Yoga Rx: a step-by-step program to promote health, wellness, and healing for common ailments

Description

Introduction to yoga therapy: How yoga heals -- How you can benefit from yoga therapy -- Getting started with yoga therapy -- Putting yoga therapy into action: Yoga breathing -- Relaxation and meditation -- Core yoga routines that really heal -- Yoga therapy for common ailments: The musculoskeletal system: back, knees, arthritis -- The respiratory system: allergies, asthma, bronchitis, the common cold -- The circulatory system: high blood pressure, heart disease -- The digestive system: irritable bowel syndrome, heart burn -- The nervous system: tension headaches, migraines -- For women only: menstrual cramps, PMS, menopause -- Mental health: anxiety and depression -- The endocrine system: diabetes, obesity -- Appendices.;This book distills an array of postures into an easy-to-use regimen for anyone seeking relief for anything from back pain to the common cold.