Ann Swanson – författare

Did you know that yoga benefits every system in the body, from joints to hormone response, digestion, and brain function?Science of Yoga uncovers the facts and explains how to get the most from your practice. Each asana is demonstrated with artworks that reveal the muscle and joint actions below the surface, safe alignment, and much more.This expanded edition features therapeutic sequences tailored to help relieve common problems, such as back pain, arthritis, and anxiety, including poses that can be performed in a chair. In addition, a new focus on breathwork shows how optimal breathing both improves yoga performance and provides a coping tool for life.

Did you know that meditation can help you feel better - both mentally and physically - starting right now?No matter how busy you are, wherever you are, your age, or what you are going through, meditation offers simple, fast relief and can support you in your day-to-day life. Through science-backed, practical and accessible guidance, this book will show you how meditation can work for you.Balm your soul and body with over 75 can-do meditation techniques to build into your daily routine. Whether you want to practise on a mat or take your experience elsewhere – when walking, running and swimming; using sound and music; with art and creativity – discover which method works best for you.Meditation for the Real World will also address specific moments of need, such as how to find calm before a stressful situation such as a flight; to enhance focus before a big presentation; to reduce inflammation and pain; and much more, each with the science to support the practice.With a foreword by Dr Sara Lazar, meditation and yoga researcher at the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

The trickiest part of taking up yoga is turning it into a habit that sticksIt’s hard enough learning how to perform yoga poses. But where do you start with devising a session? How do you fit it into a busy day and how do you avoid burn out or falling into a rut?This is the only beginner’s guide to yoga that puts habit formation front and centre. Clear, authoritative demonstrations of yoga moves are combined with habit-forming strategies, progressive training plans in granular detail, and ideas for how to vary and adapt both individual moves and your sessions to cope with life’s changes, big and small.The Yoga Habit will help you take the plunge, kick start, restart, adapt, simplify, and challenge so that you give yourself the best possible chance of becoming a yoga practitioner for life.