June 21st is the International Day of Yoga. Here are some books and videos to check out from the library:
Rodney Yee's Yoga for Your Week (DVD)
"Look good and feel great in just twenty minutes a day. Five different yoga practices bring five different benefits: focus, energy, flexibility, strength and relaxation." -From the Catalog
I absolutely love Rodney Yee. His workouts are great and span a lot of different levels. His voice is incredibly soothing. Find more of his books and DVDs here. You can also check out tons of streaming yoga videos from Rodney Yee and other instructors on Hoopla for free with your library card.
Yoga for Everyone: 50 Poses for Every Type of Body by Dianne Bondy
"No matter who you are or what your abilities are, Yoga for Everyone includes a fabulous 50 poses proving something for everyone to love. From plus size yoga and pregnancy yoga, to yoga for the elderly or disabled, you can explore variations and modifications to much-loved yoga poses, from the comfort of your own home. Every exercise utilizes the essential elements of yoga to ensure you can gain all the physical and mental benefits, and will also allow you to perform all 10 sequences, which combine different poses into one singular experience and focus on specific health benefits each pose has on your body." -From the Publisher
2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses by Daniel Lacerda
"A thoughtful, inspiring, meticulously-crafted guide to the practice of yoga, 2,100 Asanas will explore hundreds of familiar poses along with modified versions designed to bring more healthful options to yogis of all experience and ability. Organized into eight sections for the major types of poses — standing, seated, core, quadruped, inversions, prone, supine and backbends — and each section gently progresses from easy to more challenging. Each pose is accompanied by the name of the pose in English and Sanskrit, the Drishti point (eye gaze), the chakras affected and primary benefits." -From the Publisher
Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body by Jivana Heyman
"This visionary book revolutionizes yoga practice and makes it truly accessible to everyone—in every body, at any age, and in any state of health. Yoga practice has so much to offer us physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually, but many of us feel discouraged to practice because we see young, slim, flexible, well, and able-bodied people dominating yoga spaces. Yet yoga is truly a practice for all—conferring enormous benefits to our overall well-being as our bodies change, age, and navigate various health challenges. Jivana Heyman views yoga as a basic human right—saying we all deserve to practice it in whatever state we find our bodies or minds. Heyman has spent over twenty years sharing yoga with people of all abilities and backgrounds, and in this book, he shares his knowledge by breaking down poses, breathing practices, meditation techniques, and yoga teachings into clearly understandable and practical tools we can use every day, regardless of our limitations or challenges."
Also check out Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage and Compassion by the same author.
Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance by Jessamyn Stanley
"In Sanskrit, yoga means to “yoke.” To yoke mind and body, movement and breath, light and dark, the good and the bad. This larger idea of “yoke” is what Jessamyn Stanley calls the yoga of the everyday—a yoga that is not just about perfecting your downward dog but about applying the hard lessons learned on the mat to the even harder daily project of living. In a series of deeply honest, funny autobiographical essays, Jessamyn explores everything from imposter syndrome to cannabis to why it’s a full-time job loving yourself, all through the lens of yoke. She calls out an American yoga complex that prefers debating the merits of cotton versus polyblend leggings rather than owning up to its overwhelming Whiteness. She questions why the Western take on yoga so often misses—or misuses—the tradition’s spiritual dimension. And reveals what she calls her own “whole-ass problematic”: Growing up Baháí, loving astrology, learning to meditate, finding prana in music. And in the end, Jessamyn invites every reader to find the authentic spirit of yoke—linking that good and that bad, that light and that dark." -From the Publisher
Also check out Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body by the same author.
Yoga Where You Are: Customize Your Practice for Your Body and Your Life by Dianne Bondy & Kat Heagberg Rebar
"Yoga Where You Are discusses how yoga intersects with body image, introduces essential information on elements like breathwork and meditation, and celebrates yoga's diverse roots through an introductory chapter on its origins and history. Whether you're a beginner, a seasoned practitioner, or a yoga teacher, the step-by-step instructions for hundreds of customizable pose variations provide an essential resource you can turn to as your practice evolves. Bondy and Heagberg also present tips to find inspiration and creativity on the mat. With truly inclusive language, alignment options for real bodies, and photos of a range of practitioners, the book provides you with everything you need to customize and deepen your practice with clarity and confidence." -From the Publisher
