New from Outskirts Press: Hatha Yoga Sequencing Book That Shows the Safe Way to Stretch and Strengthen
Union City, NJ, August 31, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Coauthors and Hatha Yoga instructors Jodie Rufty and Liz Parks have created The Art of Yoga Sequencing: A Hip Opening Practice, which is specifically designed to show teachers-in-training and the many men and women who practice yoga at home the proper way to stretch and strengthen hip rotators as well as how to master the art of sequencing a yoga class.
With instructive photos and accompanying descriptions, The Art of Yoga Sequencing: A Hip Opening Practice explains the logic behind the creation of a sequence designed to open the hips. It shows, for example, why it is easier to open the hips when a person begins with poses that externally rotate the legs and hips, and then moves gradually into more challenging poses, such as Parivrtta Padangusthasana (Twisting Hand-to-Foot) or Parivrtta Trikonasana, (Revolved Triangle).
“Clearly, the art of sequencing a yoga class—of threading one pose after another to safely build to a climax and then to unwind from that climax—is critical,” says Rufty, “ both as a skill that can help unleash the full transformative power of Hatha Yoga, and as a teaching tool that can minimize the potential for injury.”
According to Yoga Journal, Rufty notes, an estimated 20 million people are practicing some type of posture-related yoga, more than double the number from 2004. However, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, latest statistics show that there were more than 3,700 yoga-related injuries treated in doctor’s offices, clinics and emergency rooms.
With this in mind, yoga teachers Rufty and Parks felt that there was a definite need for a detailed guide that would give practitioners the knowledge of how to align their own or their students’ bodies to consciously and mindfully stretch and strengthen their muscles.
As an advanced Hatha Yoga teacher for more than a decade, Jodie Rufty explains the principles of sequencing as they relate to individual body types and various types of practices: back bending, hip opening, forward bending, twisting, etc. “When students understand how these muscles work in different asanas, they can do hip opening, back bending and twisting in a way that is safe as well as fun and invigorating.”
“It is necessary to create a foundation for a Hatha Yoga sequence, a logical system that explores the processes of Hatha Yoga physically, emotionally, and spiritually.”
ISBN(s): 1432704513 Format(s): 7 x 10 Paperback SRP: US $21.95, CAN $27.95
Genre: Yoga
Jodie Rufty is a senior teacher of Yoga for Yoga Works in New York and California, as well as a senior teacher of the Yoga Works’ teacher training program nationwide. In 1995, Rufty studied with Yogiraj Alan Finger who developed the New-York City-based ISHTA system and who also cofounded the Yoga Works school, now one of the fastest growing yoga franchises. Rufty, who has been teaching yoga for more than ten years, also studied with John Friend, founder of Anusara yoga; Rodney Yee; Ana Forest; Alison West; Genny Kapular; and Sarah Powers, among others.
Liz Parks is a freelance journalist who has been teaching Yoga for five years. In 2002, Liz completed Alan Finger’s 500-hour ISHTA Yoga training program. For the past four years, she has also studied with John Friend and many of his senior teachers, including Lois Nesbitt as well as with Doug Keller, the author of Heart of a Yogi: The Philosophical Foundations of Refining the Breath and Yoga as Therapy. Most recently, Liz has been studying therapeutic yoga with Charles Matkin, a well-known yogi who specializes in therapeutic yoga and alignment-orientated Vinyasa yoga. She’s also studied pranayama (breath-based) yoga sequencing with ISHTA senior teacher Douglas Stewart as well as individualized breath-based therapeutic yoga with Mukunda Stiles, author of Structural Yoga Therapy, among other books, and the founder of the school of yoga known as Structural Yoga Therapy.
For more information or to contact the authors, visit www.outskirtspress.com/theartofyogasequencinghipopening
About Outskirts Press, Inc.: Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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With instructive photos and accompanying descriptions, The Art of Yoga Sequencing: A Hip Opening Practice explains the logic behind the creation of a sequence designed to open the hips. It shows, for example, why it is easier to open the hips when a person begins with poses that externally rotate the legs and hips, and then moves gradually into more challenging poses, such as Parivrtta Padangusthasana (Twisting Hand-to-Foot) or Parivrtta Trikonasana, (Revolved Triangle).
“Clearly, the art of sequencing a yoga class—of threading one pose after another to safely build to a climax and then to unwind from that climax—is critical,” says Rufty, “ both as a skill that can help unleash the full transformative power of Hatha Yoga, and as a teaching tool that can minimize the potential for injury.”
According to Yoga Journal, Rufty notes, an estimated 20 million people are practicing some type of posture-related yoga, more than double the number from 2004. However, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, latest statistics show that there were more than 3,700 yoga-related injuries treated in doctor’s offices, clinics and emergency rooms.
With this in mind, yoga teachers Rufty and Parks felt that there was a definite need for a detailed guide that would give practitioners the knowledge of how to align their own or their students’ bodies to consciously and mindfully stretch and strengthen their muscles.
As an advanced Hatha Yoga teacher for more than a decade, Jodie Rufty explains the principles of sequencing as they relate to individual body types and various types of practices: back bending, hip opening, forward bending, twisting, etc. “When students understand how these muscles work in different asanas, they can do hip opening, back bending and twisting in a way that is safe as well as fun and invigorating.”
“It is necessary to create a foundation for a Hatha Yoga sequence, a logical system that explores the processes of Hatha Yoga physically, emotionally, and spiritually.”
ISBN(s): 1432704513 Format(s): 7 x 10 Paperback SRP: US $21.95, CAN $27.95
Genre: Yoga
Jodie Rufty is a senior teacher of Yoga for Yoga Works in New York and California, as well as a senior teacher of the Yoga Works’ teacher training program nationwide. In 1995, Rufty studied with Yogiraj Alan Finger who developed the New-York City-based ISHTA system and who also cofounded the Yoga Works school, now one of the fastest growing yoga franchises. Rufty, who has been teaching yoga for more than ten years, also studied with John Friend, founder of Anusara yoga; Rodney Yee; Ana Forest; Alison West; Genny Kapular; and Sarah Powers, among others.
Liz Parks is a freelance journalist who has been teaching Yoga for five years. In 2002, Liz completed Alan Finger’s 500-hour ISHTA Yoga training program. For the past four years, she has also studied with John Friend and many of his senior teachers, including Lois Nesbitt as well as with Doug Keller, the author of Heart of a Yogi: The Philosophical Foundations of Refining the Breath and Yoga as Therapy. Most recently, Liz has been studying therapeutic yoga with Charles Matkin, a well-known yogi who specializes in therapeutic yoga and alignment-orientated Vinyasa yoga. She’s also studied pranayama (breath-based) yoga sequencing with ISHTA senior teacher Douglas Stewart as well as individualized breath-based therapeutic yoga with Mukunda Stiles, author of Structural Yoga Therapy, among other books, and the founder of the school of yoga known as Structural Yoga Therapy.
For more information or to contact the authors, visit www.outskirtspress.com/theartofyogasequencinghipopening
About Outskirts Press, Inc.: Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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