Health and Wellness: Get Active

The first book to present mindfulness and yoga-based treatment for dysregulated, consumption-oriented disorders Mindfulness and yoga-based approaches as beneficial supplements to traditional mental health paradigms are well supported by empirical research. Although numerous texts have examined these approaches for treatment of depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, this is the first to address mindfulness and yoga-based approaches as embodied tools for reducing dysregulation associated with self-destructive and consumption-oriented behaviors. Introducing the basic theoretical foundations, key practices, and comprehensive protocols of mindfulness and yoga-based approaches for the treatment of externally oriented behaviors, the text is targeted at mental health professionals who wish to learn how to incorporate these techniques into their practice.

This practical workbook teaches yoga positions to suit all ages, and Weller stresses that low impact exercise of this sort is highly beneficial for the over 50s. She also includes nutrition information to help prevent weight problems and maintain health.

The #1 Bestselling Training Manual for Athletes! Sean Vigue is a 7 time bestselling author and the "most watched yoga and Pilates guy on the planet". He's helped millions of athletes transform and strengthen their bodies with mat Pilates and now it's YOUR turn! This is the fitness program that male and female athletes of all fitness levels have done to dramatically elevate their athletic ability on EVERY level. This book features the mat Pilates method which is all bodyweight exercises - no weights, equipment or machines of any kind needed...just your body and you will build amazing strength, flexibility, endurance, control and power on the field, court, track, road, bike, pool, rink and anywhere else you love to do your chosen sport or sports.

Your long-term health and well-being are profoundly affected by how you use your body in everyday activities such as walking, sitting (at work or at leisure), bending, using and moving objects. This groundbreaking book analyses a sequence of basic human movements that all able-bodied people in any society perform. You will learn both how to better perform everyday activities including standing, walking, sitting, running, bending, breathing and lying down – and the reasons why most of us do these 'badly'. This book will be just as invaluable to those that are quite new to the technique as to experienced Alexander teachers.

Appropriate for professionals in gerontology, sports psychology, health psychology, physical education and social science programs that deal with older populations and community resources, this book first discusses the pros and cons of physical activity for older persons. It then explores the theoretical reasons for which older people do not pursue physical activity and how to overcome this reluctance. There is a model included, as well as implications for future social policy.

Aerial exercises based on pilates based concepts, stretching methods and human anatomy intended to build strength and endurance.

With Exercise for Mood and Anxiety, well-known authorities Michael Otto and Jasper Smits bring their clinically tested exercise program to the general public. Written for those who need a more effective way to manage everyday low mood and stress―as well as those diagnosed with more serious mood disorders―this book provides readers with step-by-step guidance on how to start and maintain an exercise program geared towards improving mood. Equally important, the book sheds much light on the all-important issue of motivation.

Training and Optimal Health for Sport may well be a unique book in that no matter what sporting background the reader comes from, there will be something new and pertinent to learn. It immediately engages the reader with its conversational style and retains interest throughout. This new resource proves itself as a critical training aid for anyone interested in optimal health and sports performance. The author, Shane Fitzgibbon, has drawn on his 20 years of international, competitive and coaching, experience to produce a book that wipes out many myths and replaces them with rational and proven training methods. He explores topics such as warming-up and cooling-down, strength training, nutrition and even sports psychology, etc...Exercise principles are explained clearly enough for the novice to understand, yet the chapters contain enough background science to satisfy the professional.