Main description:

Our respiratory and immune systems are intrinsically linked to how we relate to the world around us. Engaging with our vitality through the movement we were designed to express equips us with an invaluable ability to support the optimal functioning of our internal systems.
This book explains how movement, embodied awareness, and self-compassion can be incorporated into yoga practice to support respiratory and immune health. It delves into how stress, trauma, breath, movement, and posture can impact the quality of these systems and how yoga teachers can integrate a range of practises focussing on movement, meditation, and breath to help improve them.
Through an exploration of our boundaries, our breath, and our bodies, this book will help yoga teachers develop a more integrated and nuanced approach to their teaching

Contents:

CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Diagram: Overview of Yoga and Somatics for Immune and Respiratory Health
PART 1: Healthy Defences

PART 1 Physical Practice: Somatic & Loosening Sequence page xx
PART 1 Subtle Practice: Mindfulness of Breathing page xx

PART 2: Stress and Inflammation
PART 2 Physical Practice: Undulating and Twisting
PART 2 Subtle Practice: Coherent Breathing
Moon Piercing Breath

PART 3: Fluid Adaptation
PART 3 Physical Practice: Primal motions: lunging, stepping & squatting
PART 3 Subtle Practice: Heart Mudras

PART 4: Mindful Boundaries
PART 4 Physical Practice: Standing into Full Breathing and Protective Support
PART 4 Subtle Practice: Ujjayi Breath
Autogenic Release

PART 5: Embodied Awareness
PART 5 Physical Practice: Rest and Recovery
PART 5 Subtle Practice: Traditional Pranayama

PART 6: Good Vibrations
PART 6 Physical Practice: Bringing it All Together - Movement with Optional Sound
PART 6 Subtle Practice: Simha pranayama (Lion's Breath)
So Hum mantra
Bija Mantra

Foreword by Joanne Avison
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms