Complete Guide to Pilates, Yoga, Meditation & Stress Relief
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Exercise
ISBN :
Complete Guide to Pilates, Yoga, Meditation and Stress Relief
Author : Parragon Book Service Limited
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 36,57 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Exercise
ISBN : 9781405424394
Book Description
Yoga
Author : Daren Callahan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 17,30 MB
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1476607028
Book Description
Millions of people practice some form of yoga, but they often do so without a clear understanding of its history, traditions, and purposes. This comprehensive bibliography, designed to assist researchers, practitioners, and general readers in navigating the extensive yoga literature, lists and comments upon English-language yoga texts published since 1981. It includes entries for more than 2,400 scholarly as well as popular works, manuals, original Sanskrit source text translations, conference proceedings, doctoral dissertations, and master's theses. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author for easy access, while thorough author, title, and subject indexes will help readers find books of interest.
Get Fit, Stay Fit
Author : William E Prentice
Publisher : F.A. Davis
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 28,49 MB
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0803646658
Book Description
Learn how to take control of your own well-being. You’ll find both the motivation and scientific knowledge you need to develop your own personal plan for healthy living and to make physical activity an integral part of that plan. You’ll also explore the roles of stress management, sleep, and nutrition in achieving your goals.
The Complete Guide to Weight Loss
Author : Paul Waters
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 16,71 MB
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 147290317X
Book Description
An accessible and practical guide to working with fitness clients to help them to lose weight and keep it off.
Stress Management
Author : Edward A. Charlesworth
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,81 MB
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0345468910
Book Description
Are you among the 95 million Americans who suffer from stress during these trying times? Revised and comprehensive, this invaluable guide helps you identify the specific areas of stress in your life–familial, work-related, social, emotional–and offers proven techniques for dealing with every one of them. New material includes information on how men and women differ in response to stress, updated statistics on disorders and drugs, the ways terrorism and the information age impact stress, the key benefits of spirituality, alternative medicine, exercise, and nutrition. Stress Management will help you • test your personal responses to daily stress– and chart your progress in controlling it • learn specific techniques for relaxation– from “scanning” to “imagery training” • discover how to deal with life’s critical moments without stress • embark on a program to improve your physical health as a major step toward stress management • discern which types of stress must be reduced and which kinds you can turn into positive motivation
The Complete Guide to Physical Activity and Mental Health
Author : Debbie Lawrence
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1408196468
Book Description
The Complete Guide to Physical Activity and Mental Health is a practical guide for fitness instructors working with clients with mental health issues. The book looks at the signs and symptoms, treatment plans and how to approach developing an exercise programme for a range of mental health conditions. From depression, stress, anxiety and eating disorders this book offers background information on the prevalence and various available treatment of each condition discussed. Clearly illustrated throughout with a section examining the specific symptoms and causes of a range of mental health conditions, it will provide fitness professionals all they need when planning an exercise programme to suit their clients. Written in an accessible style by a well-established consultant in the fitness industry, it will appeal to exercise instructors, and fitness professionals working towards the New Level 4 qualification. Including real-life case studies, advice on communication and development strategies when working with clients, this book puts theory into practice.
The Complete Guide to Exercise to Music
Author : Debbie Lawrence
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 31,39 MB
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1408125870
Book Description
The Complete Guide to Exercise to Music (3rd edition) is a practical handbook for the regular exerciser who wishes to know more about the enormous benefits of training to music, and the fitness professional who seeks a thorough grounding in Level 2 and 3 knowledge. This 3rd edition is fully updated to include: - Aspects of the core and skills-based knowledge for Level 2 and 3 ETM instructors - The latest research on safety in the exercise environment - Adapting ETM for special populations - Over 200 colour photographs demonstrating stretches and exercises Exercise to Music is one of the core modules of the Level 2 gym instructors syllabus, and a new Level 3 qualification was added in January 2008. This edition covers all this knowledge, using revision notes and tests as useful tools for the readers' study. The Complete Guide to Exercise to Music is the reference on this discipline for everyone involved in the health and fitness industry.
The Complete Guide to Back Rehabilitation
Author : Christopher M. Norris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1472916719
Book Description
The Complete Guide to Back Rehabilitation is the essential resource for all experts involved in back care, including massage therapists, exercise therapists, physiotherapists and fitness professionals. Back pain will affect 80 per cent of physiotherapists' clients at some point in their lives, and it has been estimated at costing UK businesses over £5 billion annually both in days absent and through litigation. The back is a complex structure and all other parts of the body rely on its smooth functioning. Christopher Norris takes the reader through the anatomy and mechanics of the back, the injuries and disorders the various structures of the back can suffer and then recommends the best practice for rehabilitation, covering: - The range of back conditions - The role of posture and muscle imbalance in back pain - The principles of back rehabilitation - Client assessment and rehabilitation planning - Gym-based back rehabilitation - Functional retraining for the back - Yoga and clinical Pilates for back rehabilitation. This Complete Guide clearly outlines both the theory and practical tools to produce an effective back rehabilitation programme and offers advice on how to protect clients against further damage.
The Complete Guide to Stretching
Author : Christopher M. Norris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1472908406
Book Description
A reasonable level of flexibility is essential to the healthy functioning of joints and muscles, which in turn facilitates performance and reduces the risk of injury. Now in its 4th edition, The Complete Guide to Stretching provides an accessible overview of the scientific principles that underpin this form of training and offers more than 70 exercises designed to safely increase range of motion right across the body. The Complete Guide to Stretching is the definitive practical handbook for: - Sports participants and recreational exercisers who are keen to achieve a level of flexibility that will enhance their performance - Sports coaches and fitness instructors who are seeking a thorough understanding of the principles and practice of this often neglected component of physical fitness - Sport and exercise therapists who use stretching as an important part of a balanced rehabilitation programme Full colour photographs demonstrate the stretches throughout.
