Yoga and Women\'s Health

Contents: 1. Woman\'s health and Yoga. 2. Yogic disciplines. 3. Constitutional essentials of health. 4. The science of breathing. 5. Correcting prayer poses. 6. Pranayama and health. 7. Sex and motherhood. 8. Yoga for the trunk. 9. Nutritional issues of exercise and performance. 10. Women and exercise. 11. Physical fitness and health education. 12. Women and healthy meal planning. 13. Walking for women. 14. Psycho-social factors and the developing female athletes.

"Yoga is a system of psycho-physiological training that has as its goal the uncovering of mystical consciousness. The word \'Yoga\' means \'union\' or \'identification\', and is derived from the same Indo-European root as the English verb \'to yoke\'. The union of the individual soul (Atman) and the universal soul (Brahman) is a blissful and ineffable experience.

This book will be of great help to the students and physical education teachers and other concerned people interested in studying Yoga at various levels." (jacket)