A Bend In The Road or The Yin Yoga Kit

A Bend In The Road: Finding God When Your World Caves In

Author: David Jeremiah

Drawing on his insightful sermon series, renowned pastor/teacher David Jeremiah shares the comfort and hope of the Psalms and how these truths can guide believers through life's greatest challenges. He includes inspiring real-life stories of people who have struggled with terminal illness, the loss of a child, or the imprisonment of a spouse. Jeremiah interweaves his own journal entries, revealing his battle with cancer and how the Psalms helped to sustain him during the fight of his life. A Bend in the Road is an invaluable source of help and encouragement for people facing major obstacles in life.

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The Yin Yoga Kit: The Practice of Quiet Power

Author: Biff Mithoefer

YOGA / EXERCISE 

“Biff Mithoefer has created the most useful written material available for exploring Yin Yoga. Much more than an asana book, The Yin Yoga Kit teaches energetic principles, mental disciplines, and patient mindfulness. I highly recommend it!”
--PAUL GRILLEY, author of Yin Yoga: Outline of A Quiet Practice

“Yoga and qigong are much more alike than they are different, causing many practitioners to say, ‘Chinese yoga is Indian qigong.’ The Yin Yoga Kit serves as a bridge between the two disciplines. It is like a mountain trail between China and India, probably through Tibet.”
--ROGER JAHNKE, O.M.D., director of the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi, author of The Healer Within and The Healing Promise of Qi

Yin Yoga is known as the quiet yoga. Many of the most popular forms of yoga are fundamentally yang in nature, based on rhythmic movements of the muscles and focused on the need for change and attainment. Yin Yoga, in contrast, concentrates on connective tissue and bones, the parts of our body that are closest to our core and critical to our physical well-being and range of motion. The postures are all practiced on the floor and each is held for a lengthy period, usually three to five minutes. This intense non-movement allows the muscles to relax and the deep connective tissue to be gently stretched, encouraging the free flow of energy throughout the body. Above all, Yin Yoga is a gentle practice that brings yoga back to its internal meditative roots, teaching us to relax and accept ourselves just as we are.

In The Yin YogaKit, Biff Mithoefer presents 14 postures used in Yin Yoga and explains the benefits of each, including which meridians and chakras will be most positively affected. The full-color posture cards included illustrate the poses for those who are very flexible--and those who are not--and assist users in designing a personalized practice. The 75-minute CD contains a guided routine narrated by the author, with each pose presented on a separate track so listeners can rearrange them or shorten the routine as needed.

BIFF MITHOEFER teaches Yin Yoga at Omega Institute, Nosara Institute in Costa Rica, and throughout the United States. He lives in Dorset, Vermont.

Library Journal

Yin yoga, developed by Paul Grilley (Yin Yoga), is a gentle alternative to yoga that allows the body to relax through floor poses held for up to five minutes. Most yoga taught in North America is yang yoga, meaning that it emphasizes muscular movement. Alternately, yin yoga concentrates on connective tissue and bones and is based on the notion that the quiet acceptance derived from easing the core parts of the body into a pose encourages the flow of qi (life force) and results in good health. Fourteen safe beginner and advanced poses are clearly illustrated with photographs; the advanced poses include instructions on variations. Yin yoga teacher Mithoefer describes the effect of each pose on the chakras (energy centers) and meridians (channels through which qi travels). Including a deck of 14 yoga cards and a 72-minute CD with sample routines narrated by the author, this book nicely complements the many yang yoga titles already on the market. Recommended for libraries with yoga collections.-Dede Archer, Naples, FL Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Introduction: The Practice of Yin Yoga

Part 1 The Principles of Yin Yoga

Yin and Yang
The Balance of Yin and Yang

Qi
The Birth of Qi
Physical Qi
Resonance, Intention, Transformation, and Attachment
Encouraging the Flow of Qi

The Taoist Meridian System
Table: Meridian Attributes

The Tantric Chakra System
Table: Chakra Attributes

Yin Postures, Meridians, and Chakras
Table: Meridians and Chakras
Affected by Each Yin Posture

Part 2 Practicing Yin Yoga

Guidelines for a Yin Yoga Practice

The Yin Yoga Postures
Resting Pose
Half Butterfly
Butterfly
Square Pose
Shoelace
Seal
Saddle
Swan
Sleeping Swan
Forward Bend
Dragonfly
Frog
Spinal Twist
Final Relaxation

The Practice of Mindfulness

The Practice of Loving Kindness

Using the Yin Yoga Kit to Design Your Personal Practice
How to Use the Yin Yoga CD
How to Use the Yin Yoga Cards
The Use of Props

Part 3 Anatomy and Yin Yoga

The Connective Tissue

The Sacrum and the Lumbar Spine
Relaxing the Iliopsoas

Tension and Compression

Movement in the Hips and Spine
Movement in the Hip Joints
Movement in the Spine
Table: Spine and Hip Movements in Yin Postures

Appendix1: Some Sample Practices

Appendix 2: Practices for Specific Organ Meridians

Appendix 3: Using Acupressure Points while Practicing Yin Yoga

Resources

Acknowledgments

Biff Mithoefer leads Yin Yoga workshops at Omega Institute, Nosara Institute in Costa Rica, and throughout the United States. The author of The Yin Yoga Kit, he lives in Vermont.