With a little adaptation, yoga can be mentally and physically therapeutic for people who have multiple sclerosis (MS). That is the main idea behind Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healing, a book by Dr. Loren Fishman and Eric Small.
In Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis, the authors assert that the primary benefits of yoga for people with MS include reducing functional deficits, increasing self-reliance and steadying the mind.
Rather than getting lost in jargon that only the initiated will understand, Fishman and Small disseminate their knowledge in a lucid manner that readers who have never tried yoga will appreciate. Also, the many photographs sprinkled throughout the pages are helpful visual cues for readers attempting the different poses.
Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis has its credibility boosted considerably by the fact that the two authors have decades of experience using yoga as a way to manage symptoms of MS. Small began participating in yoga after being diagnosed with MS when he was 22, and he has been teaching yoga since the mid-1960s. Fishman has incorporated yoga into his work with rehabilitation for more than 25 years.
With this book, people with MS stand to gain a progressive education on safely and effectively practicing yoga.
Publisher: Demos Health
Publish date: May 2007
240 pages
ISBN-10: 1932603174
ISBN-13: 978-1932603170
