When Peggy van Hulsteyn was diagnosed with PD twelve years ago, she transformed her lifelong practice of yoga into a means of achieving physical relief and finding mental calm. Written with two certified yoga teachers, van Hulsteyn’s Yoga and Parkinson’s Disease: A Journey to Health and Healing (Demos Health, September 17, 2013) is an accessible, easy-to-follow, and encouraging yoga guide for every person with PD.
Written with wit and humor that a Parkinson’s patient can truly appreciate and understand, van Hulsteyn shares how yoga can make living with Parkinson’s easier by strengthening muscles to lessen tremors, increase stability, and improve coordination. Whether practiced or aspiring yogis, Parkinson’s patients who read Yoga and Parkinson’s Disease will discover new and inspiring ways to move and liberate their minds and bodies from the daily stresses of their disease.
– Yoga and Parkinson’s Disease: A Journey to Health and Healing includes: Research-supported routines and breathing exercises proven to slow the progress of PD symptoms
– Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photographs accompanying each pose that show how yoga can easily be practiced in the comforts of home. Many of the models have PD.
– Seated and assisted postures for those with limited mobility or unsteadiness
– Postures that can be done in bed to help start the day
– Modifications and tips to ensure comfort and safety at every yoga level
– Peggy van Hulsteyn is a PD advocate and 40-year yoga practitioner who has previously written for publications such as Yoga Journal, More, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. She divides her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. www.pdhatlady.com
– Barbara Gage is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher. She lives in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Connie Fisher is a certified Viniyoga instructor. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
