{"product_id":"your-spine-your-yoga-developing-stability-and-mobility-for-your-spine-9780968766552","title":"Your Spine, Your Yoga: Developing Stability and Mobility for Your Spine","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eYour Spine, Your Yoga\u003c\/em\u003e is arguably the first book that looks at the spine from\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tboth the Western anatomical\/biomechanical point\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tof view and the modern yoga perspective. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is filled with detail, discussion, illustrations, and practical\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tadvice for spines of all types. This emphasis on variety is welcome and necessary: no two spines are exactly\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\talike, and no two people have the same biology and biography. What your spine is able to do may be vastly\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tdifferent from what other yoga students' or teachers' spines can do.\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tThe human spine is unique in its\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tstructure and function. Primarily, it provides stability through the core of our body, allowing forces\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tto be transmitted from the upper body (arms and shoulders) to the lower body (pelvis and legs) and\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tvice versa. Secondarily, the spine allows tremendous range of movement. Unfortunately, in modern yoga\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tpractice we find the primacy of these two functions reversed, with flexibility prized over stability.\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tThis focus on spinal mobility comes at a grave cost to many students. Stability is lost, and when that\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\thappens, dysfunction and pain often follow.\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tJust as all tissues and areas of the body need a healthy\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tamount of stress to regain and maintain optimal health, so too our spine needs the appropriate levels\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tof stress to remain functional throughout our lives. How we choose to exercise the spine makes a\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tdifference, though. Knowing the way the spine is built, specifically, how \u003cem\u003eyour\u003c\/em\u003e spine is built, will\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tallow you to tailor your exercises wisely to match your goals.\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t\u003cem\u003eYour Spine, Your Yoga\u003c\/em\u003e is the second\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tbook in the \u003cem\u003eYour Body, Your Yoga series\u003c\/em\u003e and focuses on the axial body―the core, from the sacral complex, \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\twhich includes the pelvis, sacrum, and sacroiliac joint, through the lumbar and thoracic segments of\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tthe spine, to the cervical complex, which includes the neck and head. The structural components of\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\teach segment are examined: from the bones, to the joints, ligaments, fascia, tendons, muscles, and\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\teven the neurological and blood systems. The range and implications of human variations are presented, \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tas well as the ways these variations may affect individual yoga practices. The sources of restrictions\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tto movement are investigated through answering the question \"What Stops Me?\" The answers presented\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\trun through a spectrum, beginning with various types of tensile resistance to three kinds of compressive\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tresistance.\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\t \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tWhether the reader is a novice to yoga, anatomy, or both, or a seasoned practitioner with\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tan in-depth knowledge in these fields, this book will be valuable. For the novice, there are easily\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tunderstood illustrations and photographs, as well as sidebars highlighting the most important topics.\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tFor the anatomy geek, other sidebars focus on the complexity of the topic, with hundreds of references\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tprovided for further investigation. For the yoga teacher, sidebars suggest how to bring this knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tinto the classroom. \u003cem\u003eYour Spine, Your Yoga\u003c\/em\u003e can be used as a resource when specific questions arise, \u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tas a textbook to be studied in detail, or as a fascinating coffee-table book to be browsed at leisure\u003cbr\u003e\t\t\tfor topics of current interest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernie Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wild Strawberry Productions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780968766552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClark, Bernie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBernie Clark\u003c\/b\u003e author of the best selling The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga, has had a passion for science, health, sports and spirituality since childhood. He has a degree in science from the University of Waterloo and spent over 25 years as a senior executive in the high-tech\/space industry. Bernie has been investigating the path of meditation for over three decades and began teaching yoga and meditation in 1998. He conducts yoga teacher trainings several times a year and aims to build bridges between the experiences of yoga and the understandings of modern science. He is creator of the YinYoga.com website. Other books written by Bernie include Your Body, Your Yoga; From the Gita to the Grail: Exploring Yoga Stories \u0026amp; Western Myths, as well as YinSights. Bernie lives, teaches and offers workshops in Vancouver, Canada.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcGill, Stuart:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDr. Stuart McGill\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus after 32 years at the University of Waterloo where he had a laboratory\/clinic that explored low back pain, rehabilitation and performance enhancement. He has been the author of over 240 medical and scientific journal papers. This work has received several international awards including the \"Volvo Bioengineering Award for Low Back Pain Research\". As a consultant, he has provided expertise on low back injury to various government agencies, many corporations and legal firms and professional\/international athletes and teams world wide. He is regularly referred special and challenging patient cases from the international medical community for opinion. He has authored four books: \"Gift of Injury\" with Brian Carroll; \"Back Mechanic\" targeting the lay public with back pain; \"Low Back Disorders: Evidence Based Prevention and Rehabilitation\" designed for clinicians assessing and treating patients; and \"Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance\" targeting coaches and trainers.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCall, Timothy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eTimothy McCall, MD\u003c\/b\u003e is a board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, and the author of two books, Examining Your Doctor: A Patient's Guide to Avoiding Harmful Medical Care (Citadel Press) and Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing (Bantam). He is co-editor of the first medical textbook on yoga therapy, The Principles and Practice of Yoga in Health Care (Handspring Publishing, 2016). He practiced medicine for more than 10 years in the Boston area before devoting himself full-time to investigating and teaching yoga therapy. Certified as a yoga therapist by the International Association of Yoga Therapists, he is the Founder\/Director of Yoga As Medicine Seminars and Teacher Trainings and, until 2016, co-directed a yoga therapy center just outside of New York City.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bernie Clark \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579942289565,"sku":"9780968766552","price":46.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d9a256e9-982e-4e27-b19a-adaddb71faf0.jpg?v=1768899778","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/your-spine-your-yoga-developing-stability-and-mobility-for-your-spine-9780968766552","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}