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"If you have a spine, this book is for you! Seriously! If you are living with back pain, spasm, or instability, Nydia Darby wrote this book especially for you. In Therapeutic Yoga Works, Nydia presents her gentle approach to wellness that is influenced by the melding of physical therapy, fitness, and yoga practices that she has learned, led, taught, shared, and embodied over the last 40 years-the Therapeutic Astanga Method (c), also referred to as ""therapeutic yoga."" You don't need any special equipment or clothes, and you don't need to be flexible or have any previous yoga or fitness experience. Nydia developed this breath-centered therapeutic practice to be accessible and modifiable to meet the needs of many different people because she recognizes that everyone comes to the practice with their own unique experiences, backgrounds, and abilities. While she directed this book to those suffering from back pain, anyone interested in improving their whole mind, body, and spirit health and long-term functional mobility will find this book valuable. In this book, you will learn: Therapeutic Yoga is accessible (it is not just for flexible people) and can gently mobilize every major joint in your body-in a good way. This can help you to get down on to the floor and back up off of the floor and can save your life. Back pain does not have to rule your world-it can be managed and you can live a life free from pain. You can reverse the limitations that back pain has caused in your life. Knowledge is POWER- this book addresses the most common misconceptions of back pain and provides the reader with knowledge that can help them make better informed decisions for their long-term well-being..-""Set. Your intention to create your reality.""-(Nydia's tagline). Everyone can do this practice because the most important thing that any one of us will do and the foundation of this practice is that-- ""The ONLY thing that you have to do is BREATHE.""-(Nydia's tagline). You don't have to have back pain to benefit from this book. The mobility and strength derived from doing these practices can benefit many other challenges/limitations and can be an important part in PREVENTING the challenges in the first place. - ""I am in training for my next decade.""-(Nydia's tagline). Nydia invites you to begin a therapeutic yoga practice with her, whether you want to free yourself from pain and get your life back or you simply want to invest in your long-term health, well-being, and mobility. You will be glad that you did! Get a copy now!"

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"""Dr. Darby and I have been colleagues for several decades and have taught many yoga workshops and teacher training programs together. Nydia's methodology of integrating yoga therapy and physical therapy is a unique and brilliant contribution to the world of pain management. This book is a gift to all those struggling with back pain.""-Beryl Bender, Best-Selling Author of Power Yoga, Founder/Director of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute, and Co-Founder Give Back Yoga Foundation ""Nydia Darby has a passion for making the experience of yoga accessible to every BODY. This book puts forth Nydia's life work in a manner that expands her method outside the confines of her studio and into the reader's home. Working with Nydia has changed my life-both personally and professionally. I am truly grateful for the wisdom of Nydia's therapeutic yoga lifestyle that helps me to enjoy every day."" -Simone Norris, MD, Founder of Integrative Family Medicine in San Antonio, Texas, USAF Veteran, and Graduate of Dr. Andrew Weil's Fellowship in Integrative Medicine ""Nydia's integrated approach to wellness is grounded in her unique background as a physical therapist as well as a therapeutic yoga specialist. When a combination of severe spinal and muscular issues eliminated my ability to walk unassisted, Nydia's advice, private sessions, and group classes gave me both help and hope. Her guidance regarding the healing and balancing power of the mind/body/spirit connection helped restore my strength, mobility, and redirected my outlook on life."" -Patti Larsen, Owner, Patti Larsen Consulting; (Retired) Director, AT&T External & Legislative Affairs ""Important insights for those striving to practice optimal self-care.""-Ajeya Joshi, MD, Orthopedic Spine Surgeon and Lifestyle Medicine Physician ""Nydia says it all in the title of her book: Therapeutic Yoga Works: A Gentle Approach to Eliminating Back Pain and Improving Functional Mobility for Life. She offers a mindful, whole-person approach focused on reducing musculoskeletal imbalance and improving mobility for those living with spinal pain. Her unique, breath-centered technique helps create a form of movement meditation that also quiets our constant brain chatter and encourages healing from the inside-out."" -Ellen Lin, MD, Board-Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician and Pain Management Specialist"

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"Nydia Tijerina Darby is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Therapeutic Yoga Research Specialist, Certified Yoga Therapist, published author of therapeutic yoga research, and owner and creative director of the Open Hand Institute and Nydia's Yoga Therapy Studio in San Antonio, Texas. She has dedicated her life toward practicing what she preaches and supports her clients on their journeys toward mind, body, and spirit wholeness in the integrative physical therapy and therapeutic yoga practices that she shares.Nydia is an experienced yoga educator and international presenter on Therapeutic Yoga Lifestyle practices. She has melded 40 years of her experiences in physical therapy, fitness, and yoga to develop the unique method of Therapeutic Yoga that is the Therapeutic Astanga Method(c). This specialized therapeutic yoga approach has been fea-tured within the interventions that she creates for therapeutic yoga and cancer research in collaboration with University of Texas Health San Antonio. Nydia is a public speaker, presenting workshops, community education, and therapeutic yoga instruction, and she offers continuing education for rehabilitation and yoga professionals to introduce hermethod of therapeutic yoga lifestyle practices. She acts as a liaison between the yoga and medical communities in San Antonio and surrounding communities in Texas.Nydia continues to offer her work to the community of individuals who might benefit from her services by providing private therapeutic yoga assessments and instruction, private physical therapy and leads small group therapeutic yoga classes on-site and via livestream at her home studio in San Antonio, Texas. Nydia's mantras that continue to guide and influence her practices: ""I am in training for my next decade,"" ""The ONLY thing that you have to do is BREATHE,"" and ""Set your intention to create your reality.""You can get more information and access digital and downloadable content at TherapeuticYogaWorks.com."

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