ExTension: The 20-Minute-a-Day, Yoga-Based Program to Relax, Release & Rejuvenate the Average Stressed-Out Over-35-Year-Old- Body [Paperback]

Sam Dworkis (Author), Peg Moline (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 1994

The gentle yet rigorous discipline of yoga has been used for thousands of years to condition the body and relax the mind. In adapting this ancient system to the Western body and lifestyle, Sam Dworkis has created ExTension, an easy-to-follow sequence of exercises that will enhance every facet of your physical and emotional fitness without injury. Practiced slowly, the ExTension system will relax you; practiced aerobically, it will burn fat. in only twenty minutes a day, using no equipment and little space, you can:
-- Reduce stress and relieve tension
-- Enhance your energy level and concentration
-- Flatten your belly and firm your arms and thighs
-- Increase your strength and endurance
-- Improve your flexibility and improve your posture

With over 200 photographs and step-by-step instructions, ExTension makes yoga, the most perfect exercise, easy, no matter what kind of shape you're in.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone (April 5, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067186680X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671866808
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #59 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Quick Workouts

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As an exercise physiologist certified fitness instructor..., January 23, 2000

By 

Ashley Chin (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ExTension: The 20-Minute-a-Day, Yoga-Based Program to Relax, Release & Rejuvenate the Average Stressed-Out Over-35-Year-Old- Body (Paperback)

As an exercise physiologist and certified group fitness instructor/personal trainer I highly recommend this book. I have been hesitant to try yoga because of the contraindicated moves (called poses), however this book makes the necessary modifications so that the program is safe, yet still effective and fun. I have looked at many yoga books, and even more videos and classes and this is my favorite. I actually recorded (audio) myself reading some of the descriptions of the poses so that I could do the entire sequence with someone to "cue" me with the appropriate instructions!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, February 7, 2000

By 

Bruce J. Sabin MD (Lawrenceville, Georgia) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: ExTension: The 20-Minute-a-Day, Yoga-Based Program to Relax, Release & Rejuvenate the Average Stressed-Out Over-35-Year-Old- Body (Paperback)

I read this book after delving into "home yoga" for about 3 months. As is probably common, I was doing many of the poses only semi-correctly. There is a lot of reading to be done here, but there is incredible detail to help anyone elicit the poses correctly. Dworkis also divides each pose for beginner, moderate, and advanced. After a particularly tough day of running and 5 sets of tennis, I followed the poses and felt refreshed, relaxed, and loose afterwards. The workout is also really only 20 minutes (after learning the poses) and fun to complete as well as challenging when striving for a more advanced level.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best yoga book period; best for rehabilitation, too., November 12, 2011

By 

Kae Bender - Legacy author (ABNA ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ExTension: The 20-Minute-a-Day, Yoga-Based Program to Relax, Release & Rejuvenate the Average Stressed-Out Over-35-Year-Old- Body (Paperback)

As a yoga teacher, I am often asked to recommend practices, teachers, and books for general practice and for rehabilitating from debilities. ExTension: The 20-Minute-a-Day, Yoga-Based Program to Relax, Release & Rejuvenate the Average Stressed-Out Over-35-Year-Old- Body is the book that always comes to mind.

Sam Dworkis is a yoga practitioner and therapist who rehabilitated himself from Multiple Sclerosis (I think, at any rate some physically debilitating disease). Several years ago, I took a yoga class from him at Kripalu, which was excellent and proved his rehabilitation of his body as well as his attitude. Sam said ExTension yoga isn't a cure but an effective rehabilitating practice that lets him recover physical skills and deal with his emotional and mental as well as ongoing physical challenges.

His yoga practice descriptions and modifications in the book are EXCELLENT. Of course, it would be best to find a competent local yoga teacher to assist in developing your own modified practice. (Really, yoga isn't just for skinny, bendy people - yoga, when taught correctly, is a PERSONAL practice that accommodates the individual's body and needs.)

As a yoga teacher, ExTension is the book and type of yoga practice I would recommend to anyone who wants to get on with living life to the fullest!

Another book you might want to check out is Gary Krafsow's Yoga for Wellness: Healing with the Timeless Teachings of Viniyoga.