Yoga: Critical Alignment: Building a Strong, Flexible Practice through Intelligent Sequencing and Mindful Movement

Gert van Leeuwen

Yoga: Critical Alignment: Building a Strong, Flexible Practice through Intelligent Sequencing and Mindful Movement
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Country
United States
Published
13 August 2013
Pages
424
ISBN
9781611800630

Yoga: Critical Alignment: Building a Strong, Flexible Practice through Intelligent Sequencing and Mindful Movement

Gert van Leeuwen

Yoga- Critical Alignment is an innovative, illustrated guide to new practices that release the tension held in the body to create a new balanced alignment.

Yoga- Critical Alignment is an innovative, illustrated guide to new practices that release the tension held in the body to create a new balanced alignment. In yoga, even seasoned practitioners have the habit of working the body from the surface layers of muscle. The muscles are linked to will power and discipline, and working hard on the mat can create unhealthy strain in the body. Author Gert van Leeuwen teaches his unique sequences of standing postures, inversions, forward bends, backbends, twists, and pranayama to get you to optimal alignment and ease. Each thoughtfully sequenced practice is meticulously illustrated so that you can keep this book at your side while you practice.

Core topics include-

* The role of the skeleton in movement chains and sequences

amp;#160; * How to enhance the body’s mobility and deepen body awareness

amp;#160; * Cultivating a meditation and pranayama practice

amp;#160; * Instructions and refinement- inversions, standing postures, forward bends, backbends, twists,

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