The Gentle Art of Yoga: For healthy, joyful, ageing

by Sharon D Kirchner

Overview

For healthy, joyful ageing and accessible yoga for everyone, The Gentle Art of Yoga offers unique modified and full versions of classical yoga practices, including postures, breath work and gentle meditation. The Gentle Art of Yoga is also an excellent resource for yoga teachers, outlining home practice ideas and guidance for students. The Gentle Art of Yoga includes: Asana (Yoga Postures), Pranayama (Breath Work), Pratyahara (Relaxation), and Dharana and Dhyana (Meditation).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780646990736
Publisher:	Artemis
Publication date:	11/13/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	92
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Sharon Kirchner was a yoga teacher in Leura, Australia, for 15 years and studied yoga for most of her adult life. Her classes were known for their inclusive approach and catered to people of all ages, experience and physical fitness. Her students came from all over the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney. Sharon completed the manuscript for The Gentle Art of Yoga shortly before she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015 and was unable to see the book through to publication before she died in 2017. However, thanks to her former students, friends and relatives, the book has been published posthumously as a memorial to her and so that her vast knowledge and experience of yoga is not completely lost to the world. Sharon is survived by her son Stephen and her two granddaughters, Octavia and Temperance.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Yoga Overview 2

The Yoga of Patanjali 3

Yamas and Niyamas 5

Asana

Asana Overview 7

Asana Contents 8

Asana Practices 10

Benefits of Asana 51

Charts (Surya and Chandra Namaskara) 52

Putting It All Together 56

Home Practice 57

Limbering the Body 58

Pranayama

Pranayama Overview 63

Pranayama Contents 64

Pranayama Practices 65

Pratyahara

Relaxation and Sense Withdrawal 75

Dharana and Dhyana

Meditation Overview 77

Gentle Meditation Practices 79