Book Review: A Woman’s Book of Yoga & Health

A Woman’s Book of Yoga & Health is an important reference that should be part of every woman’s library.  I keep it in my yoga room and, because I take it out pretty frequently, it’s pages are becoming dog-eared, but that’s okay, it’s worth it.

Written by Linda Sparrow, with yoga sequences by Patricia Walden, and a foreword by well-known restorative yoga guru Judith Hansen Lasater, Ph.D., A Woman’s Book of Yoga & Health (Copyright 2002, Shambhala Publications, Inc.) is an inspirational and practical guide to life-long wellness crafted especially for women as they experience the many cycles of life.  This well-written and thoroughly researched book is complete with pose sequences (and exceptional photos!) for menstruation, menopause, post-menopause, pregnancy, depression, digestion, immunity, back pain, and headaches.  There’s also comprehensive chapters covering restorative yoga poses, and yoga poses for strengthening your heart and how yoga can help those suffering from osteoporosis.

“Today more than ever, it’s crucial that we include practices in our daily lives that promote health and spiritual growth.  The state of the environment, the stresses created by the world’s ever-increasing population’s demand on dwindling resources, and political unrest are signposts of the critical state we face.  If we want a world worth living in, and worth leaving to future generations, we need to take responsibility by creating well-being in our lives and by supporting others as they choose healthier lives. In other words, to transform the world, we first have to transform ourselves.” (Excerpted from Foreword written by Judith Hansen Lasater, Ph.D., P.T. in A Woman’s Book of Yoga & Health, a Lifelong Guide to Wellness.

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