Yoga's Touch: Hands-On Adjustments, Alignment & Verbal Cues
About this ebook
With more than 200 color photos of more than 40 common yoga postures, plus detailed instructions and intuitive cues, Yoga's Touch is an easy-to-use reference book designed to empower you to be a more effective, versatile and confident teacher.
Martia Bennett Rachman, E-RYT 500 and LMBT, has taught thousands of classes and has trained hundreds of yoga teachers. Renowned for combining therapeutic touch with specific asanas to strengthen and heal the body, she has witnessed firsthand how effective hands-on adjustments can be. However, many teachers--especially new ones--shy away from giving adjustments due to lack of confidence or uncertainty about the precisions of a posture. Yoga's Touch is unique in that, in addition to dramatic, detailed photos of both asanas and adjustments, this easy-to-use reference book offers:
* Instructions on the specifics of teaching more than 40 of the most popular yoga postures
* Details on how the body works kinesthetically
* Emphasis on how prana is affected in a yoga posture
* Precise guidance on what and how to touch once a student is in a posture
While other programs address one or two of those elements, Martia's signature YogaTouch Method℠ and her diverse background show the interconnectivity of all these elements, within individual postures and throughout a practice--which can be applied regardless of an instructor's teaching style or yoga lineage. This unique yet universal approach to teaching is what makes Yoga's Touch the definitive guide for teachers, studios, and training programs.
This book is the definitive guide to hands-on adjustments, alignment and verbal cues for new and experienced yoga instructors!
Also available in paperback, and don't forget to check out our quick reference guide poster, the perfect supplement to Yoga's Touch. Save on the bundle, which includes both the paperback book and the quick reference guide poster.
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About the author
Renowned for combining a classical ballet background with extensive and diverse training in yoga, anatomy and physiology, Martia Bennett Rachman, E-RYT 500, is a licensed bodywork therapist and certified Ayurvedic practitioner.
Martia has become known for her signature "slow flow" classes, which are flowing, deep and intimate practices that combine her dance background in the form of vinyasa yoga with the principles of alignment.
Having witnessed the power of touch firsthand, she became a massage therapist and soon was combining asanas with therapeutic touch as a way to help clients heal their conditions and injuries. Martia and her husband, Dr. Brad Rachman, a holistic physician with more than 25 years of experience teaching yoga and meditation, own Black Mountain Yoga in the mountains of North Carolina. The studio offers a Yoga Alliance-certified Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training program and is a center for yoga, meditation and spiritual practices. In addition to group classes for all levels, both the Rachmans offer one-on-one yoga therapy that combines asana with gentle, hands-on muscular and structural therapy to assist those dealing with challenging health conditions and injuries.
The Rachmans' unique, individualized sessions have been featured in "The New York Times."
Martia is the founder of the YogaTouch Method℠, a system of yoga therapy that utilizes the transformative power of touch to free the body, clear the mind and release (unblock) the emotions.
Today, Martia directs the yoga therapy and teaching program at Black Mountain Yoga and travels across the country leading YogaTouch Method ℠ alignment-based workshops for yoga students and adjustment courses for teachers.
