yoga Journal articles and an in-depth discussions with Baxter Bell, M.D., about the physiology of stress.
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This video show you how to modify some poses using yoga props. Depending on your level of flexibility, you may need a block, a strap, a blanket, and two bolsters, pillows or sofa cushions. The use of a yoga mat is recommended.
Please consult your physician before beginning any exercise program, and do not attempt any exercises that are unsuitable for your level of activity and fitness. Yoga Journal offers no warranties or representations express or implied, regarding the instructions and other information contained in these materials. Yoga Journal and its agents, successors, assigns, contractors, and employees shall not be liable for any claims, demands, losses, costs, damages of any kind, or causes of action arising out of or in connection with the use of these materials.
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