The Reluctant Yogi : A Quirky Guide to the Practice That Can Change Your Life

Like many people Carla McKay thought that yoga sounded like a celebrity craze that was a bit too good to be true. Things changed, however, when a friend persuaded her to give it try for a laugh. She did laugh - throughout the class. But the practice was also different from what she had expected. In The Reluctant Yogi she describes how her disbelief was defeated, and finds out from experts what yoga does for us. She discovers that research shows yoga has something for everyone of every shape and size, young to old: it will tone your body, calm your mind, make you sleep better, strengthen your bones, boost your immune system and even make you lose weight.Learning her asanas from her pranayama, Carla finds along the way how you, too, can change your life with yoga. "Like many people Carla McKay thought that yoga was for health nuts only. Things changed, however, when a friend persuaded her to give it try for a laugh. She did laugh - throughout the class. But the practice was also different from what she had expected. In The Reluctant Yogi she describes how she got hooked over time, and asks experts what yoga does for us. She discovered that research shows yoga has something for everyone of every shape and size, young to old: it will tone your body, calm your mind, make you sleep better, strengthen your bones, boost your immune system and even make you lose weight. Learning her asanas from her pranayama, Carla finds along the way how you, too, can change your life with yoga."-- Provided by publisher "Yoga is for dummies... right? Carla McKay, an avowed sceptic, was for many years convinced that yoga was an activity for preening celebrities, to be avoided at all costs. However, after separating from her husband, she decided that it was worth putting her prejudices to the back of her mind and finding what all the fuss is about. In The Reluctant Yogi she describes how her scepticism was defeated. She discovered that yoga has got something to offer for everyone, of every shape and size; that it will tone you body, calm your mind, help you sleep and boost your immune system. She learnt her asanas from her pranayama, her downward dog from her downward frog, discovering along the way how each person can make yoga work for them"-- Publisher A humorous memoir of a sceptic's conversion to yoga