Ayurveda in Yoga Teaching.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dervish, Tarik.

Contributor:

Pimas, Masha.

Series:

Yoga Teaching Guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hatha yoga--Study and teaching.

Hatha yoga.

Medicine, Ayurvedic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"Enabling yoga teachers to use and integrate Ayurveda principles and practices in their teaching, Tarik Dervish offers practitioners the skills needed to adapt their classes, and deliver workshops and courses that will meet the needs of students throughout the changing seasons and stages of life. The book includes chapters on teaching asana, pranayama and yoga nidra with an ayurvedic approach, how to adapt to the seasons, integrate marma points and courses and lesson planning. Part of Singing Dragon's Yoga Teaching Guides series, Ayurveda in Yoga Teaching is essential for those wanting to deepen their understanding of yoga's sister science - including its authentic historical context - and incorporate Ayurvedic principles in yoga teaching and sequencing"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Āyurveda in Yoga Teaching

Cover

Of related interest

Title page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. Introduction

2. History of Āyurveda from a Yogic Perspective

3. Prakṛti: What You Were Designed to Become

4. Five Elements and Three Doṣas

5. Vikṛti: Our Imbalanced Self

6. Agni and Āma

7. Āyurveda in Āsana Teaching

8. Marma in Yoga Practice

9. Āyurvedic Lifestyle and Longevity

10. Course and Lesson Planning with Āyurvedic Themes

11. Yoga Nidrā with Āyurvedic Themes

12. Teaching Mantra from an Āyurvedic perspective

13. The Āyurvedic Journey

Glossary of Sanskrit Terms

Appendix 1: Āyurvedic Constitutional Assessment (Prakṛti)

Appendix 2: Sequence for Managing Vāta Doṣa

Appendix 3: Gentle Pitta-Balancing Sequence

Appendix 4: Sequence for Balancing Kapha Doṣa

Appendix 5: How to Practise Jala Neti (Nasal Douching)

Appendix 6: Chākras

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Dervish, Tarik Ayurveda in Yoga Teaching

ISBN:

9781787755963

1787755967

OCLC:

1285783561