Yin Yang Fitness: The Whole Package of Health [Paperback]

Kent Burden (Author), Maria Schell Burden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003

At California's famed Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Kent and Maria Burden work with the powerful, rich and famous and everyday people too. Their super-secret list of celebrities and athletes includes Oscar, Emmy and Grammy winners and NBA and NFL champions. Their revolutionary program, Yin Yang Fitness combines weight training, cardiopulmonary conditioning, the ancient mind/body movements of yoga and Pilates and real life nutrition to create strong minds and strong bodies. No matter what your current fitness level or how busy you are, you can learn to visualize, achieve and sustain your fullest level of health and well-being by following this 12-week guide to Yin Yang Fitness.

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"Yin Yang Fitness guides you step by step for a lifetime of enhanced health, a fit body and personal transformation." -- SHAPE Magazine, Linda Shelton, SHAPE Fitness Director, June, 2003

About the Author

Kent Burden has twenty-five years of fitness experience. He is certified as a personal trainer by AFAA and IFPA, as a Pilates instructor, yoga instructor, Spinning instructor, water fitness instructor, systematic touch trainer and massage therapist. As the Mind/Body Program Coordinator at California's famed Ojai Valley Inn and Spa he created the mind/body fitness program that was named by Spa Finder Magazine as one of North America's top programs in a field of more than 500 spas. His program is considered to be one of the most innovative and diverse in the industry.

Maria Schell Burden holds a B.A. in American Studies and Spanish from Western Michigan University. In addition to co-authoring Yin Yang Fitness, she is the author of Professor T.S.C. Lowe and his Mountain Railway and the Life and Times of Robert G. Fowler (Borden Publishing). She is certified as a group fitness instructor by AFAA and as a yoga instructor. Kent and Maria own the fitness consulting firm "My Life Fitness" and are co-creators of the Essential Triangle, a mind/body workout that is a union of yoga, Pilates and meditation. The Burdens reside with their children in California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Amberwood Press (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972602607
• ISBN-13: 978-0972602600
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,517,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, what an amazing book!, July 21, 2003

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This review is from: Yin Yang Fitness: The Whole Package of Health (Paperback)

I met the authors at a class they were leading in Troy, Michigan and asked to see Kent's surgical scar to prove to myself that he could really be that fit after such a devastating injury. He was paralyzed from the chest down and the co-author, his wife Maria nearly died of an asthma attack and yet they're both doing very demanding physical activity and IT REALLY WORKS. The book is extremely encouraging without ever preaching and the 12-week plan is clearly explained and easy to follow. Each page of the workbook part has an inspiring quote. The authors have definitely put a huge amount of research and work into this philosophy of mind, body, spirit health without ever saying "Do this because we said so!" They say "At least try it. It's worked well for us."
Great work, you two!