Back Care Basics: A Doctor's Gentle Yoga Program for Back and Neck Pain Relief
10 best books like Back Care Basics: A Doctor's Gentle Yoga Program for Back and Neck Pain Relief (Mary Pullig Schatz): Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France, The Mists of Avalon, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, The Bhagavad Gita, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation, Light on Yoga, Power Yoga: The Total Strength and Flexibility Workout, Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
| Author | Gregory Maguire |
| ISBN | 0060987103 |
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious Witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil?
Gregory Maguire creates...
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
| Author | Caroline Moorehead |
| ISBN | 0061650706 |
They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera, a midwife, a dental surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, printed subversive newspapers, hid resisters, secreted Jews to safety, transported weapons, and conveyed clandestine messages. The...
| Author | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
In 2007 I joined Goodreads and wrote reviews of some of the books that had most transformed me as a reader. I have since, over the years, taken an absurd amount of geek pride that my review of this book is (I think) the most popular one. And for everyone writing "GET OVER YOURSELF" in the comments, as a response...
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
| Author | Isabel Wilkerson |
| ISBN | 0679444327 |
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.
From...
| Author | Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa |
| ISBN | 0140449183 |
The Bhagavad Gita is an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and is also one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit poetry. It describes how, at the beginning of a mighty battle between the Pandava and Kaurava armies, the god Krishna gives spiritual enlightenment to the warrior...
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
| Author | Sam Harris |
| ISBN | 0393327655 |
In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs—even when these beliefs inspire the worst human atrocities. While warning...
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0767903692 |
“If there is a candidate for ‘Living Buddha’ on earth today, it is Thich Nhat Hanh.”
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| Author | B.K.S. Iyengar |
| ISBN | 0805210318 |
Light on Yoga has become the bible for hundreds of thousands of people who practice Yoga daily with the Iyengar method, for exercise, meditation, or simply relaxation. With more than 600 photographs depicting all the postures and breathing exercises, it remains the fullest, most practical, and most...
| Author | Beryl Bender Birch |
| ISBN | 0020583516 |
The official yoga program of the New York Road Runners club, Power Yoga is a unique combination of dynamic breathing and strong, flowing movement, which creates a high-heat, high-energy workout.
Unlike any other yoga program, Power Yoga is a choreographed sequence of postures that flow...
| Author | Judith Hanson Lasater |
| ISBN | 0962713880 |
If you think that you have to escape to a cave in the Himalayas to find the enlightenment that yoga promises, think again. In Living Your Yoga, Judith Lasater stretches the meaning of yoga beyond its familiar poses and breathing techniques to include the events of daily life—all of them—as practice....
| Author | Ray Long |
| ISBN | 0977961419 |
This is the third edition of The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga, with extended contents. There is a new cover, over 50 new pages with an expanded chapter on the breath and more biomechanics in yoga. 244 page book with over 650 colour 3D computer generated images of a human skeleton covering over thirty key muscles...
| Author | Geeta S. Iyengar |
| ISBN | 0931454980 |
OK, so...I haven't technically finished reading all of the information on each asana yet, but this book is amazing. The background information at the beginning is laid out in a straightforward way and there are instructions for a three-year course of study, including weekly schedules to follow for...
| Author | Amy Weintraub |
| ISBN | 0767914503 |
Take the natural path to mental wellness
More than 25 million Americans are treated with antidepressants each year, at a cost in excess of $50 billion. But the side effects of popular prescription drugs may seem nearly as depressing as the symptoms they’re meant to treat. Veteran yoga instructor...
| Author | Patañjali |
| ISBN | 0932040381 |
This valuable book provides a complete manual for the study and practice of Raja Yoga, the path of concentration and meditation. This new deluxe printing of these timeless teachings is a treasure to be read and referred to again and again by seekers treading the spiritual path. The classic...
| Author | Paul Grilley |
| ISBN | 1883991439 |
Yin Yoga: Outline of a Quiet Practice brings together in a fresh way the ancient wisdom of acupuncture and Taoism with Hindu yoga practices. The Yin aspect of Yoga (using postures that stretch connective tissue) is virtually unknown but vital for a balanced approach to physical and mental health. Paul...
| Author | Mira Silva |
| ISBN | 0679722874 |
Attractive, sound, and a good beginning
Such is the celebrity and influence of B.K.S. Iyengar as a teacher of yoga that a book with his name in the title virtually guarantees publishing success.
