Yoga for Your Spiritual Muscles: A Complete Yoga Program to Strengthen Body and SpiritQuest Books, 1998 M06 1 - 208 pages Spiritual muscles are the life-enhancing inner qualities that make up our spiritual being. This complete yoga program includes postures, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques to strengthen twelve inner qualities: awareness, acceptance, focus, flexibility, balance, confidence, peace, strength, compassion, energy, playfulness, and connectedness. The book's premise is simple: Developing a more flexible spine can make us more flexible in solving everyday problems. Improving our sense of balance can help us balance work and play, concern for self, and care for others. |
Contents
ACCEPTANCE | 29 |
OCUS | 43 |
SPINAL TWIST | 50 |
FLEX LEXIBILITY | 57 |
BALANCE | 73 |
CONF ONFIDENCE | 89 |
EACE | 103 |
Common terms and phrases
abdominal Alicia Scott allow avoid this posture Awareness Balance begin belly bend body and mind Body Benefits Breath of Fire Breathing Lesson bring buttocks chest Child Pose chin close your eyes comfortable seated position Compassion completed both sides connection Corpse Pose create deep breaths develop digestion draw Energy exhale experience eyes closed feel feet fingers fingertips flexes flexibility floor Focus forward front gently glaucoma ground head healing heart high blood pressure hips hold Imagine Inhale inner INVISIBLE TOUCH Keep Kripalu Center left leg lift lower lungs meditation messages move movement Mudra neck notice partner Peace pelvis peristalsis place your hands playful practice yoga pregnant Proper Sitting Alignment Proper Standing Alignment relax release Repeat steps rest right foot right leg shoulders slowly spinal spine Spiritual Muscles Stimulates Strength Strengthens Table position tension toes torso Twist yoga journal yoga practice YOGA STORY YOGA STUDENT Yoga Tip