Yoga for Flexibility: Poses and Practices for Improving Full-Body Mobility Over Time

by Adriana Lee

Overview

Find your flexibility with yoga

Yoga is a gentle way to improve your flexibility and incorporate more stretching into your life. Whether you want to ease pain, improve athletic performance, or simply maintain mobility as you age, this book will help you practice yoga for better overall health.

• Yoga 101—Understand the basics of yoga, including the role of breath, the purpose of warming up and cooling down, and why using your muscles is key to deeper stretching.
• Pose for flexibility—Ease yourself into the 40 yoga poses with detailed instructions, helpful illustrations, tips for modifying poses, and prop suggestions.
• Find your flow—Use the 17 yoga sequences and eight flexibility plans to help you reach your mobility objectives, improve your posture, reduce lower-back pain, and so much more.

Loosen up and feel great with Yoga for Flexibility!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781685393694
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	09/06/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

ADRIANA LEE is a yoga teacher, writer, content creator, and teacher trainer. Known as @adrianainflow on Instagram and TikTok, she shares her knowledge and love of yoga on social media and as a regular contributing author for beYogi.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

How to use this book x

Chapter 1 How Yoga Improves Flexibility 1

Chapter 2 Basic Poses 19

Chapter 3 Poses for Deeper Stretching 53

Chapter 4 Poses for Pain Relief 79

Chapter 5 The Sequences 105

Resources 141

References 143

Index 145

Editorial Reviews

"Any yogi, whether this is their first or thousandth time stepping on the mat, can benefit from adding this book to their library. Yoga for Flexibility provides an exceptional introduction to poses and sequences, from simple to advanced. Adriana has developed the perfect resource for building a home yoga practice or diving deeper into developing a targeted sequence for specific health goals." —Rachel Postma, doctor of occupational therapy

"Adriana has an amazing way of teaching yoga and it translated brilliantly into Yoga for Flexibility! Whether you're a beginner yoga student or have been practicing for years, this book is full of practical information to improve your flexibility and your knowledge of the poses." —Samantha Okumura, yoga teacher trainer

"If you've been looking for the perfect, easy-to-follow guide to doing yoga at home, this book is for you. Adriana Lee has brought her incredible talent for sequencing, her knowledge of the human body, and her passion for yoga into this incredible book full of functional poses that make yoga accessible for all." —Clair Thomas, M.A. Ed, MS-LIS, E-RYT 500

"Yoga For Flexibility provides clear and basic tools to release your pain and gain freedom in your body. In this changing time of humanity, we all need the teachings that help us simplify and reprioritize our focus on our health and sanity. This book is a good place to start." —Ana T. Forrest, co-creatrix of Forrest Yoga and author of Fierce Medicine

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