The quintessential guide to guiding students in their practices, Yoga Adjustments covers the art and practice of providing hands-on yoga assists to yoga students. Addressing one of the most important topics in the yoga field, Mark Stephens covers the philosophy of yoga practice, the sensibilities of touch in teaching yoga and improving alignment, the seven principles of hands-on yoga teaching, and the twenty-five most effective methods of tactile cueing.

Although modern science has unraveled some of the mysteries of our sleeping, dreaming, and waking states and age-old yoga practices are helping us enjoy better sleep, clearer minds, and healthier bodies, over 65 percent of U.S. adults are still sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation causes and aggravates ailments like stress, heart conditions, high blood pressure, obesity, and depression.

From the best-selling author of Teaching Yoga, Yoga Sequencing, and Yoga Adjustments comes this essential resource for learning how to adapt yoga practices to best accommodate and heal a wide array of common injuries and ailments. Surveying historical writings on yoga, ayurveda, and scientific medical approaches to health and healing, Mark Stephens distills the received wisdom of ancient and modern practices for more insightful and practical application in today's world.

Yoga Sequencing presents the essential principles and methods for designing yoga classes. Offers sixty-seven model sequences, including multiple sequences for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students; for kids, teens, women across the life cycle, and seniors; classes to relieve depression and anxiety; and for each of the major chakras and ayurvedic doshas.

Teaching Yoga, now in its 2nd edition, is the definitive and most comprehensive text on how to teach yoga. It provides a broad overview of yoga histories and philosophies, subtle energy, and fundamental of yoga anatomy of teachers before going into depth on the practical methods and techniques for teaching highly effective classes to a diverse array of students. Special focus is given to the art of yoga sequencing, language, setting, vibe, pace, observation, and the needs of unique students, within and far beyond the poses.