Hello, I am looking for a book that can help me with stress and relaxation. Does anyone have any ideas?..Many thanks …Luke …PS …I am a total beginner!! :-?
Seeking balance between activity and restoration - how do we practice contentment yet remain active. How do we nourish/recharge and not simply deplete our energies?
Yoga is a wonderful venue for discovering how to be aware of and make choices about these things.
My recommendations both come from mind/body/stress reduction programs.
- Joan Borysenko’s “Minding the Body, Mending the Mind”
- Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Wherever You Go, There You Are”
Namaste,
Chandra
Hi Luke,
Relax and Renew by Judith Lasater is a great book full of restful and relaxing restorative yoga postures. It is easy to follow and there are a number of different sequences for different conditions. Enjoy.
Trinity
I would recomend you read Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. This is a form of meditation based on nyasa(the placing of mantras in specific parts of the body in sequence) simplified for the english speaking personage. It has been a wonderful technique for me to personally reduce my stress and begin the voyage within.
Best wishes,
Justin