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“Recommended for beginners... Each exercise is explained simply together with the theory and benefits of yoga” – Yoga Magazine

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This one-stop practical guide will show you how to use yoga to get healthy in body and mind. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy format with colour photographs and expert advice throughout.

Want to learn about the theory and practice of yoga but don’t know where to start? Need to know about the postures and routines? Want to know how to get beyond the basics to gain the maximum benefits from your yoga?

Full of easy-to-follow expert advice, this introductory handbook uses clear step-by-step photography to show you how to master the techniques in order to: get fit and regulate your weight; improve your flexibility, breathing and posture; and learn to relax and relieve stress.

Contents include:
1. Introduction
2. Yoga for you
3. The postures
4. Warm-ups
5. Standing postures
6. Sitting & kneeling postures
7. Lying-down postures
8. Backbends
9. Twists
10. Balancing postures
11. Inverted postures
12. Relaxation
13. Yogic breathing
14. Practising at home

Glossary of terms
Useful addresses/websites
Further reading