Yoga for dementia : a guide for people with dementia, their families and caregivers / Tania Plahay ; foreword by Martin Green.
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TextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018Description: 256 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785921599 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Dementia -- Exercise therapy -- Popular works | Yoga | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 616.8'31'062 Summary: Proven to enhance wellbeing, posture, breathing and sleep, and reduce anxiety and agitation, this programme shows how yoga can be adapted to benefit people with dementia. Based on the findings of a pilot therapeutic yoga programme for people with dementia in care homes, this book offers substantial yoga sequences, breathing exercises, meditations and mindfulness exercises for improving symptoms associated with dementia. It offers an innovative reminiscence Yoga approach, which uses sounds, music, guided imagery and familiar actions to stimulate memories. The book also includes case studies which show the many benefits of yoga for people with dementia, and describes the ways that each yoga exercise can be adapted for people of different abilities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Proven to enhance wellbeing, posture, breathing and sleep, and reduce anxiety and agitation, this programme shows how yoga can be adapted to benefit people with dementia. Based on the findings of a pilot therapeutic yoga programme for people with dementia in care homes, this book offers substantial yoga sequences, breathing exercises, meditations and mindfulness exercises for improving symptoms associated with dementia. It offers an innovative reminiscence Yoga approach, which uses sounds, music, guided imagery and familiar actions to stimulate memories. The book also includes case studies which show the many benefits of yoga for people with dementia, and describes the ways that each yoga exercise can be adapted for people of different abilities.
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