Smart yoga: apply the Alexander technique to enhance your practice, prevent injury, and increase body awareness

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Note continued: 22.Forward Bends -- 23.Downward Facing Dog Pose: Adho Mukha Svanasana -- 24.Back Bends -- 25.Side Bends -- 26.Kneeling Poses -- 27.Hip Openers -- 28.Inverted Poses -- 29.Plank Variations.;Machine generated contents note: pt. One Background -- 1.My Story -- 2.A Look at Yoga's Foundations -- 3.What Is the Alexander Technique? -- pt. Two Principles of the Alexander Technique -- 4.The Use of the Self -- 5.Self-Diagnoses for a More Beneficial Practice -- 6.Dealing with Harmful Habits -- 7.How to Achieve Healthy Coordination: The Primary Control -- 8.A Holistic Approach to Self-Care -- 9.What Happens in an Alexander Technique Lesson? -- pt. Three Considerations Regarding Yoga Practice -- 10.Avoiding Injuries with an Individualized Approach -- 11.Anatomical Awareness and Energy Flow -- 12.Pain Management -- 13.Exploring Yoga's Relationship to Neuroplasticity and the Autonomic Nervous System -- 14.Pregnancy -- 15.Breathing, Mindfulness, and Meditation -- 16.How to Practice Constructive Rest -- pt. Four Yoga Poses and Asanas -- 17.Mountain Pose and Good Posture: Tadasana -- 18.Floor Stretches -- 19.Monkey and Squatting Poses -- 20.Standing Poses -- 21.Twists;"David Moore draws on his thirty years of teaching the Alexander Technique and yoga to bring fresh and practical insights into how the Alexander Technique can contribute to a safer and more effective yoga practice. With a wealth of illustrations that support the clear, precise explanations, this book offers comprehensive advice in modifying a yoga practice to take into account the huge variability in individual ranges of movement. Moore includes techniques to accommodate limitations imposed by injuries, structure, body type, strength, and flexibility. For those new to yoga as well as longtime practitioners, Smart Yoga offers an explanation of the Alexander Technique's approach to posture and movement, suggestions for altering faulty breathing patterns, and information about how Hatha Yoga, Patanjali, and Buddhist insight practices relate to the Alexander Technique. Yoga instructors, Alexander Technique teachers, and anyone who is serious, curious, and open-minded about their yoga practice will also find tips for bringing the practice into daily life, balancing the autonomic nervous system, mindfulness and meditation, and changing unwanted habits"--