Essential Stretch: Gentle Movements for Stress Relief, Flexibility, and Overall Well-Being

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Summary: THE KEYS TO THE UNIVERSE
Review: Hello,
I am a forty year old construction worker in pretty good shape from the physical labor involved with my job. I have never been exceptional in the flexibility dept. but again my job has enough challenges to keep me passibly flexible. For almost one year now I've been engaged in weight training and martial arts. It has been through the martial arts that my true flexibility has come to light. I have tried several well known books and techniques doing both static and ballistic stretching. I had only achieved moderate increases and was considering yoga as my next step. Like a perfect accident, the clerk at the book store put a copy of Essential Stretch in my hand and after reading the back cover and three or four pages of its compostiton I knew I had found the keys to the universe.I could go on and on about Michelle LeMay.Anyone, man, woman, young, not as young, interested in improving the quality of their lives immeasurably, should own and use this book everyday!. I've only had this book for a week and my life is better already. This book is extremely well written and anyone can practice the techniques Michelle teaches.

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Summary: stretch...release
Review: Wow! Michelle's book is awesome! After trying different forms of yoga and a couple other stretching books, this one really hits the mark. I have been using the routines set out in the back of the book and they are great! Plus, the stretches are described in the routines section as well! No more flipping from page to page. After I do these stretches I feel warmed up and loose, and a relaxing coolnes in my muscles. Good but possibly long beging section on the theory of her system, and phillosophy. Touching none the less. I love the hip opening stretches best. Very relaxed form of stretching. Great book that I would recomend over many others. DANCERS - she uses some theory of Luigi's, if you know who he is, in her stretches. I love that.