Complete Guide to Yoga for Fitness Professionals

Debbie Lawrence is a consultant and writer for the health and fitness industry and has over 30 years' experience as a fitness professional and educator. She is a qualified integrative counselor, a student of yoga and has a special interest in mental health and well-being. She has written a number of qualification and training resources for some of the leading awarding and training organisations in the sector, including: CYQ, The Open University, Active IQ, Yfit, VTCT and EDI.Conrad Paul is a yoga teacher and yoga therapist. He has over 23 years' experience in the fitness industry and is the founder and director of Yoga Professionals which has been offering yoga teacher training to meet the National Occupational Standards at Level 3, since 2007.

• AcknowledgementsPART ONE: YOGA HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND HATHA YOGA PRACTICE1 Introduction to yoga history2 The body and mind according to yoga3 Hatha yoga4 Practising asana - the first part of Hatha yoga5 Pranayama - breath work/regulation and control6 Mudras, bandhas and kriyas7 Session structure and general hatha flow sequencePART TWO: APPLYING YOGA TO MODERN LIVING, AND THE SEQUENCES8 Yoga, fitness and health9 Yoga philosophy in modern living10 Yoga sequences by Conrad PaulReferenceGlossary of termsAppendices1 Passive relaxation script 12 Active relaxation script3 Passive relaxation script 24 Healing relaxation script5 Simple chakra meditation scriptIndex