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  2. Yin Yoga - Wikipedia

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    Yin Yoga poses apply moderate stress to the connective tissues of the body—the tendons, fasciae, and ligaments—with the aim of increasing circulation in the joints and improving flexibility. A more meditative approach to yoga, its goals are awareness of inner silence, and bringing to light a universal, interconnecting quality.

  3. Restorative Yoga - Wikipedia

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    Restorative Yoga for Life: a Relaxing Way to De-stress, Re-energize, and Find Balance. Adams Media. ISBN 978-1-4405-7520-4. OCLC 883207433. Long, Nancy Hodge (2016). Restorative Yoga: Restful Poses to Cradle the Body, Comfort the Heart, Calm the Mind. Crystal Heart Imprints. ISBN 978-0972100359. Norberg, Ulrica (2016).

  4. Yoga as therapy - Wikipedia

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    At least three types of health claims have been made for yoga: magical claims for medieval haṭha yoga, including the power of healing; unsupported claims of benefits to organ systems from the practice of asanas; and more or less well supported claims of specific medical and psychological benefits from studies of differing sizes using a wide ...

  5. Yoga - Wikipedia

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    Yoga is practiced worldwide, [16] but "yoga" in the Western world often entails a modern form of Hatha yoga and a posture-based physical fitness, stress-relief and relaxation technique, [17] consisting largely of asanas; [18] this differs from traditional yoga, which focuses on meditation and release from worldly attachments.

  6. Yoga as exercise - Wikipedia

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    Yoga asanas were brought to America by the yoga teacher Yogendra. [27] [44] He founded a branch of The Yoga Institute in New York state in 1919, [45] [46] starting to make Haṭha yoga acceptable, seeking scientific evidence for its health benefits, [47] and writing books such as his 1928 Yoga Asanas Simplified [48] and his 1931 Yoga Personal ...

  7. Science of yoga - Wikipedia

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    Yoga's effects are to some extent shared with other forms of exercise, [O 1] though it differs in the amount of stretching involved, and because of its frequent use of long holds and relaxation, in its ability to reduce stress. Yoga is here treated separately from meditation, which has effects of its own, though yoga and meditation are combined ...

  8. Yoganidrasana - Wikipedia

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    Yoganidrasana is described in the 17th century Haṭha Ratnāvalī 3.70. [4] The pose is illustrated in an 18th-century painting of the eight yoga chakras in Mysore. [5] It is illustrated as "Pasini Mudra" (not an asana) in Theos Bernard's 1943 book Hatha Yoga: The Report of A Personal Experience. [6]

  9. Sarah Powers - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Powers (born c. 1963 [1]) is a yoga teacher. She co-founded the Insight Yoga Institute and created Insight Yoga, a combination of yoga, transpersonal psychology and Buddhist and Taoist philosophy, described in her 2008 book of the same name. She was closely involved with the creation of Yin Yoga. [2]

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