Tara Fraser Books

"An ideal book for beginners and a spur to more experienced students" Yoga Magazine This is a complete, illustrated practical guide that takes a traditional, holistic approach combining yoga postures with a healthy lifestyle, especially with regards to diet and meditation. It shows how these teachings are as appropriate today as they were in the past - helping you to cope with stresses and strains of modern life. Develop your own personalised yoga practice following the detailed descriptions of how to work safely and progressively with the postures and breathing exercises of hatha yoga. The author explains the essentials in plain, simple language and uses over 200 step-by-step colour photographs to take you through the essential asanas (postures) and sequences. Special 'box outs' suggest how beginners can adapt the classic postures to make them easier to perform - while more experienced students are shown how to progress towards more challenging asanas as they build up their skills. The practical core of the book is complemented by coverage of yoga's traditional physiological, philosophical and spiritual context, and its roots in ancient India. The idea that the body has its own energy pathways and centres in the form of nadis and chakras is explored in a way that is clear and inspiring to Western readers.

Contains what the reader needs to perform a complete 60-minute yoga workout. Explaining 20 yoga postures, this book includes exercise photographs, and analyses the most common problems associated with the postures, giving specific instructions on how to overcome them. It also features guided meditations, relaxations and breathing exercises.

Features twenty-two yoga postures and three meditations for practicing yoga at home, including advice on modifying postures, tips addressing health concerns, and safety guidelines.

A practical and inspirational book for anyone who wants to promote harmony and wellbeing in their life through yoga, guided safely and expertly by accomplished teacher Tara Fraser. Specially selected step-by-step postures and movements, each with its own clear photo sequence, present the many benefits that yoga can bring - from increased flexibility to stress relief, enhancing mood to clearing the mind. These fully illustrated postures and movements are complemented by advice on meditation, diet and lifestyle - key concerns of Hatha Yoga. Whatever your level of ability, Instant Yoga promises to help you to achieve a happy, healthy, holistic modern lifestyle.

Beautifully illustrated with full color photographs, Fraser explains with step-by-step instruction how to practice yoga for the greatest physical, mental and spiritual gain. Clearly illustrated postures and movements present the many benefits that yoga can bring.

A new practical spiral-bound edition of Tara Fraser's best-selling book Yoga for You is a complete illustrated practical guide to releasing pent-up stress from your busy life, an emphasis on physical comfort and safety (working within your own abilities rather than forcing yourself into demanding postures), and the holistic approach, which combines Yoga with an appropriate lifestyle, especially with regard to diet and meditation. More than 200 step-by-step colour photographs take you through the essential asanas (postures) and sequences, accompanied by clear and simple explanations. Special "boxes" suggest how beginners can adapt the classic postures to make them easier to perform - while more experienced students are shown how to progress to more challenging asanas as they build up their skills. Whatever your level of fitness and flexibility, Yoga for You is designed to meet your needs.

This complete illustrated practical guide that reflects some ofthe most important developments in modern yoga teaching,inlcuding: the release of pent-up stress from busy lives, theemphasis on physical comfort and safety (working within yourown abilities rather than forcing yourself into demandingpostures), and a holistic approach, combining yoga with anappropriate lifesyle, especially with regard to diet andmeditation. More than 200 step-by-step colour photographs take you through the esssential asanas (postures) and sequences, accompanied by clear and simple explantions. Special "boxes" suggest how beginners can adapt the classic postures to make them easier to perform - while more experienced students are shown how to progress to more challenging asanas as they build up their skills. Whatever your level of fitness and flexibility, Yoga for You is designed to meet your needs.

The perfect introduction to yoga, from a leading teacher who shows how yoga can benefit everyone, no matter what your level of fitness or suppleness.

Yoga bringt viele Vorteile – mehr Beweglichkeit und Kraft, Stressabbau und einen klaren Geist. Dieses Buch ist ein praktischer und inspirierender Begleiter für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene, die Yoga in ihren Alltag integrieren und dadurch ihr Wohlbefinden steigern wollen. Ausgewählte Yoga-Positionen und - Bewegungsabläufe werden Schritt für Schritt fachkundig angeleitet, illustriert durch anschauliche Fotos. Die Übungen werden ergänzt durch Tipps zu Meditation, Ernährung und einem ganzheitlichen Lebensstil, den Grundlagen des Hatha Yoga.