Overview
"The essential guide to correcting yoga misconceptions and avoiding injuries in your practice from Judith Hanson Lasater, a yoga instructor, physical therapist, and bodywork expert. ""Tuck your tailbone to protect your back."" ""Increase your breath."" ""Pull your abdominal muscles into your backbone."" Following these movement cues is often believed to benefit your yoga practice and protect your body when entering and holding poses. However, what may seem like a helpful correction can actually lead to injury or physical harm. In Yoga Myths, Judith Hanson Lasater draws on almost fifty years of experience as a yoga instructor and physical therapist to address the most common mistakes in our yoga practice and provide clear instructions for correcting these errors. Focusing on the eleven ""myths"" most detrimental to our practice, Lasater provides a comprehensive discussion of what the myth is, why it can hurt us, and how we can avoid it through step-by-step instructions. This book will allow you to return to the inherent wisdom, natural goodness, and spiritual wholeness of yoga and avoid life altering injuries for as long as you practice."
Full Product Details
Author: Pt ,
Devon Sorvari
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
ISBN: 9798874672256
Publication Date: 06 June 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT, has taught yoga since 1971. She holds a doctorate in East-West psychology and is a physical therapist. Dr. Lasater is one of the founders of Yoga Journal magazine and president emeritus of the California Yoga Teachers Association. Dr. Lasater writes extensively about yoga. Her feature articles, columns, and essays appear in numerous books, magazines, and anthologies. She is the author of Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times, the first book devoted to the supported yoga poses and breathing techniques called restorative yoga. Her other books include Restore and Rebalance, Yogabody, and What We Say Matters. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Devon Sorvari has traveled extensively across the country, performing in everything from Shakespeare and musical theater to Gilmore Girls and a Hellraiser movie. Her audiobooks have earned multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards and an Audie Award nomination. With over sixty titles to her name, she specializes in fiction-particularly young adult-and has a passion for conveying the raw emotional pitfalls and triumphs of each character.
