Smart Yoga: Apply the Alexander Technique to Enhance Your Practice, Prevent Injury, and Increase Body...

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David Moore

Smart Yoga

Apply the Alexander Technique to Enhance Your Practice, Prevent Injury, and Increase Body Awareness...

David Moore

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North Atlantic Books,U.S.
15 June 2017

Exercise & workout books; Alexander technique

David Moore draws on thirty years of knowledge and experience to present a useful, comprehensive guide for bringing the insights of the Alexander Technique to yoga for a safer, more effective practice.

David Moore draws on thirty years of teaching to bring fresh and practical insights into how the Alexander Technique can contribute to a safer and more effective yoga practice. With a wealth of illustrations that support the clear, precise explanations, this book offers comprehensive advice in modifying a yoga practice to take into account the huge variability in individual ranges of movement. Moore includes techniques to accommodate limitations imposed by injuries, structure, body type, strength, and flexibility. Smart Yoga offers an explanation of the Alexander Technique's approach to posture and movement, suggestions for altering faulty breathing patterns, and information about how Hatha Yoga, Patanjali, and Buddhist insight practices relate to the Alexander Technique.

By: David Moore
Imprint: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 630g
ISBN: 9781623171414
ISBN 10: 1623171415
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 15 June 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Moore has traveled all over the world to teach yoga and the Alexander Technique for thirty years. During that time, he has founded the School for F.M. Alexander Studies in Melbourne, Australia; worked as the director of said school; and served both as the Chair and as a member of the Australian Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique. He has also published a number of articles on the Alexander Technique and its health benefits.

Reviews for Smart Yoga: Apply the Alexander Technique to Enhance Your Practice, Prevent Injury, and Increase Body Awareness

[Smart Yoga] has many merits, including clarity of purpose and lightness of style. David's overview of yoga is concise and clear-headed, and therefore useful to both someone who has practiced yoga steadily and to someone coming to it for the first time. His introduction to the Alexander Technique is comprehensive without being overwhelming. --Pedro de Alcantara, author of Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique and The Alexander Technique: A Skill for Life There's humor, insight, and beauty as well as clear explanations of complex ideas in this book. Those new to yoga or the Alexander Technique or both will be enticed to read on, while those with extensive knowledge of either or both will appreciate, enjoy, and mull over the personal and comprehensive body of learning encapsulated in this book. --In the Moment -[Smart Yoga] has many merits, including clarity of purpose and lightness of style. David's overview of yoga is concise and clear-headed, and therefore useful to both someone who has practiced yoga steadily and to someone coming to it for the first time. His introduction to the Alexander Technique is comprehensive without being overwhelming.---Pedro de Alcantara, author of Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique and The Alexander Technique: A Skill for Life-There's humor, insight, and beauty as well as clear explanations of complex ideas in this book. Those new to yoga or the Alexander Technique or both will be enticed to read on, while those with extensive knowledge of either or both will appreciate, enjoy, and mull over the personal and comprehensive body of learning encapsulated in this book.---In the Moment