30 Essential Yoga Poses For Beginning Students and Their Teachers

by Lasater , Judith Hanson

• ISBN13: 9781930485044
• ISBN10: 1930485042
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Rodmell Press

Summary

Provides thirty yoga poses and variations, breathing exercises, and guidanceor practicing at home.

Author Biography

Judith Lasater has taught yoga since 1971. She holds a doctorate in East-West psychology and is a physical therapist. She is president of the California Yoga Teachers Association, and serves on the advisory boards of Yoga Journal and the Yoga Research and Education Center. Her yoga training includes study with B. K. S. Iyengar in India and the United States. She teaches yoga classes and trains yoga teachers in kinesiology, yoga therapeutics, and the Yoga Sutra in the San Francisco Bay Area. She also gives workshops throughout the United States, and has taught in Canada, England, France, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Peru, and Russia. She writes extensively on the therapeutic aspects of yoga. Her best-selling Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times (Rodmell Press, 1995) is the first book devoted exclusively to the supported yoga poses and breathing techniques that make up restorative yoga. Her second book is entitled Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life (Rodmell Press, 2000). Her popular "Asana" column ran in Yoga Journal for thirteen years, and she continues to contribute articles on a variety of subjects. In addition, her writing has appeared in numerous magazines and books Judith Lasater lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Beginning with an Ancient Tradition	p. 1
About Yoga	p. 2
About the Book	p. 3
Go for the Joy	p. 4
Being a Student, Being a Teacher	p. 5
The Student Chooses the Teacher	p. 6
Boundaries: Creating a Restorative Environment	p. 6
Essential Guidelines for Students Attending a Yoga Class	p. 8
Transitioning From Student to Teacher	p. 9
Essential Guidelines for Teachers	p. 9
From Colleague to Colleague	p. 11
The Poses	p. 13
Mountain Pose	p. 15
Tree Pose	p. 19
Extended Triangle Pose	p. 25
Half-Moon Pose	p. 31
Warrior I Pose	p. 37
Warrior II Pose	p. 43
Extended Side-Angle Stretch Pose	p. 49
Side-Chest Stretch Pose	p. 55
Wide-Leg Standing Forward Bend Pose	p. 61
Downward-Facing Dog Pose	p. 67
Standing Forward Bend Pose	p. 73
Up-Plank Pose and Down-Plank Pose	p. 79
Headstand Preparation Pose	p. 85
Lunge Pose	p. 91
Cobra Pose	p. 97
Bow Pose	p. 103
Bridge Pose	p. 109
Upward-Facing Bow Pose	p. 115
Elevated Legs-up-the-Wall Pose	p. 121
Supported Shoulderstand Pose	p. 127
Simple Seated-Twist Pose	p. 133
Hero--Heroine Pose	p. 139
Head-of-the-Knee Pose	p. 145
Seated-Angle Pose	p. 151
Bound-Angle Pose	p. 157
Reclining Leg-Stretch Pose	p. 163
Lying Twist Pose	p. 169
Child's Pose	p. 175
Basic Meditation Pose	p. 179
Basic Relaxation Pose and Essential Breathing Practices	p. 185
The Practice	p. 195
The Sacred Circle	p. 196
Sequencing and Why It Matters	p. 196
Props and Why They Matter	p. 197
Practical Tips for Practice	p. 197
Four Practice Choices	p. 198
And More	p. 237
Glossary	p. 238
Resources	p. 240
About the Model	p. 242
About the Author	p. 243
From the Publisher	p. 244
Index	p. 245
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