Yoga as Medicine
By Timothy McCall, M.D.
Copyright 2007
Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness
By Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.d.
Copyright 1990
Dr. Yoga
By Nirmala Heriza
Copyright 2004
My massage therapist, Karen Wright with Soothing Solutions, loaned me these three books. She is also a yoga instructor and has promised to show me how to "breathe" in such a way that it could help lower my blood pressure. The books each offer a few pages on breathing and she wanted me to read them before she gives me a one-on-one session. When that happens I'll let you know how it goes (and she gives a great massage, by the way, if you're local and need some therapeutic touch on your back or something).
I like the first two books the best. The Yoga as Medicine in particular is very information and touches on how body work can assist a person in her efforts to regain or maintain health.
I picked up the Dr. Yoga book at the Green Valley Book Fair when I went with a friend in May, so I have added this to my reference collection. I will pick up the Yoga as Medicine at some point, I hope. Maybe I will ask for it for Christmas.
I do not do yoga as a regular practice but probably should. I do a little Tai Chi several times a month but am not as regular with that as I should be, too.
I'd be a dynamo if I'd just do the stuff I oughta, wouldn't I?
Dear Mrs. Dynamo, Yoga sounds like a good thing and actually I have considered doing it also. Maybe we could both be dynamos?
ReplyDeleteDI
You're already a dynamo.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in yoga. I am stressed from worrying too much. But I am sure I would fall right asleep if I slowed down enough to concentrate on my breathing.