Everyday activities such as using the computer, driving, or even curling up with a good book can create tension in the neck and shoulders. It's no wonder that so many of us have persistent discomfort and pain in these areas. Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain presents simple, yoga-based practices that you can do at work and at home to release muscle tension for immediate relief.

After suffering from chronic neck pain

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Yoga practice has so much to offer us physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. It is truly a practice for all-- you do not need to be young, slim, and flexible to practice it. Heyman breaks down poses, breathing practices, meditation techniques and yoga teachings into practical tools that we can use every day, regardless of our limitations or challenges.--Adapted from back cover

An integrative approach to healing anxiety, depression, and chronic stress through yoga and breathing exercises
Emotional balance is within your reach—when you cultivate the intelligence of both your body and mind. 
Bo Forbes, a psychologist and yoga teacher, offers some of her most important teachings and practices, including:
   • Restorative yoga sequences designed to balance anxiety and lift...

It's no secret that yoga increases muscular flexibility and strength, but you may not know that yoga is a proven treatment for back pain, knee pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other chronic pain conditions. Yoga also helps to ease the stress, anxiety, and depression that can create and reinforce pain, making you feel more comfortable in both your mind and your body. Written by a yoga instructor and former chronic pain sufferer, Yoga for Pain Relief...

"In Deep Listening, Pransky presents her signature Calm Body, Clear Mind, Open Heart program--a 10-step journey of self-exploration that she's taught around the world. Derived from the techniques that healed her, the practice of Deep Listening invites you to pay close attention to your body, mind, and heart. You're taught how to tune inward and relax into a state of openness, ease, and clarity. This is the new frontier in integrative wellness--mindfulness...

"In the hierarchy of life, breath always wins. It persists 22,000 times daily, but you get to decide whether the way you breathe is to your benefit or detriment. Breath becomes compromised by stress, disease, and the environmental trappings of progress; you can still breathe under this pressure, but it leads to poor breathing habits that slowly whittle away at your health. In Body by Breath, bestselling author Jill Miller takes you on a journey through...

"Yoga and Scoliosis: A Journey to Health and Healing is intended to be a source of encouragement, knowledge, and healing for those who have scoliosis and need to treat it, but want to avoid braces and/or surgery. The book looks at scoliosis not as a pathological syndrome but as a spiritual, and metaphysical pattern that embraces the multiple dimensions of the spine (vertical, horizontal, and sagittal). It briefly covers the history and treatment modalities...

Containing illustrated exercises and exemplary case studies, this straightforward manual shows how to address the physical and emotional factors of scoliosis. Each exercise is explained step-by step, and no technical knowledge or prior experience of yoga is required. Foundational anatomy is carefully explained for a better understanding of the relationship between scoliosis and your body. This book will help you on the path to alleviating your back...

Awaken Your Wild Nature and Deepen Your Relationship with Earth This wonderfully fresh and revelatory book invites you to create a personal yoga practice that seamlessly melds health and well-being with spiritual insight, Earth stewardship, and cultural transformation. Wilderness guide and yoga instructor Rebecca Wildbear came to yoga after a life-threatening encounter with cancer in her twenties. Over years of teaching and healing, she devised the...

Presents a brief introduction to yoga and offers detailed instructions for performing twenty postures to treat such common conditions as back pain, rotator cuff injury, scoliosis, headache, depression, and insomnia.