The Runner's Yoga Book is an ideal companion for the weekend or professional athlete, for the reader who wants to stretch and relax, and for the developing yoga student who wants to establish a home practice. Drawing on over thirty years of teaching and personal practice, author Jean Couch offers precise instruction in all types of poses, guidelines for home practice, yoga routines for other sports, including bicycling, skiing, swimming, tennis, and walking, a resource guide for further study, and a yoga-poses-by-alphabetical-listing index. With over 400 photographs and illustrations showing students at various levels of expertise, The Runner's Yoga Book is a complete guide for yoga students of all ages and most levels of fitness.
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
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Exceptional - And not just for runners,
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This review is from: The Runner's Yoga Book: A Balanced Approach to Fitness (Paperback)
Other books on Hatha Yoga in the Iyengar style have prettier pictures, but this one is extraordinary in describing the essential poses clearly and precisely, with careful instructions on how to enter and maintain the pose, and with suggestions on how to modify the poses in the beginning, before you are flexible and strong enough to perform them in the ideal form. It also outlines suggestions for anyone pursuing other sports besides running, but that is a bonus. I have gone overboard on buying instructional books about Iyengar yoga, since I live in a small town with no easy access to trained teachers, but this is the single best one I have (until I get to the point in a few years when I can understand Light on Yoga). Other supplementary resources I have found valuable are The New Yoga for People over 50 (by S. Francina - and for beginners of any age), and the Yoga Journal videotapes, especially the ones with Patricia Walden.
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Excellent guide to stretching the whole body,
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Jean Couch gets you off of the mat and into the tight spaces of your body in a way that really works. This book was first published in 1979 and later revised in 1990 to incorporate additional insights Ms Couch had gathered after practicing Iyengar yoga for another decade. I found the informaton timeless and believe the book to be useful for all active people, not just runners. As a serious practitioner and a teacher of yoga, this book has become an important reference guide to help me release the tightness in my and my students' bodies in a safe and effective way. I highly recommend it to students of all levels as a must have for their yoga reference library.
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A Complete Introduction to Yoga Poses,
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an excellent introduction to yoga asanas... i always find myself going back to this book when i am trying a new pose and want to learn the basics of the pose... a must for anyone who has a yoga library...
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The specialized ways of the Western world have so thoroughly dissected the human being that it is common to accept false divisions of the human being into body, mind, and spirit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lift your sitting bones, gradually increase your time, lift your kneecaps, spinal elongation, stretch your arms overhead, separate your feet, lower your torso, lengthen your spine, lift your torso, lift your buttocks, relax your throat, jump your feet, complete pose, bend your right knee, qualified yoga teacher, inverted poses, interlace your fingers, bend your right leg, turn your toes, standing poses, intense stretch, lengthen the spine, lower your leg, place your palms, turn your palms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mountain Pose, Staff Pose, Hero Pose, Triangle Pose, Plough Pose, Downward-Facing Dog Pose, Warrior Pose, Sun Salutation, Upward-Facing Dog Pose, Standing Forward Bend, Corpse Pose, Chest Opener, Doorknob Stretch, Diamond Pose, Open Angle Pose, Chair Pose, Lunge Position, Bound Angle Pose, Tree Pose, Yoga Push-Ups, Locust Pose, Spread-Foot Forward Bend, Crocodile Twist, Side Angle Pose, Squat Pose New!
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The specialized ways of the Western world have so thoroughly dissected the human being that it is common to accept false divisions of the human being into body, mind, and spirit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lift your sitting bones, gradually increase your time, lift your kneecaps, spinal elongation, stretch your arms overhead, separate your feet, lower your torso, lengthen your spine, lift your torso, lift your buttocks, relax your throat, jump your feet, complete pose, bend your right knee, qualified yoga teacher, inverted poses, interlace your fingers, bend your right leg, turn your toes, standing poses, intense stretch, lengthen the spine, lower your leg, place your palms, turn your palms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mountain Pose, Staff Pose, Hero Pose, Triangle Pose, Plough Pose, Downward-Facing Dog Pose, Warrior Pose, Sun Salutation, Upward-Facing Dog Pose, Standing Forward Bend, Corpse Pose, Chest Opener, Doorknob Stretch, Diamond Pose, Open Angle Pose, Chair Pose, Lunge Position, Bound Angle Pose, Tree Pose, Yoga Push-Ups, Locust Pose, Spread-Foot Forward Bend, Crocodile Twist, Side Angle Pose, Squat Pose New!
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- Light on Yoga by B K S Iyengar on page 4, page 176, and Back Matter
- How to Use Yoga: A Step-By-Step Guide to the Iyengar Method of Yoga for Relaxation, Health and Well-Being Shown in 450 Photographs by Mira Mehta in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Tree of Yoga (Shambhala Classics) by B.K.S. Iyengar on page 4, and Back Matter
- Yoga: A Gem for Women by Geeta S. Iyengar in Back Matter
- Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by B.K.S. Iyengar in Back Matter
- Yoga for Busy People: Increase Energy and Reduce Stress in Minutes a Day by Dawn Groves on page 15, and Back Matter
- The Breathing Book: Vitality & Good Health Through Essential Breath Work by Donna Farhi in Back Matter
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Yoga Illustrated, Third Edition by Joan Budilovsky in Back Matter
- The Yoga of Breath: A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama by Richard Rosen in Back Matter
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