Move better, get stronger and feel great - no matter your age. Keeping active, moving well, and stretching regularly are all important in living a long, healthy, and happy life. In Stay Young with Yoga, yoga teacher Nicola Jane Hobbs shows you how to stay flexible, energised and pain-free in your 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. Whether you want to move better, get stronger, ease aches and pains, or simply feel fitter and healthier, Nicola guides you through over 70 simple poses and 20 easy-to-practise sequences, with variations and modifications so you can choose poses and sequences that suit you. With routines designed to fit in with your lifestyle, including morning sequences, desk stretches, de-stress routines, sequences to practice after gardening, housework, and in front of the TV, as well as routines for pain-free movement, workouts for strength and fitness, and routines to support your other hobbies like golf, tennis, and dancing, Stay Young with Yoga will give you the tools to get stronger, fitter and healthier whatever your age.

Millions of people practice some form of yoga, but they often do so without a clear understanding of its history, traditions, and purposes. This comprehensive bibliography, designed to assist researchers, practitioners, and general readers in navigating the extensive yoga literature, lists and comments upon English-language yoga texts published since 1981. It includes entries for more than 2,400 scholarly as well as popular works, manuals, original Sanskrit source text translations, conference proceedings, doctoral dissertations, and master's theses. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author for easy access, while thorough author, title, and subject indexes will help readers find books of interest.

Annabel Kent is a highly qualified Pilates instructor. It was through her work with horses that first brought her to Pilates in her quest to improve her riding and overall health and wellbeing. Since then she has practised Pilates for over 10 years. Annabel has had many articles published in various magazines in the UK and abroad. She devotes her time to Pilates, writing and horse riding.

There is plenty of hype and hoax when it comes to anti-aging and longevity remedies. The 100 Best Ways to Stop Aging and Stay Young offers safe, credible, effective strategies backed up by scientific research. 100 simple, action-oriented nutritional, exercise, and lifestyle tips that address all aspects of aging from wrinkles, fatigue, and slowing metabolism to strategies for keeping brain, bones, and heart healthy and strong. Most methods take 10 minutes or less Examples include: 1) Vitamin C fights wrinkles by feeding skin's supporting structure: collagen and elastin 2) 30 minutes of aerobic exercise a day boosts memory and fights dementia and Alzheimer's 3) Meditation boosts immunity and may head off illness Unlike other books that have a complicated plan that readers must adopt 100%, this guide gives readers a buffet of nutritional, exercise, and lifestyle options they pick and choose from and integrate into their lives.

An easy-to-follow guide to a hot new form of yoga Yoga with Weights is the latest breakthrough in mind-body exercise, integrating the mindfulness of yoga with the physical culture of body-building. Building on the strengths of both disciplines, this friendly guide shows readers how to safely combine yoga postures while simultaneously working out with lightweight hand-held free weights. It features customizable exercises that target specific areas of the body, each illustrated with multiple photos, and provides guidelines for combining healthy eating with workouts. Sherri Baptiste (Marin County, CA) is the founder of Baptiste Power of Yoga, a nationally recognized method of yoga offered throughout the United States. She teaches yoga classes throughout the United States and hosts retreats around the world.

When you look in the mirror are you unhappy with how you look? Do you wish that you could look younger? Stop looking for youth in lotions, creams and treatments and take the wellness approach to looking and feeling younger. If you want to rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit, this is the book that will tell you how to do it. Learn how to think young, feel young and look young longer, naturally, without expensive facial products. Youth starts within the body so learn how to eat to stay young, how to think to stay young and how to act to stay young. The wellness approach will not only help you feel better but you will look better. Stop wishing that you were younger and do something about it by reading this book today. Stop feeling old and start feeling good again. This book is full of tips on how to change your life for the better, helping you keep off the signs of aging; change your life now by picking up this book.

Ease stiffness, improve strength and balance, and relieve stress with gentle, easy yoga postures. Yoga is one of the most beneficial complementary therapies for Parkinsonís disease (PD), helping to increase flexibility, correct posture, loosen tight, painful muscles, build confidence, and in general, enhance the quality of life. Peggy van Hulsteyn, who was diagnosed with PD 12 years ago, has experienced these benefits firsthand. In Yoga and Parkinson's Disease, van Hulsteyn draws on her 40-year yoga practice, collaborating with two certified yoga teachers to provide an accessible, easy-to-follow, and encouraging guide for bringing the benefits of yoga into your life, even if you've never done yoga before. Yoga and Parkinsonís Disease includes: Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photographs Seated and assisted postures for those with limited mobility and unsteadiness Postures that can be done in bed to help you start your day Variations to ensure comfort and safety Tips for making practice easy, approachable, and sustainable And much more

Ready to save money and get fit? Jorge Cruise’s Body at Home is a two-in-one book for women and men that guarantees results in just two weeks with no fancy equipment, gym membership, or serious time commitment. Fitness expert Cruise has designed a series of exercises that rev up your metabolism–without running up your credit card bill–no matter what your age. In Part 1, women will discover his customized plan for slimming trouble zones. In only twenty minutes, three times a week–just an hour a week–you’ll: • Shed inches from your belly, thighs, hips, and butt • Get healthier and look sexier and younger • Learn to eat better without counting calories or sacrificing the foods you love In Part 2, Cruise offers a distinct plan for men that guarantees the desired results. You will learn how to: • Get the perfect V-shape: full chest, rounded, broad shoulders, and lean waist • Get rid of that beer belly for good • Reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and even Alzheimer’s Cruise’s exercises are designed to help you build and maintain lean muscle mass–the key to keeping your metabolism revved twenty-four hours a day. He shares his eating right plan–complete with easy, delicious recipes. But best of all, he reveals his breakthrough method for gender and age customization: The Priority Solution.™ This strategy will ignite your personal motivation to make permanent changes in your life. Body at Home is filled with stories of real men and women of all ages who’ve gotten in shape thanks to Cruise’s methods. This is the plan you’ll be using to give yourself the body you’ve always wanted–for life.

Sometimes we get so busy that we forget to take care of ourselves. Over time, that can be devastating. If you’re older and beginning to realize that you are aren’t in such great shape, then this book is for you. Marianna Halasz, a longtime teacher of Hatha yoga, shares techniques that older people can practice to rejuvenate their bodies and be happier. Learn how to: • change your biological age by practicing yoga; • feel psychologically young again; • become more efficient and effective in your actions. The author also highlights the importance of following four basic rules: breathing properly, drinking plenty of water, eating the right food, and moving your body. Even if you are in your eighties or nineties, you can practice simple yoga exercises in a group or alone at home and see results. All you need is an armless chair and a space where you can stand and stretch the body.