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A yoga book to support everybody. Yapana, an ancient Sanskrit word meaning “The support and extension of life.” Leeann Carey’s THE YAPANA WAY presents a unique and insightful refuge from the profound imbalances of the frenzied 21st century lifestyle. Those who consider yoga simply an exercise limit the transformative powers of a complete practice. When one pauses to transcend competition with the self, and others, we embrace the true essence and wisdom of yoga – the development of presence and self-acceptance throughout all aspects of life. Yapana Restorative Yoga Therapy introduces prop-supported BEING and STILL poses that extend and deepen the nature of each experience. Strategic support and extension creates the opportunity to inquire, calm, and accept your practice in a knowledgeable and loving way. Yapana practice dispels the myth that yoga props infer weakness or a lack of skill. Supported poses help you meet your body/mind where you are in any given moment. Rather than impose arbitrary rules of destination and time, you will discover the path to living a more mindful and wholehearted life. This comprehensive illustrated guide to Yapana practice is designed for those who desire to cultivate their “inner” teacher, inspire a home practice, or bring their yoga into a new level of understanding and self awareness.

Contributor Bio: Carey, Leeann
About Leeann Carey Leeann fell in love with yoga in the late 1970’s, and has never wavered in her passion for sharing the benefits of the 5,000-year-old science of life. Leeann shares that knowledge today through Yapana restorative yoga therapy teacher training programs and workshops, and through LCY mentors across the United States and Canada. Leeann opened the first full-service yoga studio in her South Bay community of Southern California in 1993. There she developed important skills for operating a successful “yoga business” and went on to create a teacher training school and developed the Yapana restorative yoga therapy program. Her eclectic blend of yoga, appeals to a wide range of students, and was forged over many years of study with gifted teachers including Kofi Busia, Donna Farhi, Richard C. Miller, Erich Schiffmann, and Judith Lasater. An ERYT-5000 certified instructor, Leeann has mastered the old techniques and developed new ones that help any student, young or old, fit or physically challenged, improve their performance and their lives. She has used her knowledge and experience to help professional athletes, such as the World Champion LA Lakers and Olympic Gold Medal Volleyball player Eric Fonoimoana, heal from injuries and improve their workouts and sports performance.

Contributor Bio: Cissne, Ralph
A gifted teacher and author, Frank Natale was founder and creative director of Frank Natale & Associates, an experiential education organization presenting seminars and programs throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. Natale’s teaching emphasizes self-discovery, personal responsibility and choice as paths to conscious living and spiritual growth. Experiential seminars created by Frank Natale include Trance Dance, the dance of life; Rites of Passage, exploring life’s inevitable transformations; The One Experience; Alive Relationships; Results, a course in creative consciousness; Creative Communications, the experience of being understood; and Self Esteem, the power within. Committed to dance as a healing force, Natale, with his band Professor Trance, produced a body of music featuring extended play trance dance tracks including the albums Shaman’s Breath, Medicine Trance, Rites of Passage, Dance Your Animal, Dancers of Eternity, Spirit Animal and Breath of Fire. Books by Frank Natale include Relationships for Life, The Wisdom of Midlife and Trance Dance, the Dance of Life. A native New Yorker, in 1967 Natale co-founded Phoenix House in New York, which became the largest residential treatment facility for chemical dependency in the United States. After serving as clinical director for twelve years, Natale chose to leave Phoenix House and focus his work on successful, functioning personalities who want to experience new levels of spirituality, creativity and aliveness. During the Sixties and Seventies Natale studied and worked with many leaders of the modern human consciousness movement including Charles Dederich, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Fritz Perls, Baba Muktananda, J. Krishnamurti and Buckminster Fuller. Natale passed in 2002 in Hawaii surrounded by family and friends.