The Complete Illustrated Guide to Yoga: A Practical Approach to Achieving Optimum Health for Mind, Body, and Spirit - Softcover

Howard Kent is founder and director of the Yoga for Health organization, which has a residential center in England, plus branches and representatives in 23 countries around the world. His book, 'Yoga for Health', supported a TV series, which was broadcast in 20 countries and sold over one million copies. His other books include 'Breathe Better, Feel Better' and 'Yoga Made Easy: A Personal Yoga Program That Will Transform Your Daily Life'.

From Yoga and the Body: The overwhelming dominance of modern scientific ideas and medical advances makes us forget that human existence is totally integrated with the life force, or prana. This is the catalyst that drives the body to function as a purposive, cooperative whole, one that is so sophisticated that we have not yet begun to understand it. Yoga works holistically with body and mind to reinforce the prana. Through breathing, stretching and exercise, relaxation , and meditation yoga stimulates the immune system and the other maintenance systems, and tries to create a state of harmony between body, mind, and the external world.