YOGA FOR COMMON ACHES AND PAINS
by Fred Miller

Publisher:  Putnam/Perigee

Pub Date:  Spring 2004

Format:   Trade Paperback original

Brief Description
A leading yoga instructor who has been teaching for 19 years and lectures at the UCLA School of Medicine, Fred Miller shows how to use yoga to relieve headaches, bad backs, calm the central nervous system, and reduce hypertension
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           "I work in conjunction with MDs, chiropractors and acupuncturists in developing a unique yoga therapy curriculum for patients that works with specific injuries and disabilities. In doing this, I’ve learned that patients with chronic aches and pains have found lasting relief with simple Yoga postures and breathing techniques. Some have had recoveries that they term "minor miracles."
           Your chiropractor will tell you, "You are as young as your spine is supple." But if you have a serious bone, joint or spine problem, the orthopedic surgeon will say that until your condition is severe enough to need surgery, there is nothing he can do.
           YOGA FOR COMMON ACHES AND PAINS will move you away from surgery and toward a supple body. In less than five minutes a day, and using only a few movements, anyone can relieve most headaches, stiff necks, sore shoulders and tormenting backs. Throughout the book, numerous "mini" sequences (3, 4 or 5 poses) are suggested for specific physical conditions. Breathing techniques are incorporated to calm the central nervous system, reduce hypertension and other systemic disorders, and diminish the symptoms of sinus conditions and asthma, while building strength and stamina in low-energy sufferers and those with challenged immune systems.
           As with my first book, How To Calm Down, the amount of time needed is only five minutes in the morning and evening. Most of the encyclopedic tomes on Yoga are much too dense for the new or early student. YOGA FOR COMMON ACHES AND PAINS, easily accessible, offers more depth than many books three times its length.

About the Author
           After years as a student of the more aggressive forms of martial arts, Fred Miller became a Yoga practitioner and Yoga therapist. For over twenty years he has acquired esoteric knowledge and is now devoted to making that knowledge accessible to everyone.
           He is the author of HOW TO CALM DOWN, a self published book that went through three printings. It is now forthcoming from Warner Books.
           Articles about Fred have been published in the Los Angeles Times and other national publications, and he's written and published many articles on Yoga.
           His retreats, workshops and classes have served over 20,000 students. He lectures at the UCLA School of Medicine and is certified by the California State Bar to teach Stress Management to attorneys. He has been a Yoga and meditation instructor for 19 years, is certified by the American Viniyoga Institute and conducts workshops at the Southwest Yoga Conference and at Rancho La Puerta. He's taught relaxation techniques to cancer patients at the Wellness Community and is a Blue Cross of California provider of Complementary Medicine.
           He is a member of the National Speakers Association, Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, and International Association of Yoga Therapists.
           He has appeared on numerous national television and radio shows.

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