Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Practical Guide for People with MS and Yoga Teachers - Paperback

by Garth McLean (Author), Hart C. M. Cohen (Foreword by)

By providing an overview of key yoga postures and basic breathing techniques, this book demonstrates how people with Multiple Sclerosis can manage symptoms, and create a regular yoga practice in order to enhance physical and mental wellbeing.

The book includes photos to demonstrate the yoga poses, as well as case studies and testimonials that depict the benefits and impact of a regular practice that can be carried out at home with minimal equipment or household objects. There is also advice on safety, diet and nutrition, and meditation practices.

Suitable for beginner and continuing level yoga students, Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis is the perfect guide for those wishing to harness the therapeutic power of yoga, as well as for yoga teachers looking for ways to support their students.

Author Biography

Garth McLean is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher, C-IAYT yoga therapist and founding board and faculty member of Iyengar Yoga Therapeutics. He regularly travels internationally teaching yoga classes, and workshops for managing MS symptoms with yoga. Garth has MS and has managed to keep his symptoms in remission through a daily practice of yoga with no ongoing medication. He lives in California, USA.