Embark on a Journey to Reclaim Your Wellness: Discover the Power of Chair Yoga Imagine a path to wellness that is not only accessible but also empowering, one that you can embark on from the comfort of your chair. Chair Yoga Essentials: Easy Steps to Health and Flexibility is your comprehensive guide to unlocking a healthier, more flexible you, regardless of your age, mobility level, or yoga experience. This engaging manual invites you on a transformative journey that begins right where you are. Starting with the origins and evolution of chair yoga, this guide dispels common myths and unveils the myriad benefits accessible to everyone. It shatters the barriers to traditional yoga by making flexibility and strength exercises achievable for all. Whether you seek to enhance your posture, alleviate stress, or boost your energy levels, chair yoga offers a gentle yet effective solution. Transitioning into practice, you'll discover how to select the perfect chair and set up your practice space, fostering an environment where tranquility meets movement. With detailed chapters dedicated to essential chair yoga poses, breathing techniques, and meditation, the book lays down simple, easy-to-follow steps. Learn the secrets to mastering warm-up poses, core strengthening exercises, balance, and flexibility movements tailored to nurture your body and soul. But the journey doesn't end at practicing alone. Dive into specialized chapters that address chair yoga for specific needs, including adaptations for limited mobility and strategies for stress relief. Integrating chair yoga into your daily routine becomes seamless with practical advice on crafting short, effective sequences, making it an ideal companion for both home and office environments. This guide also explores the symbiotic relationship between nutrition and yoga practice, offering easy dietary adjustments for a holistic approach to wellness. Be inspired by real-life transformation stories and consider teaching methods to cultivate a community of chair yogis. Whether you're looking to dip your toes into the world of yoga or enhance an existing practice, Chair Yoga Essentials provides an inclusive, adaptable framework for physical and mental rejuvenation. Start your journey toward health and flexibility today, and let chair yoga open the door to a life of wellness and joy.

Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere? In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable monobloc chairs of today. He tells the stories of the inventor of the bentwood chair, Michael Thonet, and of the creators of the first molded-plywood chair, Charles and Ray Eames. He reveals the history of chairs to be a social history--of different ways of sitting, of changing manners and attitudes, and of varying tastes. The history of chairs is the history of who we are. We learn how the ancient Chinese switched from sitting on the floor to sitting in a chair, and how the iconic chair of Middle America--the Barcalounger--traces its roots back to the Bauhaus. Rybczynski weaves a rich tapestry that draws on art and design history, personal experience, and historical accounts. And he pairs these stories with his own delightful hand-drawn illustrations: colonial rockers and English cabrioles, languorous chaise longues, and no-nonsense ergonomic task chairs--they're all here. The famous Danish furniture designer Hans Wegner once remarked, "A chair is only finished when someone sits in it." As Rybczynski tells it, the way we choose to sit and what we choose to sit on speak volumes about our values, our tastes, and the things we hold dear.

Rattan furnishings evoke the glamour and laid back elegance of exotic beach houses as well as the informal beauty of plant filled garden rooms and sun dappled verandas. Long fascinated with rattan's versatility, designer Lulu Lytle examines the enduring appeal of this sustainable tropical palm in RATTAN: A WORLD OF ELEGANCE AND CHARM. The first book in decades to examine the history and craftsmanship of rattan furniture, this insightful tome showcases rattan's appeal through archival images of beautiful interiors including Madeleine Castaing's winter garden in Paris, Michael Taylor's own Californian beach house, the Titanic's Café Parisian and the Billy Baldwin designed Mr. Kennedy's beauty salon in New York City. Rattan's many personalities are explored through its inclusion in settings as diverse as Impressionist paintings, flamboyant nightclubs and pared down contemporary drawing rooms. A reflection of its inherent beauty and longevity, antique rattan furniture from the nineteenth century is highly collectible, as are rattan pieces created by giants of modern design such as Josef Hoffmann for Thonet, Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Jean-Michel Frank for Ecart, Renzo Mongiardino for Bonacina, Arne Jacobsen for Sika, Paul Frankl and Donald Deskey. Rattan pieces have become iconic and highly prized, including Hiroomi Tahara's Wrap Sofa, Franca Helg's Primavera Chair, and the many iterations of the beloved Peacock Chair. RATTAN also highlights some of the many tastemakers who have embraced rattan--from Marella Agnelli, Babe Paley, and Cecil Beaton to leading interior designers including Jeffrey Bilhuber, Veere Grenney, Axel Vervoordt, and Jacques Grange.

Expand your practice and attract new clients with chair massage! A practical, visual guide to this rapidly growing field, Chair Massage helps you develop a basic routine and adapt to different clients and situations. Expert authors Patricia M. Holland, MC, LMT, and Sandra K. Anderson, BA, LMT, NCTMB, provide coverage of massage techniques, chair adjustment, body mechanics, and applying pressure, plus specific routines for the lower back, shoulders, neck/head, and arm/hand regions -- with full-color photographs clearly demonstrating each technique. A chapter on the business aspects of seated massage helps you market and manage your practice successfully. - Full-color photographs and drawings clearly depict each technique. - An Essentials of Practice chapter helps you translate your knowledge into revenue by addressing crucial topics such as determining target markets, job-related conditions, marketing methods, introductory letters, setting fees, drawing up contracts, and getting paid, and includes practical advice from practitioners who offer chair massage. - Unique! Coverage of low back techniques includes specific techniques for treating low back pain, its causes, when to perform massage, and when it is contraindicated. - Unique! A chapter on additional techniques and adaptations covers body regions such as the iliotibial band, gastrocnemius, pectorals, anterior neck muscles, and serratus anterior, plus situations such as clients in wheelchairs. - Unique! A segment on closing the session describes positive ways to finalize a chair massage session, including use of percussion as a finishing technique, closing stretches, a post-treatment discussion, and helping the client off the chair. - A Communications and Ethics chapter addresses important topics such as the ethical presentation of self, boundaries, communicating with clients about feedback, pre- and post-treatment interviews, and intake forms. - A review of anatomy and kinesiology covers the specific information that you need to know in order make treatment decisions and perform routines. - Coverage of traditional Chinese medicine points and channels gives you more techniques to use during chair massage practice. - Sample dialogues provide examples of effective communication with clients during their sessions.

In this engaging book, the concept of the soliton is traced from the beginning of the last century to modern times with its recent applications.

With all that we know about how students learn, the nature of the world they will face after graduation, and the educational inequities that have existed for centuries, maintaining a traditional, one-size-fits-all approach to teaching and learning is tantamount to instructional malpractice. International security, the success of global economies, and sustainability as a global society all depend on the success of our education system in the years to come. It’s our obligation to prepare our students for their future—not our past. Authors Eric C. Sheninger and Thomas C. Murray outline eight keys—each a piece of a puzzle for transforming the K–12 education system of teaching and learning—to intentionally design tomorrow’s schools so today’s learners are prepared for success . . . and stand ready to create new industries, find new cures, and solve world problems. The traditional model of schooling ultimately prepares students for the industrial model of the past. If we want our students to become successful citizens in a global society, we must dramatically shift to a more personal approach. Failure is not an option. We can no longer wait. Let Learning Transformed show you how you can be a part of the solution. The authors encourage you to use the hashtag #LT8Keys to continue the discussion online.