Restorative Yoga: Reduce Stress, Gain Energy, and Find Balance

Description

Restorative yoga is a gentle but powerful practice that is desperately needed in today's crazy-busy culture. It is rapidly gaining in popularity around the world because of its ability to relieve stress, heal the body, and promote overall well-being. Here world-renowned yoga instructor Ulrica Norberg shows the simple poses that will help you release anxiety, promote digestion, relieve headaches, recover from injuries, and more. Bolster pillows, yoga blocks, and blankets are an important part of restorative yoga. Norberg shows how to get the most out of your practice by utilizing these simple, easy-to-find props. Yogis will discover the power of letting go in both body and mind, opening themselves to greater possibilities in their yoga practices and in life. Accompanied by gorgeous full-color images that are as inspiring as they are useful, this book will change your yoga practice forever.

Ulrica Norberg is the author of several books, including Hatha Yoga, Power Yoga, and Yin Yoga. A highly respected yoga instructor around the world, she has been teaching for nearly twenty years and has trained more than five hundred teachers. She has done extensive studies in yoga, alignment principles, anatomy, and energetics. In 2002 she discovered yin yoga through Paulie Zink and has since studied with Sarah Powers and Paul Grilley. She has also embraced restorative yoga as a complement to more vigorous practices. She took her restorative training with Mona Anand and Gina Menza and learned the ISHTA approach through them. Ulrica is known for her deep knowledge and for her inspirational and warm approach. She lives in Sweden.