Yoga Inversions: Your Guide to Going Upside Down

by Kat Heagberg Rebar, Dianne Bondy (Foreword by), Andrea Killam (Photographer)

Overview

An approachable, user-friendly guide to inversions of all kinds for anyone who wants to try going upside down, featuring 85 practices that explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of yoga.

Learn to hop into a handstand, do a forearm stand with blocks⁠—and even appreciate legs up the wall in new ways with this comprehensive and accessible guide to inversions in yoga.

Kat Heagberg Rebar offers an easy-to-follow guide with 175 beautiful color photos. For each pose Kat offers adaptations, challenging variations, and everything in between. She also shares options to prepare safely and practices to build strength. In addition to teaching the physical practice of inversions, Rebar addresses the mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of this often-challenging practice. 

Yoga Inversions offers a progressive, biomechanically sound, inclusive, step-by-step approach to anyone who wants to try being upside down, and includes: 

• Downward dog and dolphin variations to set you up for success
• Innovative prop tips
• Handstand preps and drills 
• Tips for stepping, jumping, hopping, and pressing into handstand 
• Handstand against the wall and away from the wall
• Forearm stand, headstand, and shoulderstand variations 
• Customizable practices to help you reach your goals
• And much more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645471004
Publisher:	Shambhala
Publication date:	08/22/2023
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.09(w) x 9.05(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

KAT HEAGBERG REBAR (eRYT-500) (she/her/they/them) has been teaching yoga since 2005. Kat is the Department Chair of Yoga Studies at Pacific College of Health and Science, the former editor in chief of Yoga International, and co-author of Yoga Where You Are with Dianne Bondy (Shambhala, 2020). Kat has training in many different yoga schools and styles including alignment-based traditions, vinyasa yoga, and prenatal and postpartum practices. Kat also spent several years living, working, and teaching at a yoga ashram where, in addition to asana, she studied Sanskrit, Ayurveda, Tantric and Classical yoga philosophy, and yogic meditation.

Editorial Reviews

Inversions are equal parts inspiring and intimidating. Kat’s effort to bring an accessible entry into this fun and challenging part of the yoga practice opens the door for everyone who is drawn to turn their world upside down. For every student that dreams of an inversion but has no idea where to start, this book is valuable resource.”—Kino MacGregor, author of Get Your Yoga On
 
“The clever strategies in this book for adapting and supporting one’s practice of inversions are exactly what I wish I’d had at the beginning of my yoga journey! This is an invaluable resource for new and experienced students and teacher alike.”—Rocky Heron, E-RYT 500
 
“I love how this book meets you where you are and is designed to progress your inversion practice at whatever pace you need. Teachers will also learn tangible skills for planning their classes and progressing their own inversion practices. The book also includes practice grids that include the sets, reps, and timing for the conditioning drills needed to improve inversions. This is your one-stop shop for nailing inversions!”—Trina Altman, NPCP, E-RYT 500, YACEP, Creator, Pilates Deconstructed® and Yoga Deconstructed

“Kat Rebar's new book truly demystifies inversions in an accessible and in an easy-to-follow conversational way.  I love how Rebar encapsulates in this book everything I wish I had known about inversions when I started my journey.  I highly recommend Rebar's book for yoga teachers and practitioners, and I wish I had this amazing resource at the start of my yoga journey. It is now one that I will be coming back to again and again.”—Donna Noble, author of Teaching Body Positive Yoga
 
“Kat Rebar’s abiding love of going upside down shines through every page of Yoga Inversions. Readers will benefit from her deep understanding of physiology and her masterful sequencing as she invites them to begin where they are and then gently encourages them to explore what’s possible. Yoga Inversions is a true gift to the yoga world from a wise, creative, and delightful teacher.”—Linda Sparrowe, author of Yoga Mama

From the Publisher

07/01/2023

Yoga/fitness/dance instructor Heagberg Rebar's (coauthor, Yoga Where You Are) guide to accomplishing inverted yoga poses is both comprehensive and adjustable for all skill levels. Suitable for everyone, from newbies to yoga instructors looking for professional development, the book is structured to enable experienced yoga practitioners to flip to a particular inverted pose that interests them. Beginners can use this title to increase their strength and flexibility, progressing through the various poses, which are designed to build up to an inverted one. A handstand, for example, takes core strength and hip mobility, which the reader can gain from practicing mountain climbers and pigeon poses. The book includes photographs of models across a wide spectrum of body types. There are also options for gentler movements if the reader can't or shouldn't try a certain pose. The book's approach to inverted poses may not be quick or easy, but the main purpose is to encourage readers to give it a try. Readers will benefit from the author's experience in teaching yoga and the clear, step-by-step instructions. VERDICT The easy-to-understand sequences, helpful photographs, and welcoming process to execute inverted yoga poses make this a great addition to any collection.—Rosemary Medrano

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