The Stress-Free Traveler [Paperback]

Sandy Paton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 9, 2005

On-the-go relaxation techniques for any traveler

Perfectly portable for business trips, vacations, or even daily commutes, this fully illustrated new handbook offers stress-busting techniques to reduce the physical and emotional effects of traveling. It includes a complete program of easy exercises that can be performed sitting in a chair or standing in lines, as well as personal relaxation rituals and mind-body methods to beat motion sickness.

Specially designed by a certified yoga instructor, these simple but effective strategies can help you to:

• Feel peaceful and well rested in stressful situations
• Soothe headaches, stiffness, soreness, and fatigue
• Recharge and restore energy in the hotel or at home
• Calm negative thoughts or fears
• Increase vitality and stamina, even in confined spaces
• Overcome travel rage

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Yoga and Pilates in planes, trains, and automobiles? You can do them anywhere with this on-the-spot guide for getting rid of stress while you’re on the go

Does traveling exhaust you? Does it give you motion sickness, headaches, and backaches? Do you sometimes pack unresolved emotions in your carry-on? If your commute has you tied in knots, this guide will help you unwind--at the airport, while waiting for your train, even when you’re sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Traveler-tested, the exercises in The Stress-Free Traveler were developed by certified yoga instructor Sandy Paton specifically to accommodate passengers traveling in restricted spaces, such as economy-class airline seats, trains, automobiles, and buses. The exercises are fully illustrated, easy to do, and require no prior yoga experience.

In simple steps, Sandy shows you how to:

• Shrug your shoulders to unload your anxieties
• Flex your spine to recharge your batteries
• Walk your fingers to sharpen your wits
• Overcome travel rage with alternate-nostril breathing
• Scratch your back to eliminate pent-up energy
• Unwind in your room with a delicious salt bath and almond oil foot massage
• Most of all, sit back, relax, and enjoy the trip!

About the Author

Sandy Paton is a certified yoga instructor who has taught for the past ten years. A freelance medical writer and frequent business traveler, she lives in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

Lonni Sue Johnson is a professional illustrator whose works have been featured in the New Yorker and the New York Times.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071456058
• ISBN-13: 978-0071456050
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,064,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A travel necessity, November 16, 2006

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Margo Swan (Ellicott City, Md) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stress-Free Traveler (Paperback)

I am a worrisome traveler and this book helps put me at ease so that I feel good and can enjoy traveling! It's a quick and easy read that helps release tension immediatley. Great stocking stuffer for the holidays....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Tips!!, October 27, 2006

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marie giardina (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Stress-Free Traveler (Paperback)

A very useful and informative book. Wish I had these ideas many travels ago!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saved My Life!, October 26, 2006

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Linda G. Kotrba (Stuart, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Stress-Free Traveler (Paperback)

I travel more than 30,000 miles a year and after reading this book I know why I was feeling so terrible and how to fix it! This is a must-read for anyone who travels no matter what mode you choose.