Smart Advice on how yoga can enhance emotional, physical, and spiritual
well-being
Smart Ways to relieve stress, strengthen your body, prevent and treat
illness, and boost your stamina and energy
Smart Tips on what yoga style is right for you, with step-by-step
instructions on the poses that best suit your lifestyle and goals
* Smart Strategies to release physical tension and mental stress with
the slow, gentle movements, poses, and breathing techniques of hatha
yoga
* Smart Insights into the six branches of yoga, each a different
experience in movement and meditation
* Smart Advice on yoga as alternative medicine to heal heart disease,
chronic pain, arthritis, and other illnesses
* Smart Tips on finding a class and teacher that best suit your needs
and will help you develop your own yoga practice
* Quick reading and easy referencing with lots of photos, a
comprehensive index, and loads of sidebars and sources
Smart Guides take readers seriously. They satisfy even the most curious
person's desire to know the essentials about any of a wide range of
topics--from vitamins to mutual funds to stress relief.
It's all about good reading and expert information. The choice is yours.
Stephanie Levin-Gervasi is a writer specializing in health and family
matters. She is the author of The Back Pain Sourcebook and has practiced
yoga for more than twenty years. She lives in San Francisco.
