Book Review: Restorative Yoga for Beginners: Gentle Poses for Relaxation and Healing by Julia Clarke

Title:  Restorative Yoga for Beginners: Gentle Poses for Relaxation and Healing 

Author:  Julia Clarke

Stars: 5

Review:
This is a perfect introduction to Yoga and how to relax that can help with sleeping, healing and finding a better balance to your mind and body.  Everything needs start someone where and this book Restorative Yoga for Beginners is the perfect beginning.  It explains how each pose helps the body and why breathing is so important.  It shows you that you can do these poise in your every day life.

Thank you to Netgalley for a copy of Julia Clarke Restorative Yoga for Beginners: Gentle Poses for Relaxation and Healing 

Synopsis:
Recovering from an injury, an illness, or just interested in a natural way to relax? Restorative yoga focuses on simple poses in supported positions, encouraging deep relaxation so your mind can enter a peaceful, meditative state.

Dive in with an introduction to the spiritual origins and rejuvenating benefits of restorative yoga. Find the right position to reduce lower back pain, relieve stress, breathe easier, improve your energy, and even prepare your body for childbirth―all with illustrated instructions to get you into and out of each pose safely and comfortably.


About The Author:
JULIA CLARKE grew up in Glasgow, Scotland and came to America as a journalism student in 2001. She worked as a radio DJ in Kansas City, Vermont and Boston until 2007 before moving to New York City to work as a record promoter. In 2009, she moved to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where she currently lives as a yoga teacher, writer and avid mountaineer. She holds a master's degree in Ayurveda, yoga's sister science, and specializes in the healing arts of yoga.

www.juliaclarkeyoga.com