This book is a fine example of the phenomenon. It is an attractive, coffee table type yoga...
| Author | Erich Schiffmann |
| ISBN | 0671534807 |
Although I learned more from Schiffmann's DVD with Ali MacGraw which I practiced with for the longest time during the long Vermont winters several years ago, I also bought this book which was very helpful, because the explanations and reasons behind the poses was described in great detail. My favorite...
| Author | Mark Stephens |
| ISBN | 1556438850 |
Teaching Yoga is an essential resource for new and experienced teachers as well as a guide for all yoga students interested in refining their skills and knowledge. Addressing 100% of the teacher training curriculum standards set by Yoga Alliance, the world's leading registry and accreditation source...
| Author | Sri K. Pattabhi Jois |
| ISBN | 0865476624 |
The seminal treatise and guide to Ashtanga yoga by the master of this increasingly popular discipline
There is a yoga boom in America, and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois is at the heart of it. One of the great yoga figures of our time, Jois brought Ashtanga yoga to the West a quarter of a century ago and has...
| Author | Judith Hanson Lasater |
| ISBN | 0962713848 |
Experience the rest of your life with restorative yoga, the supported poses and breathing practices that will help you heal the effects of chronic stress. In Relax and Renew, the first book exclusively devoted to this work, the author offers in-depth guidance in the Basic Relaxation Pose (Savasana),...
| Author | Gertrud Hirschi |
| ISBN | 1578631394 |
Mudras--also playfully called "finger power points"--are yoga positions for your hands and fingers. They can be practiced sitting, lying down, standing, or walking, at any time and place. Schooled in the traditional knowledge of this eastern art of healing, well-known Swiss yoga teacher, Gertrud...
The Breathing Book: Good Health and Vitality Through Essential Breath Work
| Author | Donna Farhi |
| ISBN | 0805042970 |
A new approach to improving quality of life through your most accessible resource: your breath.
Internationally renowned yoga instructor Donna Farhi presents a refreshingly simple and practical guide to reestablishing proper breathing techniques that will dramatically improve your...
| Author | Leslie Kaminoff |
| ISBN | 0736062785 |
See inside every yoga pose! With clear, expert instruction and full-color, detailed anatomical drawings, Yoga Anatomy depicts the most common asanas to provide a deeper understanding of the structures and principles underlying each movement and of yoga itself.
From breathing to standing...
The Holy Science of Yoga: A Handbook for Sadhakas
| Author | Chandra Om |
| ISBN | 0979754410 |
This book is one you will come back to again and again and find new treasures each time. Chandra explains, clearly and precisely and in language accessible to the 21st century reader, the foundations of the entire Yoga system (which is so much deeper and vaster than just the poses which get so much attention)....
Revolution of the Soul: Awaken to Love Through Raw Truth, Radical Healing, and Conscious Action
| Author | Seane Corn |
| ISBN | 1622039173 |
Celebrated yoga teacher and activist Seane Corn shares pivotal accounts of her life with raw honesty—enriched with in-depth spiritual teachings—to help us heal, evolve, and change the world
“My first lessons in spirituality and yoga had nothing to do with a mat, but everything to...
Data Structures Through C In Depth
| Author | Deepali Srivastava |
| ISBN | 8176567418 |
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What Is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner's Mind
| Author | Norman Fischer |
| ISBN | 1611802431 |
An accessible and enjoyable introduction to Zen Buddhist practice—in a reader-friendly question-and-answer format—by two highly regarded teacher-writers.
The question-and-answer format makes this introduction to Zen especially easy to understand—and also to...
The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path
It’s an odd title for a book on Buddhism, which is supposed to devote itself to the world as it is. When Fischer lectured on the book at the Chapel Hill Zen Center, someone asked him about that, and he said, among other things, that our imagination may show us that the world actually is otherwise, that we’re...
Winter in the Mouth of the Wolf
JY Yang is the author of the Tensorate series of novellas from Tor.Com Publishing (The Red Threads of Fortune, The Black Tides of Heaven, and two more slated for 2018 and 2019). Their short fiction has been published in over a dozen venues, including Uncanny Magazine, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, and...
Hailed as a “marvel of a book” and “brilliant and unflinching,” Alexis Schaitkin’s stunning debut Saint X is a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another.
Claire is only seven years old when her college-age...
