This book shows you how to look younger, have more energy, and reduce stress with focused breathing, easy stretches, and relaxation techniques. Based on yoga principles, these simple techniques can be used anytime by people of all ages and ability levels.

The practical routines in this book are for everday life and take just moments to do. Detailed step-by-step instructions and photos fully illustrate how to stretch at work, home, or school, even while stuck in traffic or on an airplane-whenever you want to boost energy or relieve tension. These simple stretching and breathing movements will help you:

Improve your ability to concentrate and think clearly

Burn fat and firm thighs, legs, and abdomen

Improve posture, flexibility, and strength

Restore calm and release stress

Strengthen your lower back and relieve sciatic pain

Relieve computer-related tension in your wrists, middle and upper back

Harmonize your hormones: get relief from menstruation, pregnancy, and menopausal complaints

These easy step-by-step instructions are fully illustrated with photos. As you start to include these simple routines in your life, you will find that you have greater flexibility, balance, strength, and endurance. Your mind will be more calm, and you will improve your ability to concentrate and think clearly. In just moments a day, with a few simple movements, you can feel better anytime, anywhere.

Content - preface, chapter 1 Learn About Yoga Stretching, chapter 2  So You Think You Can Breathe, chapter 3 Stretch in the Office, chapter 4 Stretch on a Trip, chapter 5 Strengthen and Lengthen Your Lower Back, chapter 6  Change Fat to Firm in Thighs and Legs, chapter 7  Stretch for Sports: Hamstrings, Quads, and Hips, chapter 8 Energize the Whole Body, chapter 9 Firm the Abdominals and Trim the Waist, chapter 10 Restore Calm and Relieve Stress, chapter 11 Harmonize Your Hormones, chapter 12 Relax and Find Balance in Your Life, afterword, bibliography,  index