Anja Brierley Lange

Teaching Yoga for the Menstrual Cycle

An Ayurvedic Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive guide for yoga teachers looking to support the practice of students who menstruate, in both group settings and one-on-one sessions. By combining Western medical understanding of the menstrual cycle with an Ayurvedic approach, balance can be brought about, and common symptoms such as pain and PMS can be managed with yoga practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 228mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9781839972478
• ISBN-10: 1839972475
• Artikelnr.: 66134247

Autorenporträt

Anja Brierley Lange (BSc, PGDip Ayurveda) is an experienced yoga teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner and teacher trainer. She has specialised in yoga and Ayurveda relating to female anatomy and physiology. Since 2013 she has been training yoga teachers in pregnancy and postnatal yoga as well as Ayurveda . Originally from Denmark she now lives on the Sussex coast. Find out more at www.yogaembodied.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Shiva Rea
Foreword by Dr Shijoe Mathew
Introduction
Part 1 Background and introduction
1- Yoga and the menstrual cycle
2 -Sa?khya philosophy
3-Understanding Ayurveda and the do?as
4 -The Ayurvedic and cultural view of the menstrual cycle
5-Lunar flow and connecting with the moon
Part 2 Anatomy and physiology
6-Anatomy awareness
7-Western physiology and hormones
8-Ayurvedic physiology and the menstrual phases
9 - From menarche to menopause
Part 3 Teaching cycle aware yoga
10-Bringing it all together: yoga, Ayurveda, hormones and the menstrual
cycle
11-Practical application of Ayurvedic principles in yoga
12-Yoga for each phase of the menstrual cycle
13-Rest, relaxation and rejuvenation
14-Yoga for specific complaints
15-Hormone therapy, hormonal birth control and the pill
16-Perimenopause leading to change
Transitioning beyond the menstrual cycle
Final reflections
Acknowledgments
Glossary
References