Dr. Yoga: A Complete Guide to the Medical Benefits of Yoga (Yoga for Health)

From the Integral Yoga Cardiac specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center and president of the United Yoga Council-a complete program for discovering the specific head-to-toe, health-issue-by-health-issue benefits of yoga.

Anyone who has experienced the deep mind-body satisfaction that regular yoga practice instills will tell you: Yoga is good for your health. Yet, as Nirmala Heriza reveals in this guide to the health benefits of yoga, the rewards are far more deeply grounded in medical science than has previously been understood.

Drawing from her work with doctors and cardiac patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, as well as from her extensive experience as a yoga therapist working with people of all ages recovering from a wide array of illnesses, Heriza provides a total program for preventing and treating disease through the practice of yoga. With detailed photos and instructions for all of the major yoga poses, Dr. Yoga is an essential health resource for anyone with specific health issues or just the desire to nurture and maintain a balanced, healthy body.

Dr. Yoga includes:

* two doctor-approved, 30-minute "Yoga for Health" practice sets, one for prevention and one for rehabilitation; * a physician and therapist referral directory; and * from the dietitian for Cedars-Sinai Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center, a cookbook of healthful recipes to support your yoga regime.

Nirmala Heriza received her B.A. from Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, Ca.  and completed post graduate studies in  Yoga and Alternative Medicine including Acupressure and Myofascial Manipulation with an endorsement from the President of Osteopathic Academy of America.  She created the Yoga Cardiac Program for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center, medically adapted from the Integral Yoga Teachings of world renowned Yoga Master H.H Sri Swami Satchidananda. She is President and Director of the Integral Yoga Center of Los Angeles and the Dr. Yoga Health and Wellness Center in Santa Monica Ca. She is an affiliated therapist of Premiere Oncology Foundation in Santa Monica and a referral associate of Dr. Dean Ornish. She is published in numerous magazines and periodicals including Fitness, Glamour, Natural  Health, SpyGhana News, and is considered an expert  consultant in her Specialty for online health forums including  LiveStrong, Pro-Health, Anti-Aging Forum, and LifeScript. Her book is featured on the U.S. Governments Benefits page/Medical Benefits of Yoga along with Mayo Clinic and other distinguished medical organizations and Medical Health Experts.  She is  a doctoral candidate in  Theology and Science.