Product Description

Designed for the millions of people who suffer acute and chronic backache and related problems, and also for those with a healthy back who want to keep it that way, this yoga book provides information on how to care for the back through a sensible balance of appropriate exercises, relaxation and sound nutrition. Written in an easy-to-follow style, the book contains over 50 illustrations which complement clear instructions for performing the exercises correctly.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #538003 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-07
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Stella Weller is author of Yoga Therapy; The Yoga Back Book; Yoga for Long Life; Yoga for Children; The Breath Book. She trained as a registered nurse and lives in Canada. Her books are known for their simple approach and strong health advice.

Customer Reviews

Offers more than the 1001 back exercise books.
This book is an attractive and easy to read guide on how to use Yoga to maintain a healthy back.

Yoga can offer the bad-back sufferer something that other exercise-based cures cannot. Through the simple Yoga exercises, one not only gains strength and flexibility but it also generates a good, natural and healthy posture. Trying to "learn" a good posture by reading books just doesn't work, but through Yoga, it starts to appear on it's own and has tremendous benefits for the back sufferer. You could exercise the same muscles in a 100 different ways, but there is something about the Yoga sequences that has benefit above and beyond it's constituent parts.

This book does not dwell heavily on the mystical side of Yoga which is a real attraction to a skeptic like me. The number of exercises/positions is quite limited which, again, is nice as you do not feel daunted by the process.

I would not recommend someone with an acute, painful episode to go full-on into the sequences/exercises as they may be painful but I would whole heartedly recommend it for anyone just coming out of the other side of such an episode.