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Yoga for Inflexible People

Improve Mobility, Strength and Balance with This Step-by-Step Starter Programme
By Max Lowenstein and Liz Lowenstein
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Yoga for Inflexible People by Max and Liz Lowenstein, inspired by their popular Instagram following, offers a welcoming guide for those daunted by traditional yoga classes. The book categorises yoga postures into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, providing clear, accessible instructions.

The authors emphasise using modifications, props like blocks and straps, and understanding one's own anatomy to progress safely and effectively. The book dispels the myth that one must be naturally flexible to practise yoga, highlighting yoga's ability to enhance flexibility over time alongside benefits such as increased strength, mobility, better sleep, and reduced stress and anxiety.
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This book is ideal for beginners, particularly those who feel limited by their lack of flexibility or intimidated by conventional yoga environments. It suits readers looking for a gentle, structured introduction to yoga that prioritises personal progress and wellbeing over perfection.

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Yoga for Inflexible People offers a results-driven programme aimed at people who thought they could never practise yoga. Stages are all illustrated and annotated clearly to show the exact progression of the poses from beginner through to intermediate and advanced.

For those intimidated by classes full of bendy people or who are struggling with a limited range of motion, this inspirational book breaks down yoga postures into beginner, intermediate and advanced stages and shows amazing before-and-after photos.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Inspired by Max and Liz's phenomenal Instagram account (with over one million followers), Yoga for Inflexible People is for those who are struggling with a limited range of motion or intimidated by classes full of bendy people.

The book breaks down yoga postures into beginner, intermediate, and advanced stages. Each pose is helpfully annotated with clear instructions, and readers will learn how to achieve and progress postures using modifications, blocks, and straps, as well as their own anatomy to achieve amazing results.

The authors show that you don't need to be flexible to practise yoga, but that practising yoga will make you flexible! Additional benefits include improved strength, mobility, sleep, and productivity, alongside decreased injuries, stress, and anxiety.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781859064559

Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 January 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Eddison Books Ltd

Edition: New edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

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Health & Fitness Health & Wellness Liz Lowenstein Max Lowenstein Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Max and Liz run the hugely successful Instagram account @inflexibleyogis. The account shows before-and-after shots of real people progressing yoga postures and achieving results. Certified AcroYoga instructors, registered yoga teachers and dieticians, Max and Liz are influencers and well-known authorities on natural healing, whose insights are followed on social media by over 2.3 million people worldwide.

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