Experience the benefits of yoga for Parkinson's and other movement disorders. This updated and expanded guide includes new material throughout these features: - Modifications to poses, promoting strength and flexibility while maintaining safety - Seated as well as standing flows with chair support - Specially designed sequences that target needs specific to movement disorders - Detailed steps and numerous photos that show how to move in and out of poses - Breathing exercises and relaxation techniques - Practical ways to apply the yoga practice to daily activities - Tips to Try This to help relieve various symptoms In addition, the author shares hands-on experience through insights from her personal journey as a certifed yoga instructor, stroke survivor and person living with Parkinson's. Discover the benefits of yoga for people living with Parkinson's or other movement disorders in the updated and expanded Yoga for Movement Disorders.

Yoga for Movement Disorders: Rebuilding Strength, Balance, and Flexibility for Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Renée Le Verrier

Dr. Lewis Sudarsky

Exercise & Fitness

LIMYoga

This video guides viewers through a series of yoga poses and sequences specifically designed for people with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.  This two-hour video includes: warm-up series; morning, afternoon, and evening flows; sun salutation. There are standing and seated versions of each, as well as tips concerning balance, posture, and tremor.  Expanding on the award-winning book, Yoga for Movement Disorders, this DVD can be used as a companion volume, or as a stand-alone guide.  The author is a Registered Yoga Teacher who specializes in adapting traditional poses for people with movement disorders. A stroke survivor and person living with Parkinson's disease, the author teaches and speaks on the benefits of yoga worldwide.

Yoga for Movement Disorders

Merit Pub Intl

The new printing of this book is now listed on Amazon: ISBN-10: 978-0985386916. The older printing says "Temporarily out of stock" but it is no longer available. To order, go to the new ISBN. This daily guide to yoga practice designed for people with dystonia, muscle imbalance, rigidity, and spasms due to such causes as Parkinson's, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. The focus is on rebuilding strength and flexibility as well as physical and emotional balance. Part 1 prepares the reader for practicing yoga. It includes an introduction, a chapter on how to begin, from where and when to practice, how to use the book, safety precautions, and a note to teachers.Part 2 flows as a yoga class would, with breathing exercises, modified poses, and guided relaxation. The poses presented in later chapters include a variety of difficulty levels, from seated to standing, with step-by-step directions and easy-to-follow photos. The mind/body connection is woven throughout,and each chapter concludes with a brief list of why the day's practice is beneficial along with suggestions of how to apply the poses and concepts to everyday activities. LIM (Less Is More) Yoga, it tones and stretches gently, without exertion and with an emphasis on relaxation.

Yoga for Movement Disorders: Rebuilding Strength, Balance and Flexibility for Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia

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Yoga for Movement Disorders: Rebuilding Strength, Balance, and Flexibility for Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia

Yoga for Movement Disorders

Yoga for Movement Disorders: Rebuilding Strength, Balance and Flexibility for Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia