Yoga

I threw myself into yoga at an early age. I didn’t go to classes or seek and guru in the East, but found several within me, who spoke and taught. I was desperate to find the experience of enlightenment, so I wasn’t interested in what I call ‘class yoga’. So I did some very strage things, like learning to swallow my tongue. Having found my way to that experience I can look back on my first book, Yoga and Relaxation, with a feeling there is so much I would like to add to it; perhaps in another book.

Pregnancy – Being Movement

Yoga and Childbirth - Chapter 1 Despite having taught yoga postures for a number of years, I nevertheless feel that the best exercise is that which expresses .........More

Feeding the Unborn Child

Yoga and Childbirth - Chapter 2 The unborn baby is often described as a perfect parasite. By this physiologists mean that the baby takes from the mother .........More

Breathing In and Out of Labor

Yoga and Childbirth - Chapter 3 Everything that we do involves our whole being. But of course different activities alter the balance between the parts of our .........More

Relaxation and Giving Birth

Yoga and Childbirth - Chapter 4 A mother of two children once told me the fascinating story of her youngest son’s birth. The birth was proving to .........More

Birth – It’s Happening

Yoga and Childbirth - Chapter 6 Am I Pregnant? With the modern methods of determining pregnancy, such as the urine test, nobody need be in doubt for long, .........More

Problems in Pregnancy

Yoga and Childbirth - Chapter 7 This chapter will deal simply with methods of diet, and exercise, that can be used to cure or minimise some of .........More

Childlessness

Yoga and Childbirth - Chapter 8 Looking at the conditions of some women who have been unable to have children, and who have never adopted any, one .........More

Yoga and Relaxation

I had been teaching yoga to hundreds of people in the early sixties, and saw there was a need for a book that covered all major aspects of Yoga in a compact form. I approached Collins in the UK but they rejected the idea. I wrote to them again suggesting they just look at a sample chapter. They then...More

Introduction – Yoga and Relaxation

If we wish to improve the health of our body, the balance of our emotions, the function of our mind, or even the realisation of our spiritual qualities, where can we begin? The beginning of any enterprise is of great importance. This is because results are likely to develop in direct proportion to t...More

Yoga Stretches

Yoga and Relaxation – Tony Crisp Stretches – The foothills of Yoga – Chapter 1 STRETCHING ASANA Easy pose Sukhasana:(Illus. no. 1) Method (a) Sit cross-legged on floor, each foot under opposite calf. (b) Spine must be kept erect constantly without .........More

Yoga Diet and Cleansing

Another reason for vegetarianism is that some Yoga practices aim at cleansing the system, and gradually bringing the body to a peak of efficiency and sensitivity. Taking the analogy of the pool again, even if we managed to calm the surface, we could not see into the deep if mud and dirt were suspend...More

Relaxation

Yoga and Relaxation – Tony Crisp Relaxation is an Art – Chapter 3 To be relaxed is a blessed thing. It is reminiscent of a beautiful ship .........More

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