THE JOY OF YOGA

In THE JOY OF YOGA, author and expert Emma Silverman teaches readers how to take advantage of the health benefits yoga offers even when they can't make it to regularly scheduled classes.

Thousands of people take time out of their busy schedules every day to attend yoga classes where they learn postures and breathing techniques that make them feel more energized, balanced, and calm. Thousands of other people, however, have yet to find the time in their day to do anything but work, study, or chase after children, pets, groceries, and list of things that always needs doing. There is also a strong element of resistance to a practice perceived as something for lithe, limber, flexible young things. In THE JOY OF YOGA, author and expert Emma Silverman teaches readers how to take advantage of the health benefits yoga offers even when they can't make it to regularly scheduled classes. THE JOY OF YOGA offers short sequences that readers can perform while seated on airplanes, in taxi cabs, standing at the bus stop, or even while waiting for water to boil! In addition, it also includes sequences to help with daily aches, pains, and annoyances, such as tired feet, sensitive wrists, neck and shoulder tension, lower back pain, anxiety, and even heartbreak. Weekend gardeners, cyclists, runners, musicians, waiters/waitresses, and all of us chained for hours to a desk will find exercises that will help ease the tension in their muscles after long hours of work or play. THE JOY OF YOGA: • provides step-by-step instructions on asana (postures) and pranayama (breathing techniques) for fifty sequences. • lists the benefits of each sequence and include helpful information about modifications for poses • encourages readers to create sequences on their own, using the sequences in the book as starting points The illustrations are super non-threatening stick figures that take the sting out of looking at somebody you'll never be doing something impossibly preztel-ish. Emma Silverman is the author and founder of the blog The Joy of Yoga, which receives 50,000 visitors per month. Her yoga journey began with dedicated Iyengar study and, after more than fifteen years of practice, she has also studied Bikram, Ashtanga, Kundalini, and Vinyasa Flow. After working at the Kripalu Institute for Yoga and Health (North America’s largest yoga retreat center), she is now a yoga instructor with more than 1,000 students and the manager of a New York yoga studio with 3,000–5,000 regular clients